Table Notes

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.
3. Dependency 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 (delinquency and status figures)
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 (dependency figures)
Source: Judicial Council of California
Mode: California Juvenile Statistical Abstract
Data: 1. Dependency figures are cases disposed.
Colorado
Source: Colorado Judicial Department
Mode: FY 2003 and 2004 Annual Report: Statistical Supplement
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are petitioned case filings for fiscal year 2003 or 2004. 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 2003 or 2004.
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. Juvenile venue districts established by the State report data.
Delaware
Source: Family Court of the State of Delaware
Mode: 2003 and 2004 Annual Report of the Delaware Judiciary.
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed in fiscal year 2003 or 2004.
2. Delinquency figures include traffic cases.
3. There is no statute on status offenders in this State; therefore, the court handles no status offense cases.
District of Columbia
Source: Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
2. Delinquency figures reported for 2003 are cases disposed from January to July only.
3. Status figures are cases disposed.
4. Status figures reported for 2003 are cases disposed from January to July only.
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.
Georgia: all counties except those listed in the following note
Source: Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode: AOC publication, Caseload of the Georgia Courts 2003 and 2004
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are the number of children disposed with a petition for calendar year 2003 or 2004.
2. Status figures are the number of children disposed with a petition for calendar year 2003 or 2004.
3. Dependency figures are the number of children disposed with a petition for calendar year 2003 or 2004.
4. Delinquency, status, and dependency figures may include a small percentage of children disposed without a petition.
Georgia: Bartow, Camden, Chatham, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Coweta, Dawson, Dougherty, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Murray, Muscogee, Newton, Spalding, Troup, Walker, Walton, Ware, and Whitfield Counties
Source: Georgia 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.
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 2003 and 2004 Annual Report Appendix
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
2. Status figures are reported with delinquency cases.
3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.
Illinois: all counties except that listed in the following note
Source: Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, Probation Services Division
Mode: 2003 and 2004 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.
Illinois: Cook County
Source: Juvenile Court of Cook County
Mode: Automated data file (petitioned delinquency and status cases)
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
2. Status figures are cases disposed.
Indiana
Source: Supreme Court of Indiana, Division of State Court Administration
Mode: 2003 and 2004 Indiana Judicial Service Report, Volume II (petitioned) and 2003 and 2004 Indiana Judicial
Service Report: Probation Report (nonpetitioned)
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
2. Status figures are cases disposed.
3. Dependency figures are petitioned cases disposed.
Iowa (2003 data only)
Source: State Court Administrator
Mode: Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are the number of petitions.
2. Dependency, which consists of CINA and FINA figures, are the number of petitions.
3. Dependency includes status offense cases.
Iowa (2004 data only)
Source: Iowa Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning
Mode: Juvenile Court Services 2004 Annual Report
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are the number of petitions.
Kansas
Source: Supreme Court of Kansas, Office of Judicial Administration
Mode: Annual Report of the Courts of Kansas
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are juvenile offender filings disposed for fiscal year 2003 or 2004.
Maine
Source: Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
2. Status figures are cases disposed.
Maryland
Source: Department of Juvenile Justice
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
2. Status figures are cases disposed.
Massachusetts
Source: Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode: Massachusetts Court System Juvenile Court Department, Fiscal Year 2003 and 2004 Statistics
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. A charge is a single count alleged in a juvenile complaint.
5. Hampshire County figures are reported with Franklin County.
Michigan: all counties except that listed in the following note
Source: State Court Administrative Office, Michigan Supreme Court
Mode: Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are petitions disposed.
2. Dependency figures are petitions disposed.
Michigan: Wayne County (2004 data only)
Source: Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
2. Status figures are cases disposed.
3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.
Minnesota (2003 data only)
Source: Minnesota Supreme Court Information System
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
2. Status figures are cases disposed.
Mississippi (2004 data only)
Source: Mississippi Department of Human Services
Mode: Division of Youth Services 2004 Annual Statistical Report
Data: 1. Total figures are cases disposed.
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: Montana 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 Child and Family Services, Juvenile Justice Programs Office
Mode: Automated data file
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 juvenile filings.
2. Status figures are juvenile filings.
3. Dependency figures are juvenile filings.
New Jersey
Source: Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
New Mexico
Source: Children, Youth, and Families Department
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
2. Status 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.
5. Data for nonpetitioned cases for Warren County are only available for 9 months.
North Carolina (2003 data only)
Source: Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode: Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are offenses alleged in juvenile petitions during calendar year 2003.
2. Status figures are offenses alleged in juvenile petitions during calendar year 2003.
North Carolina (2004 data only)
Source: The North Carolina Court System’s Office of Research and Planning
Mode: Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are the number of petitions filed for fiscal year 2004.
2. Status figures are the number of petitions filed fiscal year 2004.
3. Dependency figures are the number of petitions filed fiscal year 2004.
Ohio: all counties except those listed in the following two notes
Source: Supreme Court of Ohio
Mode: Ohio Courts Summary, 2003 and 2004
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: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
2. Status figures are cases disposed.
3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.
Ohio: Lucas County
Source: Lucas County Juvenile Court (2004 only)
Mode: Automated data file
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: Oregon Judicial Department
Mode: Statistical pages supplied to NCJJ
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are petitions filed.
2. Dependency figures are petitions filed. They include status offense, dependency, special proceedings, and termination of parental rights cases.
3. The Circuit Courts in Gilliam, Morrow, Sherman and Wheeler Counties do not have jurisdiction over juvenile petition adjudications except for those involving termination of parental rights.
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 2003 and 2004 Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Disposition Report, due to differing units of count.
Rhode Island
Source: Rhode Island Family Court
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
2. Status figures are cases disposed.
3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.
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 (2003 data only)
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: Vermont Judiciary Data Warehouse
Mode: Statistical page 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.
Washington
Source: Office of the Administrator for the Courts
Mode: Automated data file (delinquency and status for 2003 only) and Superior Court 2003 and 2004 Annual Caseload Report (dependency)
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
2 Status figures are cases disposed.
3. Wakiakum County reports with Pacific County; Garfield County reports with Asotin County; Franklin County reports with Benton County.
4. King County reports only delinquency data that contribute to an individual’s criminal history record information.
5. Differences in data entry practices among the juvenile courts may contribute to variations in the data.
6. Dependency figures are petitioned cases disposed. They may include dependency, termination of parent/child relationship, truancy, at-risk youth, and alternative residential placement cases.
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.
Wisconsin
Source: Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
2. Status figures are cases disposed.
3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.
Wyoming (2003 data only)
Source: Supreme Court of Wyoming Court Services
Mode: Wyoming District Courts 2003 Caseload Statistics
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are petitions filed.
2. Status figures are petitions filed.
3. Dependency figures are petitions filed.


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