U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government, Department of Justice.

Library & Multimedia

Shutterstock.com (see reuse policy).

Juvenile Court Statistics, 2020

This document describes delinquency cases and petitioned status offense cases handled between 2005 and 2020 by U.S. courts with juvenile jurisdiction. The preface provides a history of juvenile court statistics reporting, dating back to 1929. 

Trends in Youth Arrests for Violent Crimes

The estimated number of youth arrests for violent crime, which includes murder, robbery, and aggravated assault, has declined since the mid-2000s.

Publication Types

OJJDP produces different types of publications and products, including Newsletters, Bulletins, Fact Sheets, Reports, and Portable Guides.

 Learn About Types of OJJDP Publications

OJJDP Annual Reports

Annual Reports describe the Office's activities in a specified fiscal year.​

Access OJJDP Annual Reports

Multimedia
© Vladkol/Shutterstock.com (see reuse policy).

About Multimedia

OJJDP's growing multimedia collection includes video messages from OJJDP Acting Administrator Chyrl Jones, archived webinars on specific solicitations, training sessions, and more.

NCJRS Virtual Library
© Clari Massimiliano/Shutterstock.com (see reuse policy).

NCJRS Virtual Library

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Virtual Library contains bibliographic information and abstracts of more than 250,000 collection resources, including all known Office of Justice Programs' works.