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NCJ Number: 252702 Find in a Library
Title: Characteristics of Delinquency Cases Handled in Juvenile Court 2016
Document: PDF
Date Published: October 2018
Annotation: Data are provided on the characteristics of delinquency cases processed in juvenile court in 2016, including types of offenses, ages and gender of involved juveniles, dispositions, and pre-disposition detention.
Abstract: Property offenses were involved in 33 percent of the cases; simple assault and other person offenses composed 29 percent of the cases; public order offenses were involved in 25 percent of the cases; and drug offenses composed 13 percent of the cases. Seventy percent of all delinquency cases resulted in informal sanctions or were dismissed. Youth ages 15 and older accounted for just over 70 percent of the delinquency caseload in 2016. Youth under the age of 13 composed 8 percent of those processed, and youth 13 or 14 years old constituted 13 percent of those processed. Seventy-two percent were male, and 28 percent were female. Seventy percent of all delinquency cases resulted in informal sanctions or were dismissed. Overall, 27 percent of all delinquency cases in 2016 involved pre-disposition detention. Among these pretrial-detention cases, 33 percent involved person offenses; 29 percent involved public-order offenses; 27 percent involved delinquency cases; 23 percent involved property offenses; and 18 percent involved drugs. 4 figures
Main Term(s): Juvenile court statistics
Index Term(s): Age group comparisons; Juvenile case disposition; Juvenile detention rates; Juvenile offender statistics; Juvenile offense statistics; Juvenile sentencing; Male female juvenile offender comparisons; OJJDP grant-related documents; OJJDP Resources
Grant Number: 2018-JX-FX-0002; 2016-JF-FX-K001
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Washington, DC 20531
Sale Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
US Dept of Justice
810 Seventh Street NW
Washington, DC 20531
United States of America
Page Count: 1
Format: Factsheet
Type: Factsheet
Language: English
Country: United States of America
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