EZACJRPOffense Profile of Detained Youth by Sex and Race/Ethnicity for United States, 2017
Column Percent
| Sex | Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most serious offense | Total | Male | Female | White | Black | Hispanic | American Indian |
Asian | More than one race |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Delinquency | 98% | 99% | 94% | 96% | 99% | 99% | 96% | 99% | 95% |
| Person | 41% | 43% | 36% | 37% | 44% | 42% | 35% | 49% | 37% |
| Violent Crime Index* | 29% | 32% | 16% | 21% | 34% | 31% | 21% | 35% | 25% |
| Other Person | 12% | 10% | 20% | 16% | 10% | 10% | 14% | 14% | 12% |
| Property | 21% | 21% | 18% | 21% | 22% | 18% | 25% | 30% | 19% |
| Property Crime Index** | 17% | 18% | 13% | 17% | 18% | 15% | 22% | 27% | 15% |
| Other Property | 4% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 4% |
| Drug | 5% | 4% | 6% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 3% | 5% |
| Public order | 12% | 13% | 9% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 14% |
| Technical violation | 19% | 17% | 25% | 20% | 17% | 22% | 22% | 11% | 21% |
| Status offense | 2% | 1% | 6% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 5% |
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* Includes criminal homicide, violent sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault. ** Includes burglary, theft, auto theft, and arson. --: Demoninator is zero, cannot calculate percentages. Note: U.S. total includes 4,242 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]. |