Offense Profile of Detained Youth by Sex and Race/Ethnicity for United States, 2017
| Sex | Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most serious offense | Total | Male | Female | White | Black | Hispanic | American Indian |
Asian | More than one race |
| Total | 15,660 | 12,860 | 2,800 | 4,481 | 7,028 | 3,443 | 264 | 149 | 295 |
| Delinquency | 15,336 | 12,704 | 2,632 | 4,287 | 6,962 | 3,406 | 253 | 147 | 281 |
| Person | 6,496 | 5,478 | 1,018 | 1,664 | 3,115 | 1,442 | 93 | 73 | 109 |
| Violent Crime Index* | 4,608 | 4,154 | 454 | 939 | 2,404 | 1,083 | 56 | 52 | 74 |
| Other Person | 1,888 | 1,324 | 564 | 725 | 711 | 359 | 37 | 21 | 35 |
| Property | 3,266 | 2,760 | 506 | 963 | 1,529 | 609 | 66 | 44 | 55 |
| Property Crime Index** | 2,688 | 2,311 | 377 | 782 | 1,254 | 512 | 57 | 40 | 43 |
| Other Property | 578 | 449 | 129 | 181 | 275 | 97 | 9 | 4 | 12 |
| Drug | 724 | 565 | 159 | 259 | 245 | 185 | 17 | 4 | 14 |
| Public order | 1,903 | 1,664 | 239 | 505 | 900 | 428 | 18 | 10 | 42 |
| Technical violation | 2,947 | 2,237 | 710 | 896 | 1,173 | 742 | 59 | 16 | 61 |
| Status offense | 324 | 156 | 168 | 194 | 66 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 14 |
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* Includes criminal homicide, violent sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault. ** Includes burglary, theft, auto theft, and arson. 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]. |