Using National Juvenile Corrections Data Files: 1997-2006
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The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, ICPSR, University of Michigan announce a workshop on Using National Juvenile Corrections Data Files: 1997-2006.
What topics are covered? Trends in juvenile corrections populations at the national and state levels, the residential facilities that hold them, the variations in practices in place, and the services provided to young persons in custody.
Who should attend this workshop? State and local juvenile justice researchers, academic researchers, and policy makers at the local, state, and federal levels. Jurisdictional teams are welcome.
Purpose: This inaugural workshop will make a wealth of national data from OJJDP?s data collections from 1997?2006 available to researchers and practitioners along with the tools necessary to understand and use the data appropriately.
Objectives: Participants in this 3-day workshop will learn to analyze multi-year national data files on juvenile corrections using the Secure Survey Documentation and Analysis (Secure SDA), a powerful online data analysis tool that enables descriptive to multivariate analysis of data from different surveys and over time.
Datasets:
- Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (CJRP) 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006
- Juvenile Residential Placement Facilities Census (JRFC) 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006
The workshop is limited to 25 participants.
Location: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Time: 8:30 am, Monday, June 1, 2009 to 12:00 pm, Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Fee: There will be no tuition fees for accepted participants.
Stipend: Stipend support of up to $1,000 for travel and living expenses is available for a limited number of participants admitted to the workshop. Please indicate a request for stipend in the letter of support.
Applications must include a vita and a short application letter. Please indicate your jurisdictional partners, if applicable, in the letter. Supporting materials can be submitted electronically through the Summer Program registration portal on each applicant?s Summer Program page.
Application deadline: April 15, 2009. Applicants who are selected will be contacted shortly after May 1, 2009.
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