12 Questions
True or false:Official data on juvenile crime is only collected from law enforcement agencies.
False
True or false: Official data always reflects the actual number of delinquencies in any given year.
False
True or false: There are two major types of official data: National Incident Based Reporting System and Juvenile Court.
False
True or false: Participation in the Uniform Crime Report is mandatory for law enforcement agencies.
False
True or false: The National Crime Victimization Survey only collects data on reported crimes.
False
True or false: Self-report data provides information on the prevention of delinquency.
False
True or false: The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System focuses solely on criminal behavior among young people.
False
True or false: There has been an increase in delinquency cases since 1997.
False
True or false: The disproportionate involvement of minorities in the juvenile justice system is no longer an issue.
False
True or false: Black girls are more likely to be involved in delinquency than any other group.
True
True or false: Formal probation supervision is the most common outcome of delinquency adjudications.
True
True or false: Juvenile detention rates have increased since 2001.
False
Study Notes
- Official data on juvenile crime is collected from government agencies such as law enforcement agencies, juvenile courts, and correctional institutions.
- Official data may not reflect the actual number of delinquencies in any given year, as not all juveniles who engage in delinquency end up in the juvenile justice system.
- There are three major types of official data: National Incident Based Reporting System, Summary Reporting System, and Juvenile Court.
- The Uniform Crime Report collects, reports, and archives national crime data, and participation in the program is voluntary.
- The National Crime Victimization Survey collects individual victimization data on personal crimes and attempts to shed light on unreported crimes.
- Self-report data allows juveniles to report their delinquency and provides information on the etiology of delinquency.
- The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System tracks health risk behaviors and consequences among young people.
- There has been a decrease of 46% in delinquency cases and a decrease in delinquency adjudication since 1997.
- The disproportionate involvement of minorities in the juvenile justice system remains an issue.
- Female delinquents are disproportionately involved in some offenses, with Black girls being disproportionately involved in delinquency.
- Law enforcement agencies refer 60% of status offense cases and females make up 43% of those cases.
- Most delinquency adjudications result in formal probation supervision.
- On any given day, 70,000 juvenile offenders are confined to detention centers, residential facilities, or state correctional facilities.
- Placement of juvenile offenders has halved since 1999.
- 89% of confined offenders had prior convictions.
- Juvenile detention rates have declined since 2001 and are utilized for safety reasons or pre/post-trial purposes.
- Males and Black youth are more likely to be detained.
- 38,000 juveniles are confined in state correctional facilities on any given day.
- Minority youth are more likely to be detained and stay in confinement for longer periods of time.
- Females are now more likely than male offenders to be held in detention for certain offenses.
Explore official data sources and trends in juvenile delinquency, including types of data collection systems, involvement of minorities, gender disparities, and statistics on confinement of juvenile offenders.
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