Charles Puzzanchera

Summarizes the arrest profile of youth under age 15. A table providing the estimated number of juvenile arrests by age group is provided.

Charles Puzzanchera, Sarah Hockenberry

NCJJ and OJJDP recently introduced a Data Snapshot series to disseminate current research about youth in the juvenile justice system. Each one-page Snapshot focuses on a specific topic (e.g., juveniles in residential placement, characteristics of youth residential placement facilities, youth victims of violence) and highlights policy-relevant findings. This Data Snapshot focuses on the continued decline in the youth residential placement population using data collected by OJJDP's Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (CJRP).

Charles Puzzanchera

NCJJ and OJJDP recently introduced a Data Snapshot series to disseminate current research about youth in the juvenile justice system. Each one-page Snapshot focuses on a specific topic (e.g., juveniles in residential placement) and highlights policy-relevant findings. This Data Snapshot focuses on the continued decline in the youth residential placement population using data collected by OJJDP's Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (CJRP).

Charles Puzzanchera, Sarah Hockenberry

NCJJ and OJJDP recently introduced a Data Snapshot series to disseminate current research about youth in the juvenile justice system. Each one-page Snapshot focuses on a specific topic (e.g., juveniles in residential placement, characteristics of youth residential placement facilities, youth victims of violence).

Julie Boc, Charles Puzzanchera

NCJJ and OJJDP recently introduced a Data Snapshot series to disseminate current research about youth in the juvenile justice system. Each one-page Snapshot focuses on a specific topic (e.g., youth victims of violence) and highlights policy-relevant findings. This Data Snapshot focuses on the characteristics of youth victims of violence and domestic violence using data collected by the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).

Julie Boc, Charles Puzzanchera

NCJJ and OJJDP recently introduced a Data Snapshot series to disseminate current research about youth in the juvenile justice system. Each one-page Snapshot focuses on a specific topic (e.g., juveniles in residential placement, characteristics of youth residential placement facilities, youth victims of violence) and highlights policy-relevant findings. This Data Snapshot highlights trends and characteristics of youth homicide victims based on data collected by the FBI’s Supplementary Homicide Reports.

Charles Puzzanchera, Sam Ehrmann

NCJJ and OJJDP recently introduced a Data Snapshot series to disseminate current research about youth in the juvenile justice system. Each one-page Snapshot focuses on a specific topic (e.g., juveniles in residential placement, characteristics of youth residential placement facilities, youth victims of violence) and highlights policy-relevant findings. This Data Snapshot highlights trends and characteristics of girls at various stages in the juvenile justice system.

Charles Puzzanchera

Presents data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. The survey asked youth to report whether they had engaged in a variety of delinquent or other behaviors that may lead to future delinquency. This Fact Sheet presents estimates of these self-reported behaviors by the youngest age group-youth who were 12 years old at the end of 1996.

Charles Puzzanchera

Presents statistics on person offenses (assault, robbery, rape, and homicide) handled by juvenile courts between 1990 and 1999.

Melissa Sickmund, Charles Puzzanchera

The authors discuss their study of data from three states - collected to monitor compliance with the core requirements of the Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act - to see if violations show any evidence of racial disparity. Specifically, the study was interested in whether there was evidence of minority over-representation or disproportionality in violations of the JJDP Act's holding requirements - regarding deinstitutionalization of status offenders (DSO) , or jail removal (from …