| | Enabling Prosecutors to Address Drug, Gang, and Youth Violence | | (NCJ 178917) December 1999 | | OJJDP Juvenile Accountability Block Grants Series, Bulletin, 12 page(s) | | Gramckow, H. P., Tompkins, E. | | | | Features one of the three Juvenile Accountability Block Grants (JABG) program purpose areas that focus on enhancing the ability of prosecutors to address juvenile crime. This OJJDP Bulletin, part of a series of Bulletins on the JABG program, recommends how to fulfill prosecutor-specific purpose area 5-enabling prosecutors to address drug, gang, and youth violence. Offered are data on recent trends in juvenile violence, drug offenses, and gang-related offending and possible prosecutorial responses to such offenses. The examples of promising prosecutor-led programs provide many ideas that prosecutors can use to enhance their own efforts. | |
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