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Incident Hotline: 1-800-355-2280
Want to know how to seal or expunge your criminal record? Visit the For Youth section for more information on youth records.
Find DJJ-funded programs in your area using the Program & Facility Locator.
Juvenile Justice Boards & Councils focus on crime prevention in their local communities.
Review DJJ forms by office or by subject. Forms are available for download in multiple file formats.
Juvenile Probation Officers (JPO) assess the needs and risks of youth entering the juvenile justice system.
Browse online health tips and resources by topic in the Health Initiatives section.
The Civil Citation Dashboard contains data on Florida’s use of Civil Citation as an alternative to arrest for 1st time misdemeanants.
The Juvenile Justice System Improvement Project (JJSIP) is a national initiative to reform the juvenile justice system by translating "what works" into everyday practice and policy.
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Research
DMC as defined in the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act, exists when “the proportion of juveniles detained or confined in secure detention facilities, secure correctional facilities, jails, and lockups who are members of minority groups exceeds the proportion such groups represent in the general population.” Accordingly, if a state finds that minority juveniles disproportionately come in contact with the juvenile justice system, the state is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to address this issue.
Racial and ethnic disparity is the unequal treatment or disproportionately punitive responses compared to other similarly situated races and ethnicities resulting in disparate outcomes.
The Disproportionate Minority Contact Benchmark Report provides useful information at the county level for determining whether Disproportionate Minority Contact issues are present within a given jurisdiction requiring additional evaluation and efforts to address any problems. Statewide information is presented with interactive, dynamic filtering enabling the user to make appropriate comparisons across judicial areas. Rankings of counties, based on the one-year Relative Rate Index (RRI), is also provided. Data included in this report are structured uniformly to identify potential DMC/RED issues within each county.
View Interactive DMC-RED FY 2016-17 Dashboard
The Statewide RED/DMC Coordinator supervises staff and intiatives statewide and is located at the agency's headquarters in Tallahassee. Regional Coordinators are located in each region of the state and oversee activities that take place at the circuit level.
For information on RED/DMC activities at the State or local levels, visit one of these pages: