Endnotes
1 Child delinquents are not legally defined in the same way across the United States (Snyder and Sickmund, 1999; Wiig, 2001). For example, the minimum age of criminal responsibility varies from age 6 in North Carolina to age 10 in Arkansas and Colorado. In addition, many states do not have a legally defined age of criminal responsibility. In this Bulletin, child delinquents are defined as juveniles between the ages of 7 and 12, inclusive, who have committed a delinquent act according to criminal law—an act that would be a crime if committed by an adult.
2 Chronic offenders are defined here as those with at least four referrals to juvenile court.
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