One table presents 1999 data on offenses recorded by the police, those cautioned, and defendants prosecuted at magistrates' courts and convicted at all courts for violent offenses against juveniles, where the age of the victim is known. Data are presented by offense and sex. Another table presents the same type of data for 1988, 1989, 1995-99/2000. A third table is divided into three parts. The first part presents the number of persons sentenced in magistrates' courts for violent offenses against juveniles where the victim's age is identified; data are presented by type of offense and disposition for 1998 and 1999. The second part of the table presents the same type of data for the Crown Court, and the third part of the table presents these data for both magistrates' courts and the Crown Court. One figure presents data on offenses recorded as homicides with a juvenile victim for 1999/2000. A fourth table presents the same type of data by both age and sex of the victim for 1988, 1989, and 1996-99/2000. Among the key points noted in the report is that from 1989 to 1999/2000, the number of child abductions increased from 140 to 577. From 1998/99 to 1999/2000, the number of notifiable offenses for cruelty to or neglect of children increased from 2,300 to 2,631.