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Estimated number of delinquency cases

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Delinquency Cases

Q: How many delinquency cases are handled by juvenile courts?

A: In 2019, courts with juvenile jurisdiction disposed approximately 722,600 delinquency cases, the fewest number of cases handled since the mid-1970s.