Sexual Offenses By and Against Youth: What We Know From Official Data

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

The National Juvenile Justice Data Analysis Program, awarded and managed by the National Institute of Justice with funding support from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), is a primary resource to assemble juvenile justice-related data, analyze and report on complex data and issues, and develop publications and online resources to make juvenile justice data easily accessible to the field and the general public. The project is a core research activity administered by the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) from which numerous reports and web-based products have become a standard in the field. This panel will draw on data collected by the National Incident-Based Reporting System and the National Juvenile Court Data Archive to examine sexual offenses by and against youth, such as sexting cases in juvenile court, youth victims of sexual assault, and human trafficking by and against youth.

Sub Unit

• Area V. Victimization / 39. Consequences of Victimization

Individual Presentations

• Exploring the Intersection of Youth Victims and Perpetrators of Human Trafficking Using NIBRS Data - Moriah Taylor, National Center for Juvenile Justice

• Youth Victims of Sexual Assault Known to Law Enforcement - Charles Puzzanchera, National Center for Juvenile Justice

• Juvenile Court Processing of Youth-Produced Sexual Image Cases - Kristan Russell, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Juvenile Justice Institute; Marly Zeigler, National Center for Juvenile Justice

Chair

• Kaitlyn Sill, National Institute of Justice