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2020 Case Processing Summary: by race/ethnicity
Counts for Delinquency Offenses

DECISION POINTS All White Black AIAN** ANHPI*** Hispanic
Population at risk (10-upper age) 32,442,200 17,088,200 4,865,500 612,600 1,952,300 7,923,700
Cases referred to juvenile court 508,400 220,700 176,100 10,600 6,100 94,900
Cases diverted 133,200 71,000 33,600 2,400 1,700 24,500
Cases detained 127,700 42,600 50,900 2,800 1,800 29,600
Cases petitioned 276,300 109,600 107,200 6,500 3,200 49,800
Cases adjudicated 134,200 54,300 48,000 3,400 1,600 26,900
Adjudicated cases resulting in probation 88,700 37,500 29,900 2,300 1,200 17,900
Adjudicated cases resulting in placement 35,900 11,700 14,800 800 300 8,300
Cases judicially waived 3,000 900 1,600 100 <50 400
** AIAN: American Indian or Alaska Native.
*** ANHPI: Asian, Native Hawaiian, or Other Pacific Islander.
Note: White, Black, and ANHPI racial groups exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
Suggested Citation: Puzzanchera, C., Sladky, A., and Kang, W. (2023). National Racial and Ethnic Disparities (R/ED) Databook. Developed by the National Center for Juvenile Justice for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/r-ed-databook/
Developed and maintained by the National Center for Juvenile Justice, with funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.