Detailed Offense Profile by Placement Status for United States, 2019
Column Percent
Most serious offense | Total | Committed | Detained | Diversion |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Delinquency | 96% | 95% | 98% | 83% |
Person | 43% | 43% | 45% | 27% |
Criminal homicide | 3% | 2% | 4% | 0% |
Sexual assault | 6% | 8% | 4% | 2% |
Robbery | 11% | 11% | 12% | 1% |
Aggravated assault | 9% | 8% | 11% | 5% |
Simple assault | 8% | 8% | 8% | 13% |
Other person | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% |
Property | 21% | 21% | 20% | 15% |
Burglary | 7% | 7% | 6% | 4% |
Theft | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
Auto theft | 5% | 5% | 5% | 4% |
Arson | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
Other property | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
Drug | 4% | 5% | 3% | 4% |
Trafficking | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
Other drug | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% |
Public order | 14% | 14% | 13% | 21% |
Weapons | 6% | 5% | 7% | 4% |
Alcohol | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
Other public order | 8% | 9% | 6% | 17% |
Technical violation | 14% | 12% | 16% | 16% |
Violent Crime Index* | 30% | 29% | 32% | 8% |
Property Crime Index** | 17% | 17% | 16% | 12% |
Status offense | 4% | 5% | 2% | 17% |
Running away | 1% | 1% | 1% | 3% |
Truancy | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
Incorrigibility | 2% | 3% | 0% | 9% |
Curfew violation | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
Underage drinking | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Other status offense | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
* Includes criminal homicide, violent sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault. ** Includes burglary, theft, auto theft, and arson. Note: U.S. total includes 1,895 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]. |