[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14072-14073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5964]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
National Institute of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
[OMB Number 1121-NEW]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comments Requested
ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Teen
Dating Relationships: Opportunities for Youth To Define What's Healthy
and Unhealthy.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ), National Institute of Justice
(NIJ) and Office of Justice Programs (OJP) will be submitting the
following information collection request to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed information collection is
published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for ``sixty days'' until
May 16, 2011. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR
1320.10.
If you have comments especially on the estimated public burden or
associated response time, suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed
information collection instrument with instructions or additional
information, please contact Carrie Mulford, National Institute of
Justice, 810 7th Street NW., Washington, DC 20531.
Written comments concerning this information collection should be
sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Attn: DOJ Desk Officer. The best way to ensure
your comments are received is to e-mail them to [email protected] or fax them to 202-395-7285. All comments should
reference the 8 digit OMB number for the collection or the title of the
collection. If you have questions concerning the collection, please
call Carrie Mulford at 202-307-2959 or the DOJ Desk Officer at 202-395-
3176.
Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected
agencies concerning the proposed collection of information are
encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of the following
four points:
--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
--Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
--Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Overview of This Information Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection: New collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Teen Dating Relationships:
Opportunities for Youth To Define What's Healthy and Unhealthy.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the
Department of Justice sponsoring the collection: Form Number: ATF F
3312.1 and ATF F 3312.2. National Institute of Justice, Office of
Justice Programs.
(4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as a brief abstract: Primary: Youth, ages 11-22 and adult
practitioners, advocates and researchers in professions related to
youth and youth relationships. A recent review of the teen dating
violence research indicated that youth are rarely involved in research
designed to better understand this issue. The purpose of this data
collection is to better understand how youth conceptualize healthy and
unhealthy dating relationships by intentionally involving youth in the
research process. In the first phase of the study, concept mapping will
be used to create a visual representation of the ways youth and adults
perceive teen dating relationships. Concept mapping is a well-
documented method of applied research that makes explicit, implicit
theoretical models that can be used for planning and action. The
process requires respondents to brainstorm a set of statements relevant
to the topic of interest (``brainstorming'' task), individually sort
these statements into piles based on perceived similarity (``sorting''
task), rate each statement on one or more scales (``rating'' task), and
interpret the graphical representation that result from several
multivariate analyses. The collection of data for all concept mapping
activities will be facilitated via a dedicated project Web site. The
second phase of the study includes a series of eight face-to-face
facilitated discussions with relevant stakeholder groups,
practitioners, researchers and youth. Guiding questions and discussion
prompts, derived from the concept mapping results, will be used to
gather information from the respondents on the meaning and potential
use of the concept mapping results. This input will be aggregated and
linked to the emerging conceptual framework that will result in a
better understanding of adolescent relationship features, including the
range of healthy, unhealthy, and abusive characteristics, from the
standpoint of youth, and determine how prevention and intervention
efforts can effectively target relationship characteristics related to
abusive behavior.
(5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount
of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: It is estimated
that 400 respondents total will participate in the concept mapping
phase of this collection, and that 80 respondents total will
participate in the facilitated discussions. The table below shows the
estimated number of respondents for each portion of the collection:
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Preteens (11- Young adults Total task
Task 13) Teens (14-18) (19-22) Adults target
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Concept Mapping Participation Targets
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Brainstorming................... 50 100 100 150 400
Sorting......................... 0 25 25 50 100
Rating.......................... 0 125 125 150 400
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Total group target.......... .............. .............. .............. .............. 400
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Preteens (11- Young adults Total regional
Suggested location 13) Teens (14-18) (19-22) Adults target
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Facilitated Discussion Participation Targets
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Washington, DC.................. 0 10 10 20 40
Atlanta......................... 0 10 10 20 40
Chicago or Kansas City.......... 0 10 10 20 40
San Francisco................... 0 10 10 20 40
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Total group target.......... 0 40 40 80 160
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The brainstorming task will take respondents 5-10 minutes to
complete. The sorting task will take respondents approximately 30-60
minutes to complete. The rating task will take respondents
approximately 30 minutes to complete. None of these tasks will require
participants to complete in one sitting; rather, participants can
return to work on task completion as often as they chose, until the
task deadline. Respondents will have approximately 4 weeks to
brainstorm and approximately 6 weeks to sort and rate. Facilitated
discussions will require approximately 4 hours of respondents' time.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: There are an estimated 686 annual total public
burden hours associated with this collection.
If additional information is required contact: Lynn Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, Policy and Planning Staff, Justice
Management Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Two Constitution
Square, ON, 145 N Street, Suite 808, NE., Washington, DC 20530.
Dated: March 9, 2011.
Lynn Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2011-5964 Filed 3-14-11; 8:45 am]
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