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EZACJRP Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement: 1997-2021

 
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Detailed Offense Profile by Placement Status for United States, 2015
Rate per 100,000 youth

Most serious offense Total Committed Detained Diversion
Total 152 100 50 2
Delinquency 145 94 49 2
Person 57 38 18 1
    Criminal homicide 2 1 1 0
    Sexual assault 11 9 2 0
    Robbery 15 10 5 0
    Aggravated assault 12 8 4 0
    Simple assault 12 8 4 0
    Other person 4 3 2 0
Property 33 23 10 0
    Burglary 13 9 4 0
    Theft 7 5 2 0
    Auto theft 6 4 2 0
    Arson 1 1 0 0
    Other property 5 4 2 0
Drug 8 6 2 0
    Trafficking 1 1 0 0
    Other drug 7 5 2 0
Public order 19 12 6 0
    Weapons 7 4 3 0
    Alcohol 0 0 0 0
    Other public order 11 8 3 0
Technical violation 27 15 11 0
Violent Crime Index* 41 27 13 1
Property Crime Index** 28 19 8 0
Status offense 7 5 2 0
    Running away 1 1 0 0
    Truancy 2 2 0 0
    Incorrigibility 2 2 0 0
    Curfew violation 0 0 0 0
    Underage drinking 1 1 0 0
    Other status offense 0 0 0 0
* Includes criminal homicide, violent sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault.

** Includes burglary, theft, auto theft, and arson.

Note: The rate is the number of youth in residential placement per 100,000 youth ages 10 through the upper age of original juvenile court jurisdiction in each State.

Note: U.S. total includes 1,593 youth in private facilities for whom State of offense was not reported and a handful of youth who committed their offense in a U.S. Territory but were being held in a U.S. mainland facility. Visit the EZACJRP methods section for more information about unknown state of offense.

Note: Committed youth include those placed in the facility as part of a court ordered disposition. Detained youth include those held awaiting a court hearing, adjudication, disposition or placement elsewhere. Diverted youth include those voluntarily admitted to the facility in lieu of adjudication as part of a diversion agreement. Totals include youth for whom placement status was reported as unknown or "other."

Suggested citation: Puzzanchera, C., Sladky, T.J., and Kang, W. (2023) "Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement." Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/

Data source: Author's analysis of OJJDP's Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021 [machine-readable data files].
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