NCJ Number
137439
Date Published
1990
Length
108 pages
Annotation
The legislative authority and purpose of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (CCJJDP) are described, the Council's anti-drug program plan for high-risk youth is presented, and risk factors for illegal drug use by juveniles are examined.
Abstract
The CCJJDP was created by Section 206 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended. The Council works to improve coordination among Federal juvenile delinquency and missing children programs and annually recommends juvenile justice goals and policies to the President and Congress. Its anti-drug program plan for fiscal year 1990 is based on an interagency effort that focuses on juvenile involvement in illegal drug use and trafficking. Agencies incorporated in the plan include the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Justice, Education, Interior, and Transportation. The CCJJDP is committed to research on risk factors associated with illegal drug use by juveniles. These risk factors include: contextual or environmental factors (economic/social deprivation, low neighborhood attachment and community disorganization, transitions and mobility, community laws and norms favorable toward drug use, and drug availability); and individual risk factors (family history of alcoholism, poor and inconsistent family management practices, antisocial behavior and hyperactivity, parental drug use and positive attitudes toward drugs, academic failure, alienation or rebelliousness, association with peers who use drugs, and early first use of drugs). A list and descriptions of anti-drug projects supported by Council agencies are provided.