Attachment E 1

Using National Juvenile Corrections Data Files: 1997–2006
June 1–3, 2009
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data, University of Michigan
Sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

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
Location: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Time: 8:30 am, Monday, June 1, 2009 to 12:00 pm, Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Stipend: Stipend support of up to $1,000 for travel and living expenses is available for a limited number of
students admitted to the workshop. The workshop is limited to 25 participants.
Application: Will be available online in February 2009 at http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/2009/
registration.html. The application deadline is April 27, 2009. Please indicate your jurisdictional partners in your
letter of application. Applicants who are selected will be contacted shortly after May 1, 2009.