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Juveniles in Court
Case Rate Trends
For each racial group, status offense case rates decreased between 2005 and 2018.


Note: Rates are cases per 1,000 youth ages 10-upper age of juvenile court jurisdiction.
*Excludes persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Persons of Hispanic ethnicity can be of any race.

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  • Status offense case rates for each race group peaked between 2005 and 2007 before steadily decreasing through 2018. Between 2005 and 2018, case rates decreased 50% each for American Indian and Asian youth, 47% for white youth, 43% for black youth, and 40% for Hispanic youth.
  • Status offense case rates for American Indian youth were higher than the rates for other race groups each year since 2005.

Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available:
https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/court/JCSCR_Display.asp?ID=qa06280. March 31, 2020.

 

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