Court statistics

OJJDP has released "Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2018." This fact sheet presents statistics on delinquency cases handled in U.S. juvenile courts from 2005 to 2018. During that period, the number of delinquency cases involving juveniles declined 55 percent. Decreases were experienced across four offense categories: property, public order, person, and drug law violation cases. The estimates are based on data from more...

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...

OJJDP has updated its Statistical Briefing Book (SBB):

• The Easy Access to Juvenile Court Statistics and Easy Access to State and County Juvenile Court Case Counts data analysis tools have been updated to include data through 2014. This release introduces national estimates of delinquency cases involving Hispanic youth.
• FAQs about Juveniles in Court and Juveniles on Probation have been updated to include data through 2014...