ERIC Number: ED257025
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984-Aug-1
Pages: 131
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Oversight: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary. United States Senate, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session on Oversight on the Question of Competition on Awards Which are Granted and Peer Review to Assure There is Objectivity and the Best Standard of Allocation of Limited Resources.
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
This document contains witness testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the operations of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Witnesses include the administrator, deputy administrator, and head of the research division of the OJJDP, along with a program specialist and a staff member. Other witnesses are the president, the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and a researcher from the School of Education, all of the American University in Washington, D.C. The testimony of the American University witnesses describes a multidisciplinary research project on pornography, sexual exploitation and abuse, and juvenile delinquency being conducted with a grant from the OJJDP. The testimony of the president and the director of programs of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, and the director of Government/United Way Relations of the Boys Clubs of America addresses the issues of fairness, competitive grants, and the need to serve high risk youth. The activities of the OJJDP are reviewed, and the question of competition on awards granted, as well as the issue of peer review are examined. (NRB)
Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
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Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
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