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Juvenile Justice State Profiles
Alabama Juvenile Justice Profile
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| Juvenile Population Characteristics | | |
| Juvenile population, ages 0 to 17, 2020 |
1,087,283 |
72,822,113 |
| Black, non-Hispanic proportion of juvenile population, 2020 |
30.4% |
15.3% |
| Hispanic proportion of juvenile population, 2020 |
8.2% |
25.6% |
| Births per 1,000 females ages 15 to 17, 2020 |
10.2 |
6.3 |
| Proportion of children under 18 living in poverty, 2021 |
22.1% |
15.3% |
| Juveniles as Victims | | |
| Maltreatment victimization rate (per 1,000 children under age 18), 2020 |
9.2 |
9.1 |
| Suicide rate (per 1 million juveniles ages 7-17), 1999-2020 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
| Ratio of juvenile (ages 7-17) suicide to homicide victimization rates, 1999-2020 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
| Juvenile Arrest Rates (per 100,000 juveniles ages 10 to 17) | | |
| Reporting Coverage, 2020 |
1% |
76% |
| Aggravated assault arrest rate, 2020 |
75 |
58 |
| Robbery arrest rate, 2020 |
15 |
38 |
| Larceny arrest rate, 2020 |
75 |
148 |
| Drug abuse arrest rate, 2020 |
30 |
122 |
| Weapons arrest rate, 2020 |
0 |
34 |
| Juveniles in Corrections | | |
| Commitment rate (per 100,000 juveniles, 10 to upper age), 2019 |
90 |
66 |
| Detention rate (per 100,000 juveniles, 10 to upper age), 2019 |
†62 |
45 |
| Proportion of juveniles placed for non-person offenses, 2019 |
66% |
57% |
| Ratio of minority to white rate of youth in residential placement, 2019 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
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Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. "Alabama Juvenile Justice Profile." Online.
Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/stateprofile.asp.
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