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EZACJRP Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement: 1997-2023

 
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Offense Profile of Committed Youth by Sex and Race/Ethnicity for United States, 2023

Sex Race/Ethnicity
Most serious offense Total Male Female White Black Hispanic American
Indian		 Asian More than
one race
Total 15,428 13,195 2,233 5,196 6,403 3,013 237 151 428
Delinquency 14,983 12,940 2,043 4,949 6,287 2,960 232 145 410
Person 7,190 6,228 962 2,259 2,942 1,591 122 68 208
    Violent Crime Index* 5,294 4,855 439 1,428 2,304 1,314 71 49 128
    Other Person 1,896 1,373 523 831 638 277 51 19 80
Property 3,046 2,567 479 1,008 1,425 451 51 25 86
    Property Crime Index** 2,467 2,114 353 781 1,201 356 42 22 65
    Other Property 579 453 126 227 224 95 9 3 21
Drug 524 419 105 252 130 112 8 11 11
Public order 2,765 2,557 208 939 1,216 479 37 25 69
Technical violation 1,458 1,169 289 491 574 327 14 16 36
Status offense 445 255 190 247 116 53 5 6 18
* Includes criminal homicide, violent sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault.

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

Note: U.S. total includes 1,380 youth in private facilities for whom State of offense was not reported and 1 youth who committed their offense in a U.S. Territory but was 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.

Note: The "Hispanic" category includes persons of Latin American or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. These persons are not included in the other race/ethnicity categories. American Indian includes Alaksa Native; Asian includes Pacific Islander.

Suggested citation: Puzzanchera, C., Sladky, T.J., and Kang, W. (2025) "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, 2021, and 2023 [machine-readable data files].
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