Northwestern juvenile project: overview

摘要: The Northwestern Juvenile Project (NJP) is the first large-scale, prospective longitudinal study of mental health needs and outcomes of juvenile detainees. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and a consortium of eight other federal agencies and five pri vate foundations have funded NJP. Data from large-scale studies such as NJP provide an empirical basis for decisionmaking in the juvenile justice system.