Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Report of Activities and Recommendations to Congress 2001-2008

摘要

More than 30 years ago, Congress enacted landmark legislation establishing the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to support state and local efforts to prevent delinquency and improve the juvenile justice system. The same 1974 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act also established the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (Council), an independent body within the executive branch of the federal government, with a mandate to coordinate federal juvenile delinquency prevention programs in cooperation with state and local juvenile justice programs, federal programs and activities that detain or care for unaccompanied juveniles, and federal programs relating to missing and exploited children.