General
Each summer, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) begins the process of compiling its annual Comprehensive Accountability Report (CAR), which is used by legislators and policymakers to examine the effectiveness of individual programs. The process for compiling the current year’s report typically begins around the start of the calendar year by extracting from the Juvenile Justice Information System (JJIS) a list of youth released from each DJJ program during the study period. This process is called Data Confirmation and gives providers the opportunity to review, confirm, and correct the data that is in JJIS to ensure accuracy. An instruction sheet and list of youth released from each program is sent to the program’s respective provider to check against their records, review for accuracy and bring to our attention: any missing youth, youth that should not be included during the study period, and verify admission dates, release dates, and release reasons that are consistent with provider records. The information sent to providers is password protected to ensure that all identifiable data is secured.
Any discrepancies between the program’s data and the information extracted from JJIS are indicated by the provider in the original spreadsheet sent and returned to the identified designee at the Department. Upon receipt of requested corrections, Data Integrity Officers review provider comments and make corrections to JJIS when necessary. Once this step is completed, final spreadsheets with DIO comments on the status of the original changes requested by the provider are returned to the provider (and follow-up conference calls are scheduled as necessary).
The following annual research reports are available from the Department (click on the link for additional information and to access that report):
Additional research and data can be found on our page under Reports as well as Fast Facts.
Contact the Chief of Research to find out about available research and data or to submit an ad-hoc request.
The Data Integrity Officers have developed the JJIS Business Rules, which are available for review, that are the Data Entry Guidelines for system and user consistency statewide. Visit the Data Integrity / JJIS Webpage for additional information or to contact your local DIO.
Researchers may contact the Department’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) if they are interested in working with the DJJ on a research effort. In order to protect the rights of the youth, the IRB carefully reviews each research proposal.
Visit our IRB page for more information.
Data Integrity Officers ensure that data and information is accurate throughout the Department of Juvenile Justice. Visit the link below for contact information for your local DIO.