Racial and Ethnic Disparities

OJJDP and the Office for Access to Justice Highlight the Importance of Youth Defense

The joint blog by the Office for Access to Justice and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is being issued to highlight the importance of youth defense.

Centering Youth and Families

OJJDP wholeheartedly embraces the "nothing about us without us" principle. We do more than work for justice-involved young people—we work with them.

Center for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities Focuses on Credible Messenger Mentorship

The OJJDP-funded Center for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice has released a new video in its monthly series on racial equity resources.

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Processing of Delinquency Cases, 2005-2022

Date Published

October 2024

Publication Type

Data Snapshot

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

The Center for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice

Date Published

2024

Publication Type

Issue Overview, Research (Applied/Empirical), Training, Technical Assistance

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

In Perspective: An Overview of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act

Date Published

September 2024

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

OJJDP

The Civil Rights Movement - Celebrating 60 Years of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Getting Youth Involved

Event Dates

July 25, 2024, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern

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Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

OJJDP News @ a Glance June 2024

OJJDP Joins the Nation in Commemorating Juneteenth

President Biden proclaimed June 19, 2024, as Juneteenth Day of Observance. Juneteenth marks the effective end of slavery in the United States, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.

On Juneteenth, may we celebrate the essence of freedom that galvanized the country, the progress we have made in our Nation, and all that is possible when we march forward together.
—President Biden

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Today in Juvenile Justice: Administrator Update, June 27, 2024

June 2024

Series

Today in Juvenile Justice: Administrator Update

During this call held on June 27, 2024, Administrator Ryan highlighted the new Center for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities, the Pride Justice Research Center, and the Gault Center's new youth defense standards.

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