Juvenile Justice Connection : Statistics

Juvenile Suicide In Confinement

CC Pro — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:46:00 GMT

A survey describing the characteristics of juveniles who committed suicide while confined has been published by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. This is the first national survey to examine the social history and demographic characteristics of the 110 juveniles who committed suicide while under confinement between 1995 and 1999. This bulletin also denotes the features of the facilities in which the incidents occurred and offers recommendations on how to prevent suicides.

Juvenile Court Statistics 2005

CC Pro — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:26:00 GMT

The National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ), with funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, (OJJDP) has published a report examining juvenile delinquency cases between 1985 and 2005. Also included is data regarding petitioned status offense cases between 1995 and 2005. Additional data on juvenile justice systems and the characteristics of juvenile offenders is available from the Statistical Briefing Book.

Juvenile Residential Facility Census

CC Pro — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:30:00 GMT

A report prepared by the National Center for Juvenile Justice, and published by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), provides selected findings on facilities holding juvenile offenders and the range of services provided.This bulletin is part of the ongoing National Report series examining juvenile justice systems and practices in the United States.

2006 Juvenile Arrest Data

CC Pro — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:57:00 GMT

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has released juvenile arrest data drawn from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Crime in the United States 2006. Among the findings:

Juvenile arrests for violent crimes increased modestly in 2005 and 2006. However, as the number of such arrests in 2004 was smaller than in any year since 1987, the number of juvenile arrests for violent crimes for 2006 was relatively low. Juvenile arrests for property crimes continued to decline and in 2006 were at their lowest level since at least 1980 (the first year of available data for this report).
In 1994, 1 of 6 alleged murder offenders known to law enforcement was under age 18. In 2006, this ratio was 1 in 11.
Juveniles were involved in 13% of all violent crimes cleared in 2006 - specifically, 6% of murders, 12% of forcible rapes, 17% of robberies, and 12% of aggravated assaults.
The growth in the juvenile murder arrest rate from 2004 to 2006 returned to near its 2002 level, but even with this increase the rate in 2006 was still 73% below its 1993 peak.
The proportion of female offender entering the juvenile justice system has grown. Although the juvenile arrests for violent crimes declined 22% for males between 1997 and 2006, they decreased only 12% for females in the same period.