‘Utilizing the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97), this federally supported study provides criminal justice practitioners and policymakers with an overview of problem and law-violating behavior of juveniles and young adults. Key findings from the…
This is an executive summary of the process evaluation of the aftercare services program of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Juvenile Justice Services (BJJS), prepared by the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) for the Pennsylvania…
This booklet provides instruction and guidance to local juvenile courts and probation departments on racial coding of juveniles involved in Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice system in conjunction with reporting juvenile delinquency dispositions to the Juvenile Court…
Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report presents comprehensive information on juvenile crime, violence, and victimization and on the juvenile justice system. This OJJDP National Report brings together the latest available statistics from a variety…
This document highlights the statistical findings of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) publication Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report. It lists notable statistics in each of its seven-chapter areas: juvenile…
Presents statistics on person offense cases processed by juvenile courts in 2002. Download Publication
This Fact Sheet presents statistics on delinquency cases processed by juvenile courts in 2002. The number of delinquency cases handled by juvenile courts decreased 11 percent between 1997 and 2002. During this time, the number…
This fact sheet presents summary information on the juvenile delinquency probation caseload for the period 1985 through 2002. The findings presented in this report were drawn from the National Juvenile Court Data Archive. Data included…
Findings are presented on juvenile arrests as reported by local law enforcement officials to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2004. Download Publication
Presents findings from the 2002 Juvenile Residential Facility Census (JRFC). This Bulletin is based on reports from 2,964 public and private facilities, which held 102,388 juvenile offenders on the census date (October 23, 2002). It…
This brief report, updated for 2004, highlights state variations in the use of the Supreme Court’s per se age test for determining whether or not a juvenile under a certain age has validly waived his…
This brief report, updated for 2005, highlights variations in state provisions allowing a jury trial in juvenile delinquency cases. Download Publication