October 26, 2012

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has released three fact sheets on delinquency cases in juvenile and criminal courts:

• Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2009 presents statistics on delinquency cases that U.S. courts with juvenile jurisdiction processed for public order, person, and property offenses and drug law violations between 1985 and 2009.
• Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal Court, 2009 presents statistics on petitioned delinquency cases waived to criminal court between 1985 and 2009.
• Juvenile Delinquency Probation Caseload, 2009 presents statistics on delinquency cases resulting in probation between 1985 and 2009.

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These fact sheets are derived from the National Center for Juvenile Justice report, Juvenile Court Statistics 2009.

See OJJDP's Statistical Briefing Book for additional information on juvenile courts case processing.