Juvenile Court Statistics 2013

Juvenile Court Statistics 2013

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"OJJDP-Sponsored, July 2015. This report draws on data from the National Juvenile Court Data Archive to profile nearly 1.1 million delinquency cases and 109,000 petitioned status offense cases handled in 2013 by U.S. courts with juvenile jurisdiction. 114 pages."

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Analyses of 749,722 automated case records & court-level #stats

1st Juvenile Court Statistics #report published 1929 by @USDOL of cases from 42 courts in 1927

In 2013 archive data pulled from 2,400 courts 84% jursidiction of juve population

Report describes #statusoffense cases handled between 1995-2013 109,000 cases petitioned disposed in 2013

In 2013 courts handled estimated 1,058,500 juvenile delinquency cases

31 million youth under #juvenile court jurisdiction in 2013 79% (10-15 years of age) 12% (16) 9% (17)

Between 1985-2013 case rates increased 54% for #druglaw violations

In 2013 total delinquency case rate for #black juveniles 74.3% was more than double the rate for #white juveniles 27.4%

Between 1985 and 2013 #lawenforcement agencies were primary source of #delinquency referrals 82% referred by law enforcement in 2013

The number of #delinquency cases involving #detention peaked in 2002 and decreased 44% through 2013

#Statusoffense is an act that is illegal because the person committing them are of #juvenile status

5 major status offense categories #runningaway #truancy #curfew law violations #ungovernability or incorigibility #liquorlaw violations

The number of petitioned #statusoffense cases decreased 13% between 1995-2013

American Indian juveniles had the highest rate for #liquorlaw violations in each year 1995-2013 #statusoffense

Schools referred 56% of petitioned #truancy cases in 2015

Source of referral for #statusoffense includes #lawenforcement #schools #relatives #socialservice #probation #victims

Citation

Hockenberry, Sarah, and Charles Puzzanchera. Juvenile Court Statistics 2013. Rep. no. NCJ 249164. Pittsburgh: National Center for Juvenile Justice, 2015. OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Web. <http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/publications/StatBB.asp>.

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