Petitioned Status Offense Cases in Juvenile Courts, 2004
Author(s):
Stahl, A.
Publisher:
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Date Published:
February, 2008 This fact sheet discusses petitioned status offense (acts that are considered illegal only when juveniles commit them) cases in five major categories: running away, truancy, curfew law violations, ungovernability, and underage liquor law violations. Data are broken down by race, source of referral, gender, age, rates of detention, and adjudication. The fact sheet also provides trend data and is based on the Juvenile Court Statistics 2003
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