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Juvenile delinquency prevention

San Antonio-based mentoring program exemplifies DOJ’s commitment to American youth

 

Mentoring program participants
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matt Dummermuth (sixth from left) and Jeff Gersh, deputy associate administrator of the Special Victims and Violent Offenders Division with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (fourth from left) meet with members of the Mentoring for Youth Initiative of Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas to discuss the program's impact. (Photo courtesy of CJ Craig)

In San Antonio, Texas, local mentoring efforts are making a difference, thanks to the Mentoring for Youth Initiative of Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas.  The initiative strengthens local mentorship through collaboration with other local mentor-based programs to reduce delinquency, drug abuse, truancy and other high-risk behaviors.

The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matt Dummermuth visited...

National Gang Center: Rescuing Youth, Restoring Communities

 

Pierce Gangs

Jakeem Everett was 11 years old when members of a Fort Pierce, Florida, gang began to ensnare him.  An A student who attended church faithfully with his mom and six siblings, he was an unlikely candidate for gang involvement.

"I got tired of being picked on," Jakeem, now 21, says.  "So I started hanging out with these kids in a gang known as the...

'Bigs in Blue' Shows the Power of Mentoring

Blog Power of Mentoring
One of Nyla and Christy's favorite activities is visiting the library to read books together.

As a police officer in the gang unit of the Dallas, Texas, Police Department, Christy Chamberlain sees young people caught in the grip of delinquency nearly every day. She has encountered juveniles as young as 12 who are involved in all types of crime. Even murder. One who stands out in her memory is a middle schooler who repeatedly broke into cars. Then one day...

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