Testimony from a hearing on the Reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act is presented in this document. Comments and a prepared statement by Representative Matthew G. Martinez open the document. Testimony from Representatives Harris W. Fawell and Dale E. Kildee is also included. Testimony and/or prepared statements from these witnesses are included: (1) Robert W. Sweet, Jr., Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice; (2) Gordon Raley, Executive Director, National Collaboration for Youth, Washington, D.C.; (3) Robbie Callaway, Director of Government Affairs, Boys and Girls Club of America, Rockville, Maryland; (4) Susan Morris, Chair, National Coalition of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; (5) W. Don Reader, Judge, Domestic Relations, Division of the Common Pleas Court, Stark County, Ohio, Canton, Ohio; (5) Michael Dermody, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Sheila Leslie, Children's Cabinet, Reno, Nevada; (6) J. Dean Lewis, District Judge, Fredericksburg, Virginia; (7) Pat McGrath, Superintendent, Du Page County Youth House, Wheaton, Illinois; and (8) Jane Peerson, Chief Probation Officer, 18th Judicial Circuit, Du Page County, Illinois. (ABL)

Text of a hearing on the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 regarding the juvenile justice system is presented in this document. The specific issue of youth gangs is examined by some of the witnesses. Opening statements are presented by Committee Chair Representative Matthew G. Martinez and Representatives Ron Wyden and Joelene Unsoeld. Testimony and/or prepared statements and materials are included from these persons: (1) Otha Banks, McClaren School, Woodburn, Oregon; (2) Mike Bell, Portland Police Bureau, Gang Enforcement Team, Portland, Oregon; (3) Rod Englert, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, Portland, Oregon; (4) Martin Holloway, Youth Intervention Team, Vancouver Police Department, Vancouver, Washington; (5) Lonnie Jackson, Minority Affairs Director, McClaren School, Woodburn, Oregon; (6) Sonny Montes, Hispanic Resource Specialist, Portland Public Schools, Portland, Oregon; (7) Harold Ogburn, Director, Juvenile Justice Division of Multnomah County, Portland, Oregon; (8) Michael D. Schrunk, District Attorney, Multnomah County, Portland, Oregon; (9) Dave Sturdevant, Clark County Juvenile Department, Vancouver, Washington; (10) Ernie Veach-White, Clark County Commissioner, Vancouver, Washington; (11) A. A. Wells, President, Albina Ministerial Alliance, Portland, Oregon; and (12) Hung Tran, Youth Gang Program, Portland, Oregon. (ABL)

Text of a hearing on the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 regarding the provision of services to girls within the juvenile justice system is presented in this document. Opening statements are presented by Committee Chair Representative Matthew G. Martinez and Representative Bill Barrett. Testimony and/or prepared statements and materials are included from these persons: (1) Vicki Burke, Director and Founder, Pace Center for Girls, Jacksonville, Florida; (2) Libby Deschenes, Rand Corporation, Los Angeles, California; (3) Talaya Ford, participant, Pace Center for Girls, Jacksonville, Florida; (4) Jean Lovell, Executive Director, Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement, Lincoln, Nebraska; (5) Susan Rotenburg, National Coalition for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System, Seattle, Washington; (6) Rita Redaelli, Executive Director, Girls, Inc., Newport Mesa, California; (7) Carolyn Stitt, Director, Foster Care Review Board, Lincoln, Nebraska; (8) Ruth Vance, Program Director, Panhandle Youth Support Services, Panhandle Community Services, Gering, Nebraska; (9) Val Peter, Director, Boys Town; (10) Peggy Adair, Voices for Children, Omaha, Nebraska; (11) Meda Chesney-Lind, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii; and (12) Susan Morris, Chair, and Farrell Lines, Chair Elect, The National Coalition of State Juvenile Justice Advisory Groups. (ABL)