Juvenile Crime Statistic

Juvenile Crime Statistics

On the data presented by Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (2007), in calendar year 2006, police agencies in Texas suited 140,189 juveniles arrest between the ages of 10 and 16. Of this number, 60,657 were advised and unconfined, handled in justice and municipal courts, or redirected and 79,532 were submitted to juvenile probation departments. In addition to this, rural society and the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) has referred another 24,329 cases, for a total of 103, 861 referrals to juvenile probation departments.

Consequently, compare to TJPC report, South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (2008) has substantially report a lesser number of cases are constituted in reference to juvenile cases. According to DJJ (2008) report, in fiscal year 2007-2008, 23,826 new juvenile cases were suited, in which revealed a 4 percent reduction from preceding year (2006-2007) and a 13 percent cut as of the five-year baseline of 2003-2004. Moreover, the juvenile cases as categorized by DJJ into violent and serious, fiscal year 2000-2001 and 2007-2008 was the year to remain the stability of cases. That is, the constant trend considerably below the max out years of mid-1990s.

Finally, in the annual report released by Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs, there are approximately 978 juveniles who have been convicted as Youthful Offenders counting 95 ruled directly to the Department of Corrections (DOC), 786 placed in the custody of OJA, and 97 placed under the supervision of OJA. Of the 786 Youthful Offenders placed in OJA custody, 158 have been bridged to DOC and of the 97 Youthful Offenders sited on probation, 12 have been bridged (Office of the Juvenile Affairs State of Oklahoma, 2008, p.18). That is, it reflects that the system process in Oklahoma has substantially materialized in the juveniles, as their cases were evidently lowered down compare to preceding years of process.

Juvenile justice is an umbrella term for the exceptional...