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Juveniles in Court
Case Rate Trends
Across race groups, curfew violation case rates in 2018 were at their lowest level since at least 2005.


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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  • Curfew violation case rates reached a peak in 2006 for black youth, American Indian youth, and Hispanic youth, and in 2007 for white youth and Asian youth. Since reaching their peak, case rates fell considerably for all race groups through 2018: 89% for Asian youth, 88% for American Indian youth, 86% for Hispanic youth, 76% for white youth, and 71% for black youth.


Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available:
https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/court/JCSCR_Display.asp?ID=qa06283. March 31, 2020.

 

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