National Juvenile Data Analysis Program: Final Research Report

• NCJ Number: 310467
• Author(s): Charles Puzzanchera
• Date Published: 2025
• Length: 17 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2019-JX-FX-K001
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored

Annotation

This publication is the final report of the National Juvenile Data Analysis Program (NJJDAP).

Abstract

This report provides an overview of the accomplishments of the National Juvenile Data Analysis Program (NJJDAP). NJJDAP provides the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) with a central source of statistical data and analyses on a range of important issues regarding youth and the juvenile justice system by creating a strong data infrastructure that supports a wide range of needs and disseminates information in a variety of formats. The primary activities of the NJJDAP include maintaining the OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book (SBB) and disseminating information via publications and presentations. The OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book functions as the NJJDAP’s primary dissemination platform. The SBB gives juvenile justice practitioners and policymakers access to timely and reliable statistical answers to the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) about youth risk factors, offending by and against youth, and the justice system’s response to law-violations. The NJJDAP also maintains the family of Easy Access data analysis tools available from the SBB. These tools give users access to detailed statistics on a variety of topics (covering population, law enforcement, court, and corrections data) without requiring technical sophistication. The NJJDAP produces some of the most referenced reports in juvenile justice, such as the Juvenile Arrests, Juveniles in Residential Placement, and Juvenile Residential Facility Census: Selected Findings bulletins, as well as the Youth and the Juvenile Justice System: 2022 National Report. The project produced nearly two dozen statistical publications, prepared and delivered more than 30 presentations at various conferences and meetings, and updated the Easy Access data analysis tools and the more than 250 FAQ data displays available from the Statistical Briefing Book. In short, the NJJDAP is responsible for a set of essential resources that fill critical information needs for OJJDP/NIJ, the juvenile justice community, and the public.