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

 
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Offense Profile of Detained Youth by Sex and Race/Ethnicity for United States, 2021

Sex Race/Ethnicity
Most serious offense Total Male Female White Black Hispanic American
Indian		 Asian More than
one race
Total 10,986 9,392 1,594 3,018 5,320 2,095 244 93 216
Delinquency 10,833 9,303 1,530 2,945 5,271 2,080 237 92 208
Person 5,651 4,890 761 1,386 2,867 1,135 120 44 99
    Violent Crime Index* 4,239 3,862 377 819 2,339 906 74 38 63
    Other Person 1,412 1,028 384 567 528 229 46 6 36
Property 1,816 1,546 270 519 947 248 37 16 49
    Property Crime Index** 1,525 1,316 209 414 824 203 34 13 37
    Other Property 291 230 61 105 123 45 3 3 12
Drug 281 216 65 105 86 68 16 1 5
Public order 1,716 1,573 143 415 916 295 25 21 44
Technical violation 1,369 1,078 291 520 455 334 39 10 11
Status offense 153 89 64 73 49 15 7 1 8

The COVID-19 pandemic, which began March 2020, had significant effects on all stages of the juvenile justice system, including juvenile residential facilities, and may have impacted multiple aspects of the 2021 CJRP data, such as reporting and the number of youth in residential placement.

* Includes criminal homicide, violent sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault.

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

Note: U.S. total includes 1,278 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: Detained youth include those held awaiting a court hearing, adjudication, disposition or placement elsewhere.

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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