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

 
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Offense Profile of Committed Youth by Sex and Race/Ethnicity for United States, 2015

Sex Race/Ethnicity
Most serious offense Total Male Female White Black Hispanic American
Indian		 Asian More than
one race
Total 31,487 27,020 4,467 10,429 12,799 6,631 594 265 769
Delinquency 29,774 25,947 3,827 9,614 12,257 6,407 539 251 706
Person 12,015 10,475 1,540 3,717 5,199 2,474 190 98 337
    Violent Crime Index* 8,566 7,883 683 2,535 3,871 1,746 125 71 218
    Other Person 3,449 2,592 857 1,182 1,328 728 65 27 119
Property 7,208 6,417 791 2,182 3,173 1,469 153 60 171
    Property Crime Index** 6,032 5,402 630 1,772 2,714 1,220 131 52 143
    Other Property 1,176 1,015 161 410 459 249 22 8 28
Drug 1,790 1,502 288 814 444 442 38 20 32
Public order 3,922 3,617 305 1,343 1,579 824 68 36 72
Technical violation 4,839 3,936 903 1,558 1,862 1,198 90 37 94
Status offense 1,713 1,073 640 815 542 224 55 14 63
* Includes criminal homicide, violent sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault.

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

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.

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. (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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