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Maricopa County Juvenile Court: Five Year Comparisons

NCJ Number
117991
Date Published
1989
Length
172 pages
Annotation
This report summarizes information about juveniles referred to the Maricopa County Juvenile Court Center (Arizona) from 1984 to 1988.
Abstract
The report is divided into four sections: a detailed report of 1988 referrals, 1984-88 referrals, first-time offenders, and juveniles detained. Each section contains a number of tables describing the juveniles in terms of basic characteristics such as age, sex, ethnicity, type of offense charged, etc. The detailed report includes the first breakdowns of activities during 1988, such as recidivism of first-time offenders, hearings held, and dispositions of referrals. Tables, glossary.