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The processing of delinquency cases varied more
by offense than by gender
Of every 1,000 delinquency cases handled in 1998, 208 resulted
in court-ordered probation, 93 resulted in court-ordered residential
placement, and 5 were waived to criminal court
- Although juvenile courts handled more
than 4 in 10 cases without the filing of a
petition, more than half of these cases
received some form of court sanction.
These sanctions included informal probation
or other dispositions such as restitution,
community service, or referral to
another agency for services.
- In many formally handled delinquency
cases that did not result in adjudication,
the youth agreed to informal sanctions,
including out-of-home placement, informal
probation, or other dispositions such as
restitution.
Compared with simple assault cases, aggravated assault cases were more likely to receive formal sanctions
or to be waived to criminal court
Note: Cases are categorized by their most severe or restrictive
sanction. Detail may not add to totals because of rounding.
Source: Author’s adaptation of Puzzanchera et al.’s
Juvenile Court Statistics 1998.
- Juvenile courts ordered formal sanctions
or waived more than 4 in 10 aggravated
assault cases and fewer than 3 in 10 simple
assault cases.
- Juvenile courts waived 11 of 1,000 aggravated
assault cases to criminal court. The
figure for simple assault cases was 2 of
1,000.
- Of a typical 1,000 aggravated assault
cases, 139 were ordered to residential
placement, and 259 were ordered to
formal probation following adjudication.
- Of a typical 1,000 simple assault cases,
69 were ordered to residential placement,
and 185 were ordered to formal probation
following adjudication.
- Among aggravated assault cases, 138 of
1,000 were dismissed at intake, and 178
were dismissed following an adjudicatory
hearing. For simple assault cases, 239 of
1,000 were dismissed at intake, and 143
were dismissed following an adjudicatory
hearing.
Juvenile courts’ handling of assault cases varied more by offense severity (aggravated assault versus simple
assault) than by gender
Note: Cases are categorized by their most severe or restrictive sanction. Detail may not add to totals because of rounding.
Source: Author’s analysis of National Juvenile Court Data Archive: 1998
Juvenile Court Case Records [machine-readable data file].
- The proportion of aggravated assault cases
that were petitioned was similar for males
(730 of 1,000) and females (711 of 1,000).
- Of a typical 1,000 aggravated assault cases
involving males, 151 were ordered to residential
placement and 255 were ordered to
formal probation following adjudication.
- Among females, 105 of 1,000 aggravated
assault cases resulted in court-ordered
residential placement and 271 in formal
probation.
- Juvenile court processing of simple assault
cases involving males and those involving
females was substantially different from its
handling of aggravated assault cases.
- Of a typical 1,000 simple assault cases
involving males, 80 were ordered to residential
placement and 190 were ordered to
formal probation following adjudication.
- Among females, 47 of 1,000 simple
assault cases resulted in court-ordered
residential placement and 175 in formal
probation.
- Among males, juvenile courts waived to
criminal court 13 of 1,000 aggravated
assault cases and 2 of 1,000 simple
assault cases.
- In comparison, among females, juvenile
courts waived to criminal court 4 of 1,000
aggravated assault cases and 1 of 1,000
simple assault cases.
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