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Juvenile status offenses

Status Offenses

A status offense is a nondelinquent (and noncriminal) act that is illegal for underage individuals (usually age 17 or younger), but not for adults. There are five main types of status offenses: 1) truancy, 2) running away from home, 3) violating curfew, 4) violating underage liquor laws, and 5) ungovernability. Tobacco offenses and a variety of other acts may also be regarded as status offenses...

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Juvenile Court Statistics, 2020

NCJ Number
307141
Date Published
June 2023
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical), Statistics
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Juvenile Court Statistics, 2017

NCJ Number
253182
Date Published
June 2019
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Publication Type
Statistics, Report (Grant Sponsored), Report (Annual/Periodic)
PDF

Juvenile Court Statistics, 2016

NCJ Number
252250
Date Published
August 2018
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Publication Type
Statistics, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Report (Annual/Periodic)
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Crime Solutions

Mystery Shop Programs To Reduce Underage Alcohol Sales

NCJ Number
251090
Date Published
August 2017
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Publication Type
Youth-Oriented Material, Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description
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Juvenile Court Statistics, 2015

NCJ Number
251694
Date Published
April 2018
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Publication Type
Statistics, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Report (Annual/Periodic)
PDF

Juvenile Court Statistics, 2014

NCJ Number
250766
Date Published
April 2017
Agencies
OJJDP-Sponsored
Publication Type
Survey, Statistics, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description
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