NCJ Number: 126825
Title: Mississippi Juvenile Court Case Records, 1986-1987, User's Guide
Corporate Author: National Juvenile Court Data Archive
Date Published: 1990
Page Count: 37
Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice/
Grant Number: 85-JN-CX-0012
Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
Document: PDF
Dataset: DATASET 1 DATASET 2 DATASET 3 DATASET 4 DATASET 5 DATASET 6 DATASET 7 DATASET 8 DATASET 9
Type: Policy/Procedure Handbook/Manual
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Annotation: Mississippi's Office of Youth Services has been collecting data on cases processed by the State's youth courts since 1979.
Abstract: Data are used for juvenile justice planning and policy decisions by juvenile probation officers, public and private agencies, and individual researchers. Youth courts have exclusive jurisdiction in all proceedings concerning delinquency, status offenders, traffic offenses, neglect, abuse, and special proceedings. Jurisdiction attaches at the time of the offense and can continue until the child's 20th birthday, unless terminated sooner. The youth court statistical form collects data on total court activities related to handling children's cases. The form is completed by youth counselors or other designated staff in each court for each new juvenile referral. Completed forms are sent to the Mississippi Office of Youth Services on a weekly basis. The National Juvenile Court Data Archive receives data files from the Office of Youth Services. The user's guide to these files explains how to access data according to such variables as county, sex, race, prior delinquency referrals, detention, firearm involved, drug or alcohol involvement, probation or parole violations, children in need of supervision, and disposition. Appendixes contain the youth court statistical form and the original data collector's statement of acceptance.
Main Term(s): Juvenile court records
Index Term(s): Crime data files; Data collections; Information processing; Juvenile offenders; Mississippi
Note: First edition
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