| Q: |
How does the type of offense resulting in placement vary by race/ethnicity? |
| A: |
Offense profiles of youth in residential placement did not vary substantially by race/ethnicity. |
| Most serious offense |
|
|
Minority |
| Total |
White |
Total
Minority |
Black |
Hispanic |
American
Indian1 |
Asian1 |
| Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| Delinquency |
96% |
93% |
98% |
98% |
98% |
96% |
96% |
| Person |
43% |
39% |
46% |
46% |
45% |
41% |
47% |
| Criminal homicide |
3% |
2% |
3% |
3% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
| Sexual assault |
6% |
11% |
4% |
4% |
5% |
6% |
4% |
| Robbery |
11% |
4% |
15% |
17% |
13% |
5% |
17% |
| Aggravated assault |
9% |
7% |
11% |
10% |
12% |
9% |
10% |
| Simple assault |
8% |
10% |
8% |
7% |
8% |
13% |
9% |
| Other person |
5% |
6% |
5% |
5% |
4% |
5% |
3% |
| Property |
21% |
20% |
21% |
23% |
17% |
22% |
21% |
| Burglary |
7% |
6% |
7% |
8% |
5% |
8% |
9% |
| Theft |
4% |
4% |
4% |
5% |
2% |
5% |
5% |
| Auto theft |
5% |
4% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
6% |
3% |
| Arson |
1% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
1% |
1% |
| Other property |
4% |
4% |
4% |
3% |
4% |
4% |
3% |
| Drug |
4% |
6% |
4% |
3% |
5% |
4% |
3% |
| Drug trafficking |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
0% |
| Other drug |
4% |
5% |
3% |
2% |
4% |
4% |
3% |
| Public order |
14% |
14% |
14% |
14% |
14% |
11% |
10% |
| Weapons |
6% |
3% |
7% |
8% |
7% |
3% |
6% |
| Other public order |
8% |
11% |
7% |
6% |
7% |
8% |
5% |
| Technical violation* |
14% |
14% |
14% |
12% |
17% |
16% |
14% |
| Status |
4% |
7% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
4% |
4% |
1American Indian includes Alaskan Natives; Asian includes Pacific Islanders.
* Technical violations include violations of probation, parole, and valid court order.
Notes: Race proportions do not include youth of Hispanic ethnicity. Totals include a small number of youth for whom race/ethnicity was not reported or was reported as other. Detail may not total 100% because of rounding or because all offenses are not presented.
- Robbery was the most serious offense for a greater proportion of black, Hispanic, American Indian, and Asian juveniles than white juveniles in residential placement.
- Sexual assault offenses were the most serious offense for a greater proportion of white juveniles than other juveniles in residential placement.
- Regardless of race/ethnicity, a substantial proportion of youth were held for technical violations of probation, parole, or valid court orders.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08303.asp?qaDate=2019.
Released on May 21, 2021.
Data Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 2019 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP.
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