Jul 6, 2023 | Publication
In this data snapshot, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s National Juvenile Court Data Archive documents workloads of the nation’s juvenile courts. Caseloads for all delinquency offense categories in 2020 were at their lowest level...
Jun 29, 2023 | Publication
Juveniles (persons age 17 or younger) arrested or convicted for a criminal offense may be housed in juvenile residential facilities or in adult jails and prisons, depending on state statute, judicial discretion, and federal law. This report details trends for...
Jun 20, 2023 | Publication
Description:The COVID-19 public health emergency drastically affected law enforcement. The functions of law enforcement required in-person work and community interaction, and law enforcement agencies were challenged to maintain operational levels of service while...
Jun 15, 2023 | Publication
The National Center for Juvenile Justice has released “Juvenile Court Statistics 2020.” This report describes delinquency and status offense cases handled between 2005 and 2020 by U.S. courts with jurisdiction over juvenile populations. National estimates...
May 22, 2023 | Publication
Description: The history of the U.S. criminal justice system is marked by racial inequality and sustained by present day policy. Large racial and ethnic disparities exist across the several stages of criminal legal processing, including in arrests, pre-trial...
