Paul Harms

Reports on the nature of robbery cases handled by juvenile courts between 1989 and 1998, with data based on the OJJDP report, Juvenile Court Statistics 1998.

Jeffrey Butts

Presents findings from Juvenile Court Statistics 1994, the latest in a series of annual reports on cases handled by U.S. courts with juvenile jurisdiction. Although courts with juvenile jurisdiction handle a variety of cases, including abuse, neglect, adoption, and traffic violations, Juvenile Court Statistics reports focus on the disposition of delinquency cases and formally processed status offense cases.

Melissa Sickmund

This fact sheet is based on 1-day counts of the juvenile placement population from the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement and the Juvenile Residential Facility Census. The data show that the number of juvenile offenders in residential placement in publicly and privately operated juvenile facilities has declined steadily since 2000.

Melissa Sickmund

This OJJDP Bulletin provides national statistics and an overview of how courts process cases involving juvenile offenders. It summarizes state statutes that define who is under juvenile court jurisdiction and how juvenile courts transfer juveniles to criminal court. Also discussed are research findings about court handling of very young.

Anne Stahl

This report provides data on arrests and formal court processing of juvenile vandalism cases in the United States for 1997 and between 1988 and 1997.

Anne Stahl

Data on nationwide juvenile vandalism cases for 1996 address the demographic characteristics of offenders and the number of vandalism cases involved in formal court processing between 1986 and 1995.

Sarah Livsey

This Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Fact Sheet presents statistics on delinquency cases resulting in probation in 2009. Probation supervision was the most severe disposition in 36 percent of all delinquency cases. The number of cases placed on probation increased 29 percent between 1985 and 2009. Property offense cases made up the greatest proportion of the probation caseload. This Fact Sheet is based on the report Juvenile Court Statistics 2009.

Sarah Livsey

This Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Fact Sheet presents statistics on delinquency cases resulting in probation in 2008. Probation supervision was the most severe disposition in 34 percent of all delinquency cases. The number of cases placed on probation increased 33 percent between 1985 and 2008. Property offense cases made up the greatest proportion of the probation caseload. This Fact Sheet is based on the report Juvenile Court Statistics 2008.

Sarah Livsey

Presents statistics on delinquency cases resulting in probation in 2007. This Fact Sheet is based on the report Juvenile Court Statistics 2006-2007.

Sarah Livsey

Presents statistics on delinquency cases resulting in probation in 2005. This Fact Sheet is based on the report Juvenile Court Statistics 2005.