Best Practices in Juvenile Accountability: Overview:Bulletin

摘要

OJJDP's Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants (JAIBG) program was created on the premise that juvenile offenders should be held accountable for their crimes both as a matter of basic justice and as a way to prevent and deter delinquency. This Bulletin provides an indepth history of the JAIBG program, reviews the developmental perspective shaping juvenile accountability, and offers case histories illustrating effective practices that promote accountability. As the overview of OJJDP's JAIBG Best Practices Series, this Bulletin also highlights information provided by the other Bulletins in the series to enhance the readers understanding of each of the 12 JAIBG program purpose areas and includes a bibliography of key references from the series to supplement that understanding. The JAIBG Best Practices Series is designed to help policymakers, planners, and practitioners in their efforts to hold youth accountable for their acts and, by doing so, to protect our communities.