Juvenile Court Statistics 2018 Now Available

The National Center for Juvenile Justice has released "Juvenile Court Statistics 2018." The report draws on data from the National Juvenile Court Data Archive, funded by OJJDP and managed by the National Institute of Justice. This report describes delinquency cases and petitioned status offense cases that courts with juvenile jurisdiction processed in 2018 and presents trends since 2005. In 2018, courts with juvenile jurisdiction handled an estimated 744,500 delinquency cases and an estimated 97,800 petitioned status offense cases.

RESOURCES: 

• See OJJDP's Statistical Briefing Book for additional information on juvenile court case processing.
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