National Estimates of
Delinquency Cases (Continued)
Source of Referral There is some variation across the four major offense categories in the proportion of cases referred by law enforcement. In 1995, 94% of drug law violation cases were referred by law enforcement agencies, as were 91% of property cases and 87% of person offense cases. However, a smaller proportion of public order offense cases were referred by law enforcement sources (70%), perhaps because this offense category contains probation violations and contempt of court cases that are referred most often by court personnel.
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