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policy, discusses various concepts of privacy, and examines federal and state statutes and regulations related to database privacy. JUVENILE JUSTICE ARIZONA ARIZONA YOUTH SURVEY: STATE REPORT 2004 Arizona Criminal Justice Commission, Bach Harrison April 2004, 300 pp. Data from the 2004 Arizona Youth Survey (AYS) of students in 8 th , 10 th and 12 th grades were used to measure attitudes regarding delinquency and substance use as well as the prevalence and frequency of delinquency and substance use. The AYS is based on Hawkins and Catalano’s work on risk and protective factors for substance abuse and delinquency. Trends as well as differences by grade, gender, and jurisdiction are reported. In addition, results from the survey are compared to the national Monitoring the Future Survey to determine differences in substance use between Arizona youths and youths across the United States. BARRIERS TO LEARNING: A REPORT FROM THE 2002 ARIZONA YOUTH SURVEY Statistical Analysis Center April 2004, 17 pp. Publisher: Arizona Criminal Justice Commission Data from the 2002 Arizona Youth Survey of students in 8 th , 10 th and 12 th grades were used to examine factors associated with poor academic performance. Substance abuse, antisocial behavior, feeling unsafe at school or while traveling to and from school, school suspension, absenteeism, perception that schoolwork is unmeaningful or unimportant, not enjoying school, having friends who dropped out of school, lower family attachment, and a high number of changes in residences or schools were all related to poor academic performance. Students with more of these risk factors were more likely to participate in problem behavior than other students. Furthermore, males were less likely to succeed academically and had lower school commitment than females. GUN CARRYING AMONG YOUTH IN ARIZONA Charles M. Katz, April 2004, 55 pp. Data from the 2002 Arizona Youth Survey of students in 8 th , 10 th and 12 th grades were used to gauge students’ perceptions, fears and experiences regarding gun carrying. Analyses were conducted to determine who carried guns; factors associated with gun carrying; the relationship among gun carrying, crime and drugs; and the impacts of carrying a gun on school 30
performance, school behavior, and school climate. Though gun carrying was infrequent, those who carried guns typically felt unsafe in their neighborhoods, sold drugs, and were frequently threatened with weapons. Most youths who carried guns thought their parents but not the police would catch them. INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE ARIZONA YOUTH SURVEY: A COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION STRATEGY Arizona Criminal Justice Commission February 2004, 39 pp. This report documents the steps taken in 2002 and 2003 by the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission to institutionalize the Arizona Youth Survey (AYS). The AYS is based on Hawkins and Catalano’s work on risk and protective factors for substance abuse and delinquency. The AYS is administered to students in 8 th , 10 th and 12 th grades in randomly selected schools across the state. Providing training sessions on the value of the survey, securing funds to administer the survey, and providing AYS reports to various stakeholders were the primary techniques used to ensure future administration and use of the survey. The survey is now administered every two years. A STUDY OF THE 2002 ARIZONA YOUTH SURVEY: GANG MEMBERSHIP AMONG YOUTH Charles M. Katz September 2004, 62 pp. This report summarizes findings on gang behavior from the state’s biannual survey of 8 th , 10 th and 12 th grade students, which is based on assessment of risk and protective factors. According to these findings, gang membership is correlated with a number of other negative behaviors including alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, drug sales, carrying of weapons to school, and participation in fights in school. Among male respondents, 7% admitted to gang membership and 4.6% of females admitted to gang membership. Gang presence is correlated with area-level negative outcomes as well. For example, respondents who attended schools with a serious gang problem were more likely to be fearful, more likely to be absent, and more likely to be victimized at school than those who attended schools that were not identified as having a serious gang problem. CALIFORNIA JUVENILE JUSTICE IN CALIFORNIA, 2003 Louise Anderson, Sylvia Garza, Tad Davis, and Rebecca Bowe 2004, 11 pp. This document describes the flow of juveniles across various decision points (arrest, detention, referrals to court, referrals to probation, petitions, and disposition) in the juvenile justice system in California in 2003. In addition, it reports demographics (race/ethnicity, gender, and age) and 31
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