Offense Profile of Detained Youth by Sex and Race/Ethnicity for United States, 2011
Sex | Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||
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Most serious offense | Total | Male | Female | White | Black | Hispanic | American Indian |
Asian | More than one race |
Total | 19,014 | 15,927 | 3,087 | 5,536 | 8,041 | 4,709 | 294 | 199 | 235 |
Delinquency | 18,515 | 15,612 | 2,903 | 5,328 | 7,842 | 4,650 | 277 | 194 | 224 |
Person | 6,835 | 5,830 | 1,005 | 1,717 | 3,163 | 1,696 | 81 | 99 | 79 |
Violent Crime Index* | 4,621 | 4,170 | 451 | 919 | 2,308 | 1,252 | 39 | 65 | 38 |
Other Person | 2,214 | 1,660 | 554 | 798 | 855 | 444 | 42 | 34 | 41 |
Property | 4,210 | 3,712 | 498 | 1,280 | 1,766 | 1,022 | 59 | 33 | 50 |
Property Crime Index** | 3,444 | 3,050 | 394 | 1,057 | 1,511 | 762 | 46 | 26 | 42 |
Other Property | 766 | 662 | 104 | 223 | 255 | 260 | 13 | 7 | 8 |
Drug | 1,165 | 1,006 | 159 | 393 | 388 | 332 | 23 | 12 | 17 |
Public order | 2,199 | 1,882 | 317 | 570 | 962 | 605 | 23 | 18 | 21 |
Technical violation | 4,106 | 3,182 | 924 | 1,368 | 1,563 | 995 | 91 | 32 | 57 |
Status offense | 499 | 315 | 184 | 208 | 199 | 59 | 17 | 5 | 11 |
* Includes criminal homicide, violent sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault. ** Includes burglary, theft, auto theft, and arson. Note: U.S. total includes 2,324 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]. |