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Articles in Jan 12, 2001 issue of Juvenile Justice Digest

• Drug use hits peak
• Justices will review 'virtual porn' case
• Florida: Child abuse deaths are preventable
• Justice Department tests new measure to combat rave parties
• Reno lifts oversight of Kentucky system
• OJJDP will continue policies without change in new fiscal year
• State judges request double-digit pay hikes
• Grants target youth anti-gang programs
• Guns, drugs, sex are links to teen carnage
• Coalition criticizes harsh punishments
• Governor's budget has $6.2m for youths
• Youth Center school needs to alter focus
• After-school grants exceed $400 million
• Census data points to surge in youth crime
• Telecom funding
• California: Calendar includes guns, youth crime
• Resource details school safety plans
• Research focuses on re-entry courts
• School anti-drug programs ineffective
• Senate panel passes sex trafficking bill
• Maryland: Hotline for students
• Juvenile gangs are in eclipse, survey finds
• Bill allows nursery at corrections center
• Courts use scared straight alternative
• U.S. sets standards for methadone care
• No exceptions to supervised release
• Schools stop random drug testing program
• Senate confirms attorney general
• U.S. closes website linked to fake ID
• Domestic violence boosts murder rate
• Minnesota: Unit intensifies work on domestic disputes
• OJJDP jump grants go to 28 sites
• Minnesota: School program lowers violence
• Committees will review justice system
• Police predict more ecstasy, heroin use
• NIJ opens competition for bulletproof vests
• Juveniles in custody rise 60% in late 2000
• N.J. program provides continuum of counseling from K through 12
• California: Officials criticize city's juvenile system
• U.S. files first report on campus crime
• Alabama: County passes gun measure for schools
• Rights groups oppose Ashcroft nomination
• Police deaths rise 10%
• State police set up family violence unit
• Schools comply with anti-bullying policy
• NIJ offers $590,000 for tribal grants
• Private vs public custody is focus
• Only 50% of mentally ill youths get care
• FOIA exemptions protect informant
• FBI lists kid porn purveyor in top 10
• California: Gangs, drugs, family violence hit Oakland
• Legislator considers stiffer sex penalties
• Police must release list of sex offenders
• Expunge felonies
• Broad warrantless seizure is not illegal
• 40% of students are binge drinkers
• Juvenile conference cites efforts of 15
• High court affirms predator standards
• OJJDP publishes 'safefutures' report
• House GOP selects committee chairs
• First maximum unit for youth opens
• Corroborated tip justifies Terry stop
• Missouri: Audit criticizes child abuse hotline