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EZAJCS Easy Access to Juvenile Court Statistics: 1985-2021

National estimates of juvenile court processing for delinquency cases involving female, Detained

Year All
Cases
Non Petitioned Petitioned
Total Probation Other Dismissed Total Waived Non Adjudicated Adjudicated
Total Probation Other Dismissed Total Placed Probation Other
202124,4006,9008002,9003,20017,5001008,0002,5006004,9009,4003,1005,700500
202026,5007,3009002,7003,70019,2001008,7002,7006005,40010,4003,5006,300600
201939,60011,2001,5004,9004,90028,30010011,3003,9009006,60016,9005,30010,700900
201840,70011,0002,0004,0005,00029,70010011,8004,2001,0006,60017,8005,60010,8001,400
201741,70011,2002,0004,1005,10030,40010011,5004,1009006,50018,8005,80011,5001,500
201644,50012,3002,2004,1006,10032,20010012,3004,2001,2006,90019,8006,10012,3001,300
201547,10013,0002,4004,3006,40034,10010012,3004,1001,2007,00021,7006,60013,9001,300
201447,50012,8002,5004,1006,30034,70010011,9004,0001,0007,00022,7006,70014,5001,500
201352,50013,7002,5004,6006,60038,80020013,0004,0001,3007,70025,6008,00016,1001,500
201257,70016,6003,0006,3007,30041,10020013,8004,1001,3008,40027,2008,10017,2001,800
201160,70017,5003,0006,2008,30043,30010013,3003,8001,4008,10029,9009,00018,8002,100
201065,50019,5003,2007,2009,00046,00010014,0004,3001,6008,10031,9009,20020,5002,100
200970,40020,6003,1008,1009,50049,80020015,6004,2001,7009,60034,00010,10021,5002,400
200876,50021,8003,3008,40010,10054,80010016,6004,5001,90010,20038,00012,10023,3002,600
200782,40022,7002,8009,10010,90059,60020018,8005,1002,30011,40040,60013,70024,3002,600
200684,60024,5002,9009,60012,00060,00030018,5005,0002,30011,20041,30013,50024,7003,100
200591,40028,3003,40010,90014,00063,10030018,3004,8002,10011,30044,50013,90026,4004,200

Note: The estimates in this table are rounded to the nearest 100.

With the release of the 2015 data in March 2018, the project improved the coverage of detention data used to generate national estimates. As a result of this change, detention data prior to 2005 is no longer compatible with data for 2005 and later. Several data presentations within this application have been modified to account for this change. Specifically, the tables available from the "Demographics" and "Case Processing" sections have been modified to only display detention information for the 2005-present data period.

The COVID-19 pandemic, which began in March 2020, may have impacted the policies, procedures, and data collection activities regarding referrals to and processing of youth by juvenile courts for an indeterminate period of time. Additionally, stay-at-home orders and school closures likely impacted the volume and type of law-violating behavior by youth referred to juvenile court.

Suggested citation: Puzzanchera, C., Sladky, A., and Kang, W. (2023). "Easy Access to Juvenile Court Statistics: 1985-2021. " Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezajcs/

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