Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: National Estimates of Delinquency Cases

Counts and Trends
Case Rates
Age at Referral
Gender
Race
Source of Referral

Detention
Intake Decision
Waiver
Adjudication
Dispositions: Out-of-Home Placement
Dispositions: Probation
Case Processing Overview


By Offense Category
By Age
By Gender
By Race
By FBI Offense Category
By Selected Individual Offense

Age
Gender and Race
Detention
Adjudication
Disposition
Case Processing

Appendix B: Glossary of Terms

Appendix C: Reported Juvenile Court Cases Disposed in 1998, by County

Table Notes

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