| Q: |
Do residential placement facilities hold both violent juvenile offenders with nonviolent offenders? |
| A: |
Most juvenile residential facilities held a mix of violent and nonviolent juvenile offenders. |
Offense mix by facility type, 2017
| Population offense mix |
Total |
Public |
Private |
Total |
Public |
Private |
| Total |
1,709 |
975 |
734 |
100% |
100% |
100% |
| No mix of violent with other offenders |
512 |
194 |
318 |
30% |
20% |
43% |
| Mix of violent with other offenders |
1,197 |
781 |
416 |
70% |
80% |
57% |
Notes: Facilities identified here as not having a mix of violent offenders and other offenders, may in fact, allow both types of offenders, but merely had no mix on the census day. The specific housing arrangements of facilities identified here as having an offense mix are not known. Violent and nonviolent populations may be separated within a facility.
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Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08509.asp?qaDate=2017.
Released on April 23, 2019.
Data Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 2017 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP.
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