Offense Profile by Race/Ethnicity

Offense Profile by Race/Ethnicity for United States, 2011

Most serious offense	Total	White	Black	Hispanic	American Indian	Asian	More than one race
Total	61,423	19,927	24,574	13,973	1,191	566	1,192
Delinquency	59,184	18,867	23,838	13,745	1,096	544	1,094
Person	22,964	6,551	10,090	5,234	406	248	435
Violent Crime Index*	15,683	3,881	7,298	3,838	233	178	255
Other Person	7,281	2,670	2,792	1,396	173	70	180
Property	14,705	4,920	6,042	3,072	259	141	271
Property Crime Index**	12,280	4,103	5,240	2,392	209	115	221
Other Property	2,425	817	802	680	50	26	50
Drug	4,315	1,681	1,311	1,115	96	33	79
Public order	7,317	2,406	2,847	1,755	126	61	122
Technical violation	9,883	3,309	3,548	2,569	209	61	187
Status offense	2,239	1,060	736	228	95	22	98

* 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: 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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