Detailed Offense Profile by Placement Status for United States, 2019
Row Percent
Most serious offense | Total | Committed | Detained | Diversion |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 100% | 58% | 39% | 1% |
Delinquency | 100% | 57% | 40% | 1% |
Person | 100% | 57% | 41% | 1% |
Criminal homicide | 100% | 34% | 66% | 0% |
Sexual assault | 100% | 74% | 24% | 0% |
Robbery | 100% | 56% | 43% | 0% |
Aggravated assault | 100% | 52% | 46% | 1% |
Simple assault | 100% | 58% | 38% | 2% |
Other person | 100% | 58% | 40% | 1% |
Property | 100% | 60% | 38% | 1% |
Burglary | 100% | 62% | 36% | 1% |
Theft | 100% | 60% | 38% | 1% |
Auto theft | 100% | 58% | 40% | 1% |
Arson | 100% | 52% | 46% | 0% |
Other property | 100% | 60% | 37% | 1% |
Drug | 100% | 67% | 31% | 1% |
Trafficking | 100% | 54% | 45% | 1% |
Other drug | 100% | 69% | 28% | 1% |
Public order | 100% | 58% | 38% | 2% |
Weapons | 100% | 49% | 50% | 1% |
Alcohol | 100% | 66% | 29% | 5% |
Other public order | 100% | 65% | 30% | 3% |
Technical violation | 100% | 50% | 47% | 2% |
Violent Crime Index* | 100% | 57% | 42% | 0% |
Property Crime Index** | 100% | 60% | 38% | 1% |
Status offense | 100% | 75% | 18% | 6% |
Running away | 100% | 54% | 38% | 6% |
Truancy | 100% | 87% | 13% | 0% |
Incorrigibility | 100% | 85% | 8% | 7% |
Curfew violation | 100% | 64% | 25% | 11% |
Underage drinking | 100% | 65% | 31% | 4% |
Other status offense | 100% | 51% | 31% | 16% |
* 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]. |