Juvenile statistics

OJJDP has updated its Statistical Briefing Book  with  a new  Data Snapshot on teen dating violence. The snapshot draws on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System to document the trends and characteristics of exposure to dating violence reported by high school students. The data show the prevalence of physical and sexual dating violence reported by students declined overall between...

OJJDP has updated its Statistical Briefing Book (SBB):

• Easy Access to the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports data analysis tool has been updated to include data through 2018. 
• FAQs describing the number, demographics, weapon use, and victim-offender relationship of juvenile homicide victims and juvenile homicide offenders have been updated through 2018. 
• Easy Access to Juvenile Populations and related FAQs in the Juvenile Population Characteristics and Hispanic...

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 to include a new Data Snapshot on teen dating violence. The Data Snapshot draws on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System to document the trends and characteristics of dating violence reported by high school students.

Developed for OJJDP by the National Center for Juvenile Justice, the research division of the National Council...

OJJDP has released "Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2016." This fact sheet presents statistics on delinquency cases handled in U.S. juvenile courts from 2005 to 2016. During the 12-year period, the number of delinquency cases involving juveniles declined 49 percent. Decreases were experienced across four offense categories: property, public order, person, and drug law violations. The estimates are based on data from more...