Alabama
Source:	State of Alabama, Administrative Office of Courts
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
	2. Status figures are cases disposed.
Alaska
Source:	Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1 . Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
Arizona
Source:	Supreme Court, State of Arizona, Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
	2. Status figures are cases disposed.
Arkansas
Source:	Administrative Office of the Courts, State of Arkansas
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
	2. Status figures are cases disposed.
	3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.
California
Source:	Judicial Council of California Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode:	Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data:	1. Delinquency figures (other than for the counties detailed below) are cases disposed with a petition in calendar year 1999. 2. Status figures (other than for the counties detailed below) are cases disposed with a petition in calendar year 1999. 3. Dependency figures are cases disposed with a petition in calendar year 1999. The Judicial Council of California supplied dependency figures for all counties, including those counties that independently provided their automated delinquency and status offense data to NCJJ. 4. Dependency data are incomplete for Alpine and Trinity counties due to reporting difficulties.
California: Alameda County
Source:	Alameda County Probation Department (delinquency and status cases)
Mode:	Automated data file (delinquency and status cases)
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
	2. Status figures are cases disposed.
California: Alpine, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Fresno, Humboldt, Inyo, Lake, Madera, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Toulumne Counties
Source:	California Department of Justice, Criminal Justice Statistics Center
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
	2. Status figures are cases disposed.
California: Orange County
Source:	Orange County Probation Department (delinquency and status cases)
Mode:	Automated data file (delinquency and status cases)
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
	2. Status figures are cases disposed.
California: San Bernardino County
Source:	San Bernardino County Probation Department (delinquency and status cases)
Mode:	Automated data file (delinquency and status cases)
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
	2. Status figures are cases disposed.
California: San Joaquin County
Source:	San Joaquin County Probation Department (delinquency and status cases)
Mode:	Automated data file (delinquency and status cases)
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
	2. Status figures are cases disposed.
California: Santa Clara County
Source:	Santa Clara County Probation Department (delinquency and status cases))
Mode:	Automated data file (delinquency and status cases)
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
	2. Status figures are cases disposed.
California: Ventura County
Source:	Correction Services Agency (delinquency and status cases)
Mode:	Automated data file (delinquency and status cases)
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
	2. Status figures are cases disposed.
Colorado
Source:	Colorado Judicial Department
Mode:	FY 1999 Annual Report: Statistical Supplement
Data:	1.Delinquency figures are petitioned case filings for fiscal year 1999. They include delinquency and status offense cases. 2. Status figures were reported with delinquency cases. 3. Dependency figures are petitioned case filings for fiscal year 1999.
Connecticut
Source:	Judicial Branch Administration, Court Support Services Division
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed. 3. DaJuvenile venue districts established by the state report data.ta are reported by juvenile venue districts established by the State.
Delaware
Source:	State of Delaware Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode:	1999 Statistical Report
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases filed in calendar year 1999. 2. There is no statute on status offenders in this state; therefore, the court handles no status offense cases. 3. Dependency figures are cases filed in calendar year 1999.
District of Columbia
Source:	Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Mode:	JCS survey form
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed.. 3. Dependency figures are cases disposed..
Florida
Source:	State of Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
Mode:	Automated data file
Data: .	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed. They represent only those cases disposed by the Department of Juvenile Justice. Cases disposed by the Florida Network, the Department of Juvenile Justice’s major contracted provider of CINS/FINS centralized intake, are not included in these figures. 3. The figures represent the number of cases disposed by Intake during 1999, which captures only those disposed cases reported to the Department of Juvenile Justice by caseworkers correctly entering data to the Juvenile Justice Information System (JJIS). 4. On October 1, 1994, Juvenile Justice separated from the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services to become the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Georgia
Source:	Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode:	Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are the number of children disposed with a petition for calendar year 1999. 2. Status figures are the number of children disposed with a petition for calendar year 1999. 3. Dependency figures are the number of children disposed with a petition for calendar year 1999. 4. Delinquency, status, and dependency figures may include a small percentage of children disposed without a petition.
Hawaii
Source:	Family Court of the First Circuit, The Judiciary, State of Hawaii
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
Idaho
Source:	Idaho Supreme Court
Mode:	Idaho Courts 1999 Annual Report Appendix
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. They include status offense cases. 2. Status figures are reported with delinquency cases. 3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.
Illinois
Source:	Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, Probation Services Division
Mode:	1999 Probation Statistics
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are the number of petitions filed. 2. Status figures are the number of petitions filed. Minor requiring authoritative intervention (MRAI) and truancy counts were summed to determine status figures.. 3. Dependency figures are the number of petitions filed. Neglect/abuse and dependency counts were summed to determine dependency figures.
Illinois: Cook County
Source:	Juvenile Court of Cook County
Mode:	Automated data file (delinquency and status cases)
Data:	1. Delinquency cases are cases disposed. 2. Status cases are cases disposed.
Indiana
Source:	Supreme Court of Indiana, Division of State Court Administration
Mode:	1999 Indiana Judicial Report, Volume II (petitioned) and 1999 Indiana Probation Report (nonpetitioned)
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed. 3. Dependency figures are petitioned cases disposed.
Iowa
Source:	State Court Administrator
Mode:	Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are the number of petitions. 2. Dependency figures are the number of petitions. 3. Iowa reported its data by judicial district. The following is a list of counties within judicial districts. District 1: Allamakee, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Howard, and Winneshiek. District 2: Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Marshall, Mitchell, Pocahontas, Sac, Story, Webster, Winnebago, Worth, and Wright. District 3: Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida, Kossuth, Lyon, Monona, O’Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Sioux, and Woodbury. District 4: Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, and Shelby. District 5: Adair, Adams, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, Guthrie, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Marion, Polk, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, Warren, and Wayne. District 6: Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn, and Tama. District 7: Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine, and Scott. District 8: Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Mahaska, Monroe, Poweshiek, Van Buren, Wapello, and Washington.
Kansas
Source:	Supreme Court of Kansas, Office of Judicial Administration
Mode:	Annual Report of the Courts of Kansas
Data:	1. Total figures are filings in the care of children for fiscal year 1999.
Louisiana
Source:	Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana
Mode:	1999 Annual Report
Data:	1. Total figures are new cases filed in district court. They include petitioned and nonpetitioned delinquency, dependency, status offense, special proceeding, and traffic cases. 2. Figures shown for Caddo, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, and Orleans Parishes include juvenile felony , misdemeanor, and status offense cases referred in through an administrative remedy process.
Maryland
Source:	Department of Juvenile Justice
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed. 3. Data may be incomplete due to the conversion from the Information System for Youth Services (ISYS) to the Automated Statewide Support and Information System (ASSIST).
Massachusetts
Source:	Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode:	Annual Report on the State of Massachusetts Court System, FY 1999
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are complaints disposed and include motor vehicle violations. 2. Status figures are petitions disposed. 3. Dependency figures are cases disposed. 4. Figures for Bristol, Hampden, Suffolk, and Worcester Counties are incomplete because the units of counts for the corresponding Juvenile Court Departments were not compatible with the rest of the courts’ unit of count. Essex County data are incomplete because the Amesbury district court data were not reported. 5. Each defendant is counted as a single criminal case.
Michigan
Source:	State Court Administrative Office, Michigan Supreme Court
Mode:	Michigan’s One Court of Justice 1999–2000 Annual Report, Circuit Court Statistical Supplement
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are petitions filed. 2. Status figures are petitions filed. 3. Dependency figures are petitions filed.
Minnesota
Source:	Minnesota Supreme Court Information System
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
Mississippi
Source:	Mississippi Department of Human Services, Division of Youth Services
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed. 3. Dependency figures are cases disposed. Only those dependency cases that came to the attention of the Office of Youth Services via court processing are included.
Missouri
Source:	Department of Social Services, Division of Youth Services
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed. 3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.
Montana
Source:	Board of Crime Control
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
Nebraska
Source:	Nebraska Crime Commission
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are petitioned cases disposed. 2. Status figures are petitioned cases disposed. 3. Dependency figures are petitioned cases disposed. 4. In Douglas County, only those cases processed through the county attorney’s office were reported.
Nevada
Source:	Division of Children and Family Services, Juvenile Justice Programs Office
Mode:	Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
New Hampshire
Source:	New Hampshire Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode:	Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are petitions filed. 2. Status figures are petitions filed. 3. Dependency figures are petitions filed.
New Jersey
Source:	Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
New York
Source:	Office of Court Administration (petitioned cases) and the State of New York, Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives (nonpetitioned cases)
Mode:	Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed. 3. Dependency figures are cases disposed. 4. The petition information reflects data reported to the Office of Court Administration. It may not necessarily reflect the total number of cases processed through the court system.
North Carolina
Source:	Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode:	Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are offenses alleged in juvenile petitions during fiscal year 1999. 2. Status figures are offenses alleged in juvenile petitions during fiscal year 1999. 3. Dependency figures are conditions alleged in juvenile petitions during fiscal year 1999. They include dependent, neglected, and abused conditions.
Ohio
Source:	Supreme Court of Ohio
Mode:	Ohio Courts Summary, 1999
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are petition terminations. 2. Status figures are unruly petition terminations. 3. Dependency figures include dependency, neglect, and abuse petition terminations.
Ohio: Cuyahoga County
Source:	Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Division
Mode:	Statistical page sent to NCJJ
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed. 3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.
Oklahoma:
Source:	Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
Oregon
Source:	Judicial Department
Mode:	Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data:	1. Total figures are juvenile petitions filed. They include delinquency, status offense, dependency, special proceedings, and termination of parental rights cases.
Pennsylvania
Source:	Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status offenses in Pennsylvania are classified as dependency cases, which were not reported. 3. Figures presented here do not match those found in the 1999 Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Disposition Report, due to differing units of count.
Rhode Island
Source:	Administrative Office of State Courts
Mode:	Report on the Judiciary 1999
Data:	1. Total figures are the number of wayward, delinquent, dependency, neglect, and abuse filings. 2. The data were reported at the State level; no county breakdown was available.
South Carolina
Source:	Department of Juvenile Justice
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
South Dakota
Source:	Unified Judicial System
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed. 3. Shannon County is an American Indian reservation that handles juvenile matters in the tribal court, which is not part of the state’s juvenile court system.
Tennessee
Source:	Tennessee Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed. 3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.
Texas
Source:	Texas Juvenile Probation Commission
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
Utah
Source:	Utah Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed. 3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.
Vermont
Source:	Supreme Court of Vermont, Office of the Court Administration
Mode:	Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are petitioned cases disposed. 2. Status figures are petitioned cases disposed. 3. Dependency figures are petitioned cases disposed.
Virginia
Source:	Department of Juvenile Justice and the Virginia Supreme Court
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed. 3. Fairfax City reports with Fairfax County; South Boston City reports with Halifax County. 4. Data for 1999 are incomplete due to reporting difficulties at the local level.
Washington
Source:	Office of the Administrator for the Courts
Mode:	Automated data file (delinquency and status) and Caseloads of the Courts of Washington 1999 (dependency)
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2 Status figures are cases disposed. 3. Dependency figures are petitioned cases disposed. They include dependency, termination of parent/child relationship, truancy, at-risk youth, and alternative residential placement cases. 4. Wahkiakum County reports with Pacific County; Garfield County reports with Asotin County; Franklin County reports with Benton County. 5. King County reports only delinquency data that contribute to an individual’s criminal history record information.King County reports only delinquency data that contribute to an individual’s criminal history record information. 6. Differences in data entry practices among the juvenile courts may contribute to variations in the data.Differences in data entry practices among the juvenile courts may contribute to variations in the data.
West Virginia
Source:	Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center
Mode:	Automated data file
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed. 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
Wyoming
Source:	Supreme Court of Wyoming Court Services
Mode:	Wyoming District Courts 1999 Caseload Statistics
Data:	1. Delinquency figures are petitions filed. 2. Status figures are petitions filed. 3. Dependency figures are petitions filed.