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OJJDP’s New Direction Is Juvenile Justice Policymaking By Erasure: Oct 29, 2018; CJCJ's Director of Policy and Development Brian Goldstein authors an Op-Ed on the Trump administration's OJJDP new juvenile justice policies that are harmful to youth and communities across the country.
Appointment of permanent OJJDP director signals a positive step: Brian Heller de Leon, Feb 7, 2013; The White House recently announced the appointment of Robert Listenbee Jr. as permanent director to the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). OJJDP has not had a permanent director since 2009, with appointments regularly held up by political maneuvering in the U.S. Senate.
Study: Long-term juvenile incarceration fails to decrease reoffending rates: Brian Heller de Leon, May 3, 2012; A March 2011 study through the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) concludes that long-term juvenile incarceration does not decrease reoffending, and may actually increase recidivism rates for lower-level youth offenders. Researchers conducted more than 21,000 interviews over 8 years with more than 1,300 felony offenders ages 14--18 in the cities of Philadelphia and Phoenix. Researchers also interviewed parents and peers and examined arrest records. Their…

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