| Q: |
Have trends in the number of detained cases varied by race? |
| A: |
The number of delinquency cases involving detention declined for all racial groups since 2005. |
Detained delinquency cases by race, 2005-2018
| Year |
White* |
Black* |
American
Indian |
Asian/NHPI* |
Hispanic |
| 2005 |
168,400 |
149,600 |
6,000 |
5,200 |
76,600 |
| 2006 |
159,200 |
148,900 |
6,000 |
5,000 |
77,700 |
| 2007 |
152,600 |
149,100 |
6,000 |
4,600 |
80,400 |
| 2008 |
140,500 |
144,200 |
5,600 |
4,600 |
76,600 |
| 2009 |
128,500 |
129,400 |
5,300 |
4,000 |
71,600 |
| 2010 |
119,400 |
116,600 |
5,100 |
3,700 |
69,600 |
| 2011 |
109,700 |
107,300 |
4,800 |
3,500 |
64,900 |
| 2012 |
103,800 |
102,800 |
4,700 |
3,200 |
60,200 |
| 2013 |
90,100 |
101,800 |
3,900 |
2,900 |
54,700 |
| 2014 |
80,200 |
90,900 |
3,800 |
2,400 |
51,100 |
| 2015 |
75,500 |
87,500 |
3,700 |
2,100 |
50,400 |
| 2016 |
70,900 |
84,300 |
3,700 |
2,100 |
48,200 |
| 2017 |
70,900 |
80,600 |
3,400 |
2,200 |
45,800 |
| 2018 |
68,500 |
77,400 |
3,600 |
2,100 |
43,900 |
* Excludes persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Persons of Hispanic ethnicity can be of any race.
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- Between 2005 and 2018, the relative decline in cases involving detention was greatest for white and Asian youth (down 58% each), then black youth (down 46%), followed by American Indian and Hispanic youth (down 43% and 40%, respectively).
- In 2018, youth were detained at some point between referral to court and case disposition in 32% of delinquency cases involving Hispanic youth, 30% for black youth, 26% for American Indian youth, 25% for Asian youth, and 21% for white youth.
- In 2018, black youth accounted for the largest proportion of delinquency cases involving detention (40%). By comparison, white youth accounted for 35%, Hispanic youth accounted for 22%, and American Indian youth and Asian\NHPI youth accounted for 2% and 1%, respectively, of delinquency cases involving detention.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/court/qa06304.asp?qaDate=2018.
Released on March 31, 2020. Adapted from Easy Access to Juvenile Court Statistics. Available on-line at: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezajcs/.
Data Source: National Juvenile Court Data Archive. National Center for Juvenile Justice. Pittsburgh, PA.
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