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Juveniles in Court
Petitioned Status Offense Cases
Q: Do trends in the number of detained status cases vary by offense?
A: The number of petitioned status offense cases involving detention decreased for all offenses since 2005.

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  • Juvenile courts sometimes hold youth in secure detention facilities during court processing of their case. Depending on the State's detention laws, the court may decide detention is necessary to ensure the juvenile's appearance at subsequent court hearings, to protect the community from the juvenile, or to secure the juvenile's own safety. Detention may also be ordered for the purpose of evaluating the juvenile.
  • The number of petitioned status offense cases involving detention decreased for all offenses since 2005. The relative decline was greater for curfew (85%) and liquor law violation (84%) cases than for ungovernability (79%), runaway (74%), and truancy (70%) cases.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/court/qa06702.asp?qaDate=2018. Released on March 31, 2020.

Data Source: National Juvenile Court Data Archive. National Center for Juvenile Justice. Pittsburgh, PA.

 

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