The study consists of a legal analysis, a facility analysis, a juvenile justice system survey, a service inventory, juvenile inmate population profiles, and inmate population trends. The legal analysis focuses on the statutory definitions of 'delinquent child,' 'unruly child,' and 'custodian,' and outlines statutory criteria for juvenile commitment eligibility. The facility analysis focuses on the North Dakota State Industrial School. The analysis includes the following recommendations: a new dining/food service building, a new housing cottage, enhanced security perimeter control, and the development of a long-range capital development plan. In the juvenile justice system survey, among the problems most often mentioned were a lack of consensus concerning treatment goals and objectives, a lack of short-term incarceration programs, an absence of secure and nonsecure detention facilities, and often scarce and inaccessible resources in rural court systems. The service inventory documents both residential and nonresidential State and community resources that could be used in controlling the growth of North Dakota's incarcerated juvenile population. The juvenile inmate population profiles encompass offenses of commitment, sex ratios, length of stay, and criminal histories. Although population projections could not be made, trend analysis was conducted for the last 6 years. Extensive figures and charts.