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Sexual Victimization Reported by Youth in Juvenile Facilities, 2018 - Supplemental Tables

NCJ Number
254892
Author(s)
Amy Lauger
Date Published
June 2020
Length
6 pages
Annotation
Five supplemental tables are presented for the 2018 federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) survey of youth in U.S. juvenile correctional facilities regarding any forced or coerced sexual activity with another youth or with facility staff within the prior 12 months.
Abstract

These supplemental tables present data on youth reporting sexual victimization, youth-on-youth incidents, and staff sexual misconduct in juvenile facilities with high rates of victimization.