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Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Bureau of Justice Statistics. – 1989
This report on the custodial role of the Nation's juvenile justice system presents findings from the 1975, 1977, 1979, 1983, and 1985 censuses of public and private juvenile facilities. Its stated primary purpose is to provide a broad overview of trends and statistical data on the characteristics of the residents and facilities and to assist…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Census Figures, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency
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Williams, Barbara I. – Journal of Negro Education, 2002
Uses data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System and the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to explore the relationships between prevalence of drug use and incidents of violence with arrests rates of African American and white youth. Presents the information by state concluding that there is little…
Descriptors: Blacks, Delinquency, Drug Abuse, Juvenile Justice
Snyder, Howard N. – 1988
Past research has shown that a relatively small number of youths are responsible for a large proportion of the offenses committed by juveniles, leading juvenile justice practitioners to ask what the courts can do to intervene early to deter these youth from committing further serious delinquent acts. To answer this question, a research study was…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Court Litigation, Delinquency
California State Dept. of the Youth Authority, Sacramento. – 1986
This document contains a narrative and tables which provide information on the characteristics of the California Youth Authority's institution, camp, and parole populations as of June 30 of each year, 1977 through 1986. The characteristics compared in the report include committing court, county of commitment, admission status, ethnicity, Youthful…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Institutions, Criminals, Delinquency
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Sickmund, Melissa; Baunach, Phyllis Jo – 1986
A total of 1,040 publicly operated state and local juvenile detention, correction, and shelter facilities held 49,322 juvenile residents on February 1, 1985, an increase of 1% from the previous year. About 93% of the juveniles were accused of, or had been convicted for, acts which would be criminal offenses if committed by adults. Most of the rest…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correctional Institutions, Crime, Delinquency
California State Dept. of the Youth Authority, Sacramento. – 1985
This document is a 10-year statistical summary (1976-1985) of young criminal offenders in the state of California's Youth Authority Program. The effect of Youth Authority policy and legislative influences on Youth Authority population are discussed. A brief textual summary of the changes in this 10-year period includes the following findings: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Institutions, Criminals, Delinquency
California State Dept. of the Youth Authority, Sacramento. – 1987
This document presents statistics on the characteristics of first commitments from the California Youth Authority (CYA). Offense categories used in the report include violent offenses, property offenses, narcotic and drug offenses, and others. Several highlights of first commitment characteristics are reported: (1) from 1985 to 1986, CYA…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Delinquency, Family Influence, Individual Characteristics
Snyder, Howard N. – 2000
This bulletin presents a summary and analysis of national and state juvenile arrest data for 1999. Data come from the FBI's annual "Crime in the United States" report, which offers the estimated number of crimes reported to law enforcement agencies. The 1999 murder rate was the lowest since 1966. Of the nearly 1,800 juveniles murdered in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Delinquency, Homicide
Corbett, Jacqueline; Vereb, Thomas S. – 1974
This report presents information on juvenile court processing of youth in the U.S. during 1974. It is based on data gathered under the National Juvenile Court Statistical Reporting System. Findings can be summarized as follows: (1) 1,252,700 juvenile delinquency cases, excluding traffic offenses, were handled by courts in the U.S. in 1974; (2) the…
Descriptors: Children, Court Litigation, Delinquency, Justice
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. – 1989
The Honolulu Primary Counseling Project (HPCP) is a pilot, 3-year juvenile delinquency prevention program which emphasizes early identification of and intervention in children's adjustment and pre-delinquent behavior problems. The ultimate goal is to decrease the incidence of juvenile crimes. The project had three broad project goals: (1) to…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Delinquency, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Hall, John C.; And Others – 1982
This report summarizes data collected in the "most ambitious study of the out-of-state placement of children ever undertaken in America." It reports data gathered for the year 1978 from more than 20,000 public agencies in all 50 states and the District of Columbia and from more than 50 counties, including 60,000 individual contacts. The volume is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Children, Court Litigation
Camp, Catherine; And Others – 1980
This report examines the dimensions, causes, and consequences of the dropout problem for California youth aged 12-17. School enrollment data and data from the 1976 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Survey of Income and Education (SIE) were used to assess the current dropout rate. SIE statistics were also used to describe the age, sex,…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Delinquency, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention
Farber, Wendy; Burgess, Beth – 2002
This KIDS COUNT report examines trends in the well-being of Vermont's youth. The report balances at-risk youth data with survey results related to "positive youth development," an approach that promotes beneficial attributes of youth and their communities. Following an introduction and discussion of positive youth development and youth…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Delinquency
Browne, Judith A. – 2003
This report examines the use of law enforcement agencies and the juvenile justice system as a double jeopardy mechanism for students, documenting the derailing of students from an academic track in school to a future in the juvenile justice system. The first section explores the emergence of zero tolerance policies and how they have led to the…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Juvenile Justice
Fulkerson, Jayne A.; Harrison, Patricia A.; Hedger, Scott A. – 1999
This document reports on a voluntary survey designed to compare responses of adolescents in corrections with adolescents in public schools in 1998. Findings are highlighted in sections entitled: (1) "Youth, Their Families, and Their Environment"; (2) "Psychological Distress"; (3) "Sexual Activity"; (4) "School…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency
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