Charles Puzzanchera, Anne L. Stahl, Terrence A. Finnegan,
Howard N. Snyder, Rowen S. Poole, Nancy Tierney
National Center for Juvenile Justice

May 2000

Table of Contents

• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

• Foreword

• Acknowledgments

• List of Tables

• List of Figures

• Preface

• Introduction

• National Estimates of Delinquency Cases
  
  
  • Counts and Trends
  • Source of Referral
  • Detention
  • Intake Decision
  • Judical Decision and Disposition
    • Waiver
    • Adjudication
    • Disposition
  • Age at Referral
    • Detention
    • Intake Decision
    • Judicial Decision and Disposition
  • Sex
    • Detention
    • Intake Decision
    • Judicial Decision and Disposition
  • Race
    • Detention
    • Intake Decision
    • Judicial Decision and Disposition
  • Case of Processing of Selected Offenses
    
    
• National Estimates of Petitioned Status Offense Cases
  
  
  • Counts and Trends
  • Source of Referral
  • Detention
  • Judicial Decision and Disposition
    • Adjudication
    • Disposition
  • Age at Referral
    • Detention
    • Judicial Decision and Disposition
  • Sex
    • Detention
    • Judicial Decision and Disposition
  • Race
    • Detention
    • Judicial Decision and Disposition
      
      
• Methods
  • Sources of Data
  • Juvenile Population
  • Estimation Procedure
    
    
• Glossary of Terms

• Appendix: Reported Juvenile Court Cases Disposed in 1997, by County
  
  
• Table Notes

• Publications from OJJDP
  

John J. Wilson, Acting Administrator
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

This report was prepared by the National Center for Juvenile Justice, the research division of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and was supported by grant number 1999-MU-MU-0020 from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.

Points of view or opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of OJJDP or the U.S. Department of Justice.

Copyright 2000, National Center for Juvenile Justice, 710 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-3000 412-227-6950. ISSN 0091-3278.

Suggested citation: Puzzanchera, Charles, Anne L. Stahl, Terrence A. Finnegan, Howard N. Snyder, Rowen S. Poole, and Nancy Tierney. (2000). Juvenile Court Statistics 1997. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office for Victims of Crime.