A&D: Alcohol and Drug

ATOD: Acronym for Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

Behavioral Crime: Criminal offenses that violate laws relating to personal conduct, responsibility and public order. Although not necessarily violent, or property offenses in themselves, they may often contribute to other criminal acts. They include weapons, prostitution, drug laws, gambling, crimes against family, DUII, liquor laws, disorderly conduct, all other offenses (except traffic – every other state or local offenses, not listed elsewhere), curfew, runaway, traffic (serious traffic offenses which are classified as a misdemeanor or felony as defined by Oregon Motor Vehicle Code).

Crimes Against Persons: Criminal offenses where the victim is present and the act is violent, threatening or has the potential of being physically harmful, including willful murder and non-negligent manslaughter, negligent homicide, forcible rape, other sex crimes, kidnapping, robbery, aggravated assault, simple assault.

Crime Against Property: Taking something of value by theft or deception or the destruction of property, such as burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson, forgery, fraud, embezzlement, stolen property offenses, vandalism.

First Step: "First Step to Success" is an early intervention program for young students at-risk for anti-social behavior. Effective classroom management practices and strategies on obtaining parent cooperation, working with the target student and implementing a home support component are a part of the project.

Index Crimes: Violent person and property crimes as defined by the FBI index crime category, including homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson.

JJIS: Juvenile Justice Information System

K-3: Kindergarten through third grade

L.E.D.S.: Law Enforcement Data Systems

LPSCC: Local Public Safety Coordinating Council

N/A: Not available

Non-criminal arrest, or non-criminal behavior: Behavior that is defined as at-risk, and which is considered a minor violation, but which is not necessarily a criminal offense, such as curfew violations.

OJDDA: Oregon Juvenile Department Director’s Association

OJJDP: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

P2 (or P II): Partnership II

(R5): Denotes ‘Region 5’

School Dropout: An individual who has enrolled for the current school year, or was enrolled in the previous school year and did not attend during the current school year; is not a high school graduate; has not received a GED or certificate; and has withdrawn from school.

Youth Investment: Youth investment funding, formerly known as Level 7, consists of funds passed down from the State Commission on Children and Families to the local county Commissions. These funds are "client specific" and are distributed on and individual case by case, non-competitive basis. Services provided are available to children ages 11-17 years with any of the following factors;