[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29794-29795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12534]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

[OMB Number 1121-NEW]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comments Requested: Teen Dating Relationships: Opportunities for Youth 
To Define What's Healthy and Unhealthy

ACTION: 30-Day notice of information collection under review.

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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. 
This proposed information collection was previously published in the 
Federal Register Volume 76, Number 50, page 14072 on March 15, 2011 
allowing for a 60-day comment period.
    The purpose of this notice is to allow for an additional 30 days 
for public comment until June 22, 2011. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10.
    Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained 
in this notice, especially the estimated public burden and associated 
response time, should be directed to 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 email 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 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 agencies' 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 website. 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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                                      Concept Mapping Participation Targets
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                                                                              Young
                      Task                         Preteens    Teens (14-  Adults (19-     Adults     Total task
                                                   (11-13)        18)          22)                      target
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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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                                  Facilitated Discussion Participation Targets
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               Suggested location                  Preteens      Teens        Young        Adults       Total
                                                     (11-13)      (14-18)     Adults                   regional
                                                                               (19-22)                  target
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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 30-60 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 4-5 hours of respondents' time, 
including travel.
    (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated 
with the collection: There are an estimated 1417 annual total public 
burden hours associated with this collection.

 
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                                                             Estimated time         Total         Total minutes
                           Task                                 (minutes)       participants        per task
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Brainstorming.............................................                10               400             4,000
Sorting...................................................                90               100             9,000
Rating....................................................                60               400            24,000
Facilitated Discussions...................................               300               160            48,000
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    Total.................................................  ................  ................            85,000
                                                                                                   (=1417 hours)
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    If additional information is required contact: Lynn Murray, 
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice, 
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, 145 N Street, 
NE., Room 2E-808, Washington, DC 20530.

    Dated: May 17, 2011.
Lynn Murray,
Department Clearance Officer, PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2011-12534 Filed 5-20-11; 8:45 am]
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