Table Notes

Alabama  
Source: State of Alabama , Administrative Office of Courts
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
  2. Status figures are cases disposed.
  3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.

Alaska  
Source: Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice
Mode: Automated data file
Data:

1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.

 

Arizona  
Source: Supreme Court, State of Arizona , Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

Arkansas  
Source: Administrative Office of the Courts, State of Arkansas
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
  2. Status figures are cases disposed.
 

3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.

 

California  
Source: Judicial Council of California , Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode: Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data: 1. Judicial Council of California supplied data on delinquency and status offense cases disposed with a petition in calendar years 2001 or 2002 for all counties that did not independently provide automated delinquency and status offense data to NCJJ, or were not included in the automated file supplied by the California Department of Justice's Criminal Justice Statistics Center.
  2. Dependency figures are cases disposed with a petition in calendar year 2001 or 2002. The Judicial Council of California supplied dependency figures for all counties, including those counties that independently provided their automated delinquency and status offense data to NCJJ.
 

3. No dependency data are available for Trinity County for 2001 or 2002. Data for Fresno County were only available in 2002. Data for Modoc County were only available through February 2001. Data for Humboldt County were only available through June 2002.

 

California  
Source: California Department of Justice, Criminal Justice Statistics Center
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

California : Alameda County
Source: Alameda County Probation Department (delinquency and status cases)
Mode: Automated data file (delinquency and status cases)
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

California : San Bernardino County
Source: San Bernardino County Probation Department (delinquency and status cases)
Mode: Automated data file (delinquency and status cases)
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

California : Santa Clara County
Source: Santa Clara County Probation Department (delinquency and status cases)
Mode: Automated data file (delinquency and status cases)
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

California : Ventura County
Source: Ventura County Probation Agency (delinquency and status cases)
Mode: Automated data file (delinquency and status cases)
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

Colorado
Source: Colorado Judicial Department
Mode: FY 2001 and 2002 Annual Reports: Statistical Supplement
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are petitioned case filings for fiscal year 2001 or 2002. They include delinquency and status offense cases.
  2. Status figures were reported with delinquency cases.
 

3. Dependency figures are petitioned case filings for fiscal year 2001 or 2002.

 

Connecticut
Source: Judicial Branch Administration, Court Support Services Division
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
  2. Status figures are cases disposed.
 

3. Juvenile venue districts established by the State report data.

 

Delaware  
Source: Family Court, State of Delaware
Mode: Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are filings in calendar year 2001 or 2002.
  2. Delinquency figures do not include traffic cases.
  3. There is no statute on status offenders in this state; therefore, the court handles no status offense cases.
 

4. Dependency figures are filings in calendar year 2001 or 2002.

 

District of Columbia
Source: Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

Florida  
Source: State of Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed. They represent only those cases disposed by the Department of Juvenile Justice. Cases disposed by the Florida Network, the Department of Juvenile Justice's major contracted provider of CINS/FINS centralized intake, are not included in these figures.

 

Georgia : all counties not listed in the following note
Source: Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode: AOC publications, Caseload of the Georgia Courts 2001 and 2002
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are the number of children disposed with a petition for calendar year 2001 or 2002.
  2. Status figures are the number of children disposed with a petition for calendar year 2001 or 2002.
  3. Dependency figures are the number of children disposed with a petition for calendar year 2001 or 2002
 

4. Delinquency, status, and dependency figures may include a small percentage of children disposed without a petition.

 

Georgia: the counties of Bartow, Camden, Chatham, Cherokee, Clarke (2002 only), Clayton, Coweta, Dawson, Dougherty, Fayette, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Murray, Muscogee, Newton, Spalding, Troup, Walker, Walton, Ware, Whitfield
Source: Georgia Council of Juvenile Court Judges
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
  2. Status figures are cases disposed.
 

3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.

 

Hawaii
Source:Family Court of the First Circuit, The Judiciary, State of Hawaii
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

Idaho
Source:Idaho Supreme Court
Mode:Idaho Courts 2001 and 2002 Annual Report Appendices.
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 2. Status figures are reported with delinquency cases.
 

3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.

 

Illinois
Source:Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, Probation Services Division
Mode:2001 and 2002 Probation Statistics
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are the number of petitions filed.
 2. Status figures are the number of petitions filed. Minor requiring authoritative intervention (MRAI) and truancy counts were summed to determine status figures. Petitions for Putnam County and Scott County are reported with other counties.
 

3. Dependency figures are the number of petitions filed.

 

Illinois: Cook County
Source:Juvenile Court of Cook County
Mode:Automated data file (delinquency and status cases)
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

Indiana
Source:Supreme Court of Indiana, Division of State Court Administration
Mode:2001 and 2002 Indiana Judicial Service Reports, Volume II (petitioned) and 2001 and 2002 Indiana Judicial Service Report Probation Reports (nonpetitioned)
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
 

3. Dependency figures are petitioned cases disposed.

 

Indiana: Marion County
Source:Marion County Superior Court
Mode:Automated data file (delinquency and status cases)
Data: 1. Delinquency cases are cases disposed.
 

2. Status cases are cases disposed.

 

Iowa
Source:State Court Administrator
Mode:Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are the number of petitions.
 2. Dependency, which consists of CINA and FINA figures, are the number of petitions.
 

3. Dependency includes status offense cases.

 

Kansas
Source:Supreme Court of Kansas, Office of Judicial Administration
Mode:Annual Report of the Courts of Kansas
Data:

1. Delinquency figures are juvenile offender filings disposed for fiscal year 2001 or 2002.

 

Louisiana
Source:Judicial Council of the Supreme Court of Louisiana
Mode:2001and 2002 Annual Reports
Data: 1. Total figures are new cases filed in district court. They include petitioned and nonpetitioned delinquency, dependency, status offense, special proceeding, and traffic cases.
 

2. Figures shown for Caddo, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, and Orleans Parishes include juvenile felony, misdemeanor, and status offense cases referred through an administrative remedy process.

 

Maine
Source:Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode:Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Dependency figures are the number of petitions filed.

 

Maryland
Source:Department of Juvenile Justice
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

Massachusetts
Source:Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode:Massachusetts Court System Juvenile Court Department, Fiscal Year 2001 and 2002 Statistics
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are complaints disposed and include motor vehicle violations.
 2. Status figures are petitions disposed.
 3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.
 4. A charge is a single count alleged in a juvenile complaint.
 

5. Hampshire County figures are reported with Franklin County.

 

Michigan
Source:State Court Administrative Office, Michigan Supreme Court
Mode:Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are petitions disposed.
 2. Status figures are petitions disposed.
 

3. Dependency figures are petitions disposed.

 

Minnesota
Source:Minnesota Supreme Court Information System
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

Mississippi (2001 data onlyl)
Source:Department of Human Services, Division of Youth Services
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

Missouri
Source:Department of Social Services, Division of Youth Services
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
 

3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.

 

Montana
Source:Montana Board of Crime Control
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

Nebraska
Source:Nebraska Crime Commission
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are petitioned cases disposed.
 2. Status figures are petitioned cases disposed.
 3. Dependency figures are petitioned cases disposed.
 

4. In Douglas County, only those cases processed through the county attorney’s office were reported.

 

Nevada
Source:Division of Child and Family Services, Juvenile Justice Programs Office
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

New Hampshire
Source:New Hampshire Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode:Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are juvenile filings.
 2. Status figures are juvenile filings.
 

3. Dependency figures are juvenile filings.

 

New Jersey
Source:Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.

 

New Mexico
Source:Children, Youth, and Families Department
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

New York
Source:Office of Court Administration (petitioned cases) and the State of New York, Division of Probation and Correctional Alternatives (nonpetitioned cases)
Mode:Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
 3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.
 4. The petition information reflects data reported to the Office of Court Administration. It may not necessarily reflect the total number of cases processed through the court system.
 

5. Data for nonpetitioned cases for Onondaga County are only available for 11 months in 2001. Data for non-petitioned cases for Orange County are only available for 4 months in 2001. Data for nonpetitioned cases for Rockland County are only available for 5 months in 2001. Data for nonpetitioned cases for Warren County are only available for 9 months in 2002.

 

North Carolina
Source:Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode:Statistical pages sent to NCJJ
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are offenses alleged in juvenile petitions during calendar year 2001 or 2002.
 2. Status figures are offenses alleged in juvenile petitions during calendar year 2001 or 2002.
 

3. Dependency figures are conditions alleged in juvenile petitions during fiscal year 2001. They include dependent, neglected, and abused conditions. No dependency data were available for 2002.

 

North Dakota
Source:Supreme Court, Office of State Court Administrator
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
 

3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.

 

Ohio
Source:Supreme Court of Ohio
Mode:Ohio Courts Summary, 2001 and 2002
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are petition terminations.
 2. Status figures are unruly petition terminations.
 

3. Dependency figures include dependency, neglect, and abuse petition terminations.

 

Ohio: Cuyahoga County
Source:Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Division
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
 

3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.

 

Oklahoma
Source:Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs
Mode: Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

Oregon (2001 data only)
Source:Office of the State Court Administrator
Mode:Statistical Report Relating to the Circuit Courts of the State of Oregon, First Half 2002
Data: 1. Total figures are juvenile petitions filed. They include delinquency, status offense, dependency, special proceedings, and termination of parental rights cases.
 

2. The Circuit Courts in Gilliam, Morrow, Sherman and Wheeler Counties do not have jurisdiction over juvenile petition adjudications except for those involving termination of parental rights.

 

Oregon (2002 data only)
Source:Oregon Judicial Department
Mode:Statistical pages supplied to NCJJ
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are petitions filed.
 2. Dependency figures are petitions filed. They include status offense, dependency, special proceedings, and termination of parental rights cases.
 

3. The Circuit Courts in Gilliam, Morrow, Sherman and Wheeler Counties do not have jurisdiction over juvenile petition adjudications except for those involving termination of parental rights.

 

Pennsylvania
Source:Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 2. Status offenses in Pennsylvania are classified as dependency cases, which were not reported.
 

3. Figures presented here do not match those found in the 2001 and 2002 Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Disposition Report, due to differing units of count.

 

Rhode Island
Source:Administrative Office of State Courts
Mode:Rhode Island Judiciary Annual Report 2003
Data: 1. Total figures are the number of adoption/guardianship, dependency/neglect/abuse, termination of parental rights, violations, and wayward/delinquent filings.
 

2. The data were reported at the State level; no county breakdown was available.

 

South Carolina
Source:Department of Juvenile Justice
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

South Dakota (2001 data only)
Source:Unified Judicial System
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
 

3. Shannon County is an American Indian reservation that handles juvenile matters in the tribal court, which is not part of the State’s juvenile court system.

 

Tennessee
Source:Tennessee Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
 

3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.

 

Texas
Source:Texas Juvenile Probation Commission
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

Utah
Source:Utah Administrative Office of the Courts
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
 

3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.

 

Vermont
Source:Vermont Supreme Court, Judiciary Data Warehouse
Mode:Statistical page sent to NCJJ
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are petitioned cases disposed.
 2. Status figures are petitioned cases disposed.
 

3. Dependency figures are petitioned cases disposed.

 

Virginia
Source:Department of Juvenile Justice and the Virginia Supreme Court
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
 3. Fairfax City reports with Fairfax County.
 

4. Data for 2001 are incomplete due to reporting difficulties at the local level.

 

Washington
Source:Office of the Administrator for the Courts
Mode:Automated data file (delinquency and status) and Superior Court 2001 and 2002 and Annual Caseload Reports (dependency)
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
 3. Wakiakum County reports with Pacific County; Garfield County reports with Asotin County; Franklin County reports with Benton County.
 4. King County reports only delinquency data that contribute to an individual’s criminal history record information.
 5. Differences in data entry practices among the juvenile courts may contribute to variations in the data.
 

6. Dependency figures are petitioned cases disposed. They may include dependency, termination of parent/child relationship, truancy, at-risk youth, and alternative residential placement cases.

 

West Virginia
Source:Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 

2. Status figures are cases disposed.

 

Wisconsin
Source:Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Mode:Automated data file
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are cases disposed.
 2. Status figures are cases disposed.
 

3. Dependency figures are cases disposed.

 

Wyoming
Source:Supreme Court of Wyoming Court Services
Mode:Wyoming District Courts 2001 and 2002 Caseload Statistics
Data: 1. Delinquency figures are petitions filed.
 2. Status figures are petitions filed.
 3. Dependency figures are petitions filed.


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