U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, Innovation -  Partnerships – Safer Neighborhoods Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Serving Children, Families and Communities OJJDP Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders

Publications

Alternatives to Secure Detention and Confinement of Juvenile Offenders. Juvenile Justice Bulletin. 2005. James Austin, Kelly Dedel Johnson, and Ronald Weitzer. U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/208804.pdf

Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement Databook. 2008. Melissa Sickmund, T.J. Sladky, and Wei. Kang. Pittsburg, Pa.: National Center for Juvenile Justice. http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/

Changing the Status Quo for Status Offenders: New York State’s Efforts to Support Troubled Teens. 2004. Tina Chiu and Sara Mogulescu. New York, N.Y.: Vera Institute of Justice. http://www.vera.org/download?file=265/IIB%2BChanging%2Bthe%2Bstatus%2Bquo.pdf

Curfew Violation Literature Review. 2009. Development Services Group, Inc. Bethesda, Md. http://www.ojjdp.gov/dso/Curfew%20Violation%20Literature%20Review.pdf

Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders: Facts and Resources. 2011. Washington, DC: Coalition for Juvenile Justice. http://juvjustice.org/media/factsheets/factsheet_14.pdf

Families in Need of Critical Assistance. Legislation and Policy Aiding Youth Who Engage in Noncriminal Misbehavior. 2007. Jessica Kendall. Washington, DC: American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children and the Law. http://www.abanet.org/abastore/index.cfm?section=main&fm=Product.AddToCart&pid=5490443

Implementation Guide for Juvenile Holdover Programs: Executive Summary. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/alcohol/juvenile/HoldoverSummary/page1.html

Juvenile Arrests 2009. 2011. Charles Puzzanchera and Benjamin Adams. Washington, D.C.: USDOJ, OJJDP. http://www.ojjdp.gov/pubs/236477.pdf

Juvenile Court Statistics 2009. 2012. Charles Puzzanchera, Benjamin Adams, and Sarah Hockenberry. Pittsburgh, Pa.: National Center for Juvenile Justice. http://www.ojjdp.gov/pubs/239114.pdf

Juvenile Status Offenses: Treatment and Early Intervention. 2007. Jessica Kendall. Washington, DC: ABA Center on Children and the Law. http://www.abanet.org/publiced/tab29.pdf

Legal Definitions of DSOs and Jurisdictional Strategies. 2009. Development Services Group, Inc. Bethesda, Md. http://www.ojjdp.gov/dso/Legal%20Definitions%20of%20DSOs%20and%20Jurisdictional%20Strategies.pdf

Making Court the Last Resort: A New Focus for Supporting Families in Crisis. 2008. Sara Mogulescu and Gaspar Caro. New York, N.Y.: Vera Institute of Justice. http://www.vera.org/content/making-court-last-resort-new-focus-supporting-families-crisis

Petitioned Status Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 2004. 2008. Anne L. Stahl. Washington, D.C.: USDOJ, OJJDP. http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/fs200802.pdf

Representing Juvenile Status Offenders. 2010. Hannah Benton, et al. Washington, DC: American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children and Law. http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/migrated/child/PublicDocuments/RJSO_FINAL.authcheckdam.pdf

Respite Care: A Promising Response to Status Offenders at Risk of Court Ordered Placements. 2002. Fiza Quraishi, Heidi Siegel, and Jennifer Trone. New York, N.Y.: Vera Institute of Justice. http://www.vera.org/download?file=397/IIB%2BRespite%2Bcare.pdf

Rethinking Juvenile Status Offense Laws: Considerations for Congressional Review of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. 2007. Claire Shubik and Jessica Kendall. Washington, DC: ABA Center on Children and the Law. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fcre.2007.45.issue-3/issuetoc

Runaway Prevention Literature Review. 2009. Development Services Group, Inc. Bethesda, Md. http://www2.dsgonline.com/dso/Runaway%20Prevention%20Literature%20Review.pdf

The Dangers of Detention: The Impact of Incarcerating Youth in Detention and Other Secure Facilities. 2007. Barry Holman and Jason Ziedenberg. Washington, D.C.: Justice Policy Institute. http://www.aecf.org/~/media/Pubs/Topics/Juvenile%20Justice/Detention%20Reform/TheDangersofDetentionTheImpactofIncarcerating/dangers_of_detention_report.pdf

Truancy Literature Review. 2009. Development Services Group, Inc. Bethesda, Md. http://www2.dsgonline.com/dso/Truancy%20Literature%20Review.pdf

Underage Drinking Literature Review. 2009. Development Services Group, Inc. Bethesda, Md. http://www2.dsgonline.com/dso/Underage%20Drinking%20Literature%20Review.pdf

Ungovernable/Incorrigible Literature Review. 2009. Development Services Group, Inc. Bethesda, Md. http://www2.dsgonline.com/dso/Ungovernable%20Youth%20Literature%20Review.pdf