We are going to be using OJJDP’s website for this project as well(theirStatisticalBriefingBookareais
probably the best). Most of the information will be found in the corrections and courts area, but you
might have to expand your detective work a bit as well.
Please create a single Word file to be submitted throughTurnitin. DO NOT INCLUDE THE QUESTIONS
only provide your answers to each numbered item.
1. Using your own words, using OJJDP information, what is meant by “the upper age of
jurisdiction”? What is the variation across the country? Before looking this up, did you know
about this variation? What is the federal definition of “juvenile”?
2. Who is the primary referring source of juveniles to juvenile court? What proportion does
this source refer?
3. Pick 6 topics from the OJJDP juvenile corrections FAQ and summarize, use you own words!
4. Describe the CJRP and JFRC. Discuss three useful descriptive data points from the survey.
The OJJDP site has descriptions, but you can look elsewhere too.
