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Hockenberry, Sarah – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2020
The Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (CJRP) is administered biennially and collects information from all secure and nonsecure residential placement facilities that house juvenile offenders, defined as persons younger than age 21 who are held in a residential setting as a result of some contact with the justice system (that is, they are…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Residential Institutions, Placement, Criminals
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), 2016
"Educational Exclusion: Drop Out, Push Out, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline among LGBTQ Youth" provides an in-depth look at the conditions that effectively push LGBTQ youth out of school and potentially into the criminal justice system. The report provides specific, real world guidance to address the hostile school climates and…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation, Sexual Identity, At Risk Students
Morgan, Kirsten; Schlumpp, Arianne – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2012
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people are substantially over-represented in the juvenile justice system in Australia, and this over-representation is highest in the most serious processes and outcomes--particularly in detention. This bulletin examines the numbers and characteristics of Indigenous young people in the juvenile justice…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Juvenile Justice, Indigenous Populations, Delinquency
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, 2018
This year's "America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being" continues more than a decade of dedication and collaboration by agencies across the Federal Government to advance our understanding of our Nation's children and what may be needed to bring them a better tomorrow. "America's Children in Brief, 2018"…
Descriptors: Crime, Well Being, Birth Rate, High School Graduates
Aalders, Rachel; Morgan, Kirsten – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2011
In Australia, the state and territory governments are responsible for dealing with young people who are involved in crime. One major aspect of the juvenile justice system is the supervision of children and young people who have committed or are alleged to have committed an offence. This report presents information on the young people under…
Descriptors: Supervision, Youth, Foreign Countries, Juvenile Justice
Puzzanchera, Charles – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2009
This Bulletin summarizes 2007 juvenile crime and arrest data reported by local law enforcement agencies across the country and cited in the FBI report, "Crime in the United States 2007." The Bulletin describes the extent and nature of juvenile crime that comes to the attention of the justice system. It serves as a baseline for comparison for…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention, Prevention, Law Enforcement
Beck, Allen J.; Harrison, Paige M.; Guerino, Paul – US Department of Justice (NJ1), 2010
The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-79) (PREA) requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to carry out a comprehensive statistical review and analysis of the incidents and effects of prison rape for each calendar year. This report fulfills the requirement under Sec. 4(c)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act to provide a list of juvenile…
Descriptors: Rape, Correctional Institutions, Juvenile Justice, Victims of Crime
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Journal of At-Risk Issues, 2000
This table reports on juvenile arrests in 1998 by state and type of crime (violent crime, property crime, drug abuse, and alcohol violation). The violent crime index includes the offenses of murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. The property crime index includes burglary, larceny-theft, motor…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime, Juvenile Justice, Tables (Data)
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de Brey, Cristobal; Snyder, Thomas D.; Zhang, Anlan; Dillow, Sally A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2021
The 2019 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 55th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The purpose of the "Digest" is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. It contains data on a variety of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Federal Aid, Educational Finance
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Snyder, Thomas D.; de Brey, Cristobal; Dillow, Sally A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
The 2015 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 51st in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Federal Aid, Educational Finance
Livsey, Sarah – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2006
This fact sheet presents statistics on delinquency cases resulting in probation, 2002. Probation was the disposition in 38 percent of all delinquency cases processed by the juvenile courts in 2002. The number of cases placed on probation increased 44 percent between 1985 and 2002. Property offense cases made up the greatest proportion of the…
Descriptors: Juvenile Courts, Delinquency, Statistics, Juvenile Justice
Snyder, Howard N. – 1999
This report provides a summary and analysis of national and state juvenile arrest data in the United States. In 1998, law enforcement agencies made an estimated 2.6 million arrests of persons under age 18. Federal Bureau of Investigations statistics indicate that juveniles account for 18% of all arrests, and 17% of all violent crime arrests in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Crime, Juvenile Justice
Turner, Susan; Fain, Terry; Sehgal, Amber – RAND Corporation, 2007
In 2000, the California State Legislature passed the Schiff-Cardenas Crime Prevention Act, which authorized funding for county juvenile justice programs and designated the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA), formerly named the Board of Corrections, the administrator of funding. California counties receiving state funds for Juvenile Justice…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Intervention, Crime, Crime Prevention
Stahl, Anne L. – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2006
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 of person offense cases decreased 2 percent, property offense cases decreased 27 percent, drug law violation cases…
Descriptors: Juvenile Courts, Delinquency, Court Litigation, Statistics
Finkelhor, David; Ormrod, Richard – 2001
This bulletin, part of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's "Crimes against Children Series," draws on FBI and other data to provide a statistical portrait of juvenile homicide victimization, asserting that homicide is the only major cause of childhood deaths that has increased over the past 3 decades. The bulletin…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Crime, Homicide
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