This Report is a product of the National Juvenile Court Data Archive, which is funded by grants to the National Center for Juvenile Justice from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), U.S. Department of Justice. Janet Chiancone is the OJJDP Program Manager for the project.

The entire staff of the National Juvenile Court Data Archive contributes to the collection and processing of the data presented in this Report:

Terrence A. Finnegan, Senior Computer Programmer

Paul Harms, Research Associate

Tricia Mastrangelo, Data Librarian

Rowen Poole, Computer Programmer

Charles Puzzanchera, Manager of Data Analysis and Report Production

Katie Richardson, Research Assistant

Howard N. Snyder, Ph.D., Project Director

Anne L. Stahl, Manager of Data Collection

Nancy Tierney, Administrative Assistant

Yichun Wan, Computer Programmer

Juvenile Court Statistics would not be possible were it not for the State and local agencies that take the time each year to honor our requests for data and documentation. The following agencies contributed case-level data or court-level aggregate statistics for this Report:

Alabama—State of Alabama, Administrative Office of the Courts.

Alaska—Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice and the Alaska Court System.

Arizona—Supreme Court, State of Arizona, Administrative Office of the Courts; and the Maricopa County Juvenile Court Center.

Arkansas—Administrative Office of the Courts, State of Arkansas.

California—Judicial Council of California Administrative Office of the Courts, the California Department of Justice Criminal Justice Statistics Center, and the following county probation departments: Alameda, Kings, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, San Bernardino, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, and Ventura.

Colorado—Colorado Judicial Department.

Connecticut—Judicial Branch Administration, Court Support Services Division.

Delaware—State of Delaware Administrative Office of the Courts.

District of Columbia—Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Florida—State of Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.

Georgia—Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts.

Hawaii— Family Court of the First Circuit, The Judiciary, State of Hawaii.

Idaho—Idaho Supreme Court.

Illinois—Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, Probation Services Division; and the Juvenile Court of Cook County.

Indiana—Supreme Court of Indiana, Division of State Court Administration.

Iowa—State Court Administrator.

Kansas— Supreme Court of Kansas, Office of Judicial Administration.

Kentucky—Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts.

Louisiana—Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Maryland—Department of Juvenile Justice.

Massachusetts—Administrative Office of the Courts.

Michigan— State Court Administrative Office, Michigan Supreme Court.

Minnesota—Minnesota Supreme Court Information System.

Mississippi—Mississippi Department of Human Services, Division of Youth Services.

Missouri—Department of Social Services, Division of Youth Services.

Montana—Board of Crime Control.

Nebraska—Nebraska Crime Commission.

Nevada—Division of Child and Family Services, Juvenile Justice Programs Office.

New Hampshire—New Hampshire Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Courts.

New Jersey—Administrative Office of the Courts.

New York—New York Office of Court Administration; and the State of New York, Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives.

North Carolina—Administrative Office of the Courts.

Ohio—Supreme Court of Ohio, Ohio Department of Youth Services; and the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Division.

Oklahoma—Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs.

Oregon—Judicial Department.

Pennsylvania—Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission.

Rhode Island—Administrative Office of State Courts and Rhode Island Family Court.

South Carolina—Department of Juvenile Justice.

South Dakota—Unified Judicial System.

Tennessee—Tennessee Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.

Texas—Texas Juvenile Probation Commission.

Utah—Utah Administrative Office of the Courts.

Vermont—Supreme Court of Vermont, Office of Court Administration.

Virginia—Department of Juvenile Justice and the Virginia Supreme Court.

Washington—Office of the Administrator for the Courts.

West Virginia—Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center.

Wyoming—Supreme Court of Wyoming Court Services.