Presents statistics on person offenses (assault, robbery, rape, and homicide) handled by juvenile courts between 1990 and 1999. Download Publication
This Fact Sheet presents estimates of the number of cases transferred from juvenile court to criminal court through the judicial waiver mechanism between 1990 and 1999. Fifty-seven percent of delinquency cases handled in 1999 were…
This OJJDP Bulletin provides national statistics and an overview of how courts process cases involving juvenile offenders. It summarizes state statutes that define who is under juvenile court jurisdiction and how juvenile courts transfer juveniles…
Analyzes statistics from the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System for evidence of racial bias in police arrests of juveniles for violent crimes. Focuses on a somewhat neglected area of research, i.e., the role that race…
Findings are presented on juvenile arrests as reported by local law enforcement officials to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2001. Download Publication
This report outlines the process of funding for juvenile justice services in the State of Pennsylvania focusing on the reimbursement system and funding innovations made possible under Legislative Act 148. Pennsylvania legislative Act No. 148…
This article briefly reviews state laws on the marriage rights of minors. Download Publication
This opinion article discusses the rise of data-driven decision making and the need to identify a sound method for risk classification among juvenile offenders. Download Publication
This brief report offers a 2001 update on state variation in handling judicial waiver to criminal court, the oldest and most common statutory procedure whereby a juvenile court may or must waive its jurisdiction over…
This brief report highlights state variations in the use of the interested adult test (sometimes called the concerned adult test, the friendly adult test or the per se rule) to decide whether or not a…
This document reports on EPIC-SCAN (Educating Physicians in Their Communities – Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect), a program that trains Pennsylvania’s primary care providers to recognize signs of maltreatment in their patients and to respond…
This report discusses a Pennsylvania program to address the needs of traumatized girls in the juvenile justice system. Funded by the state’s Commission on Crime and Delinquency and developed by volunteers, the PTSD Project aims…