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Juvenile Incarceration Trends Jeffrey A. Butts, Ph.D. John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Juvenile Incarceration Trends Jeffrey A. Butts, Ph.D. John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York Webinar for the National Juvenile Justice Network April 30, 2013. Placement Cases. 1985. 2009. Change. All offenses Violent Crime Index Property Crime Index

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Juvenile Incarceration Trends Jeffrey A. Butts, Ph.D. John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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  1. Juvenile Incarceration Trends Jeffrey A. Butts, Ph.D.John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York Webinar for the National Juvenile Justice Network April 30, 2013

  2. Placement Cases 1985 2009 Change All offenses Violent Crime Index Property Crime Index Other person offense Other violent sex offense Weapon offense Drug law violation Simple assault Nonviolent sex offense Stolen property Other property offense Obstruction of justice Vandalism Disorderly conduct Other public order Trespassing Liquor law violation 28,600 4,900 – 15,700 1,700 900 2,200 6,000 10,700 – 700 – 500 – 200 13,100 2,800 2,700 800 0 – 100 105,200 11,200 48,800 700 1,100 1,600 5,800 6,200 1,700 2,800 1,600 16,100 3,000 1,200 800 2,000 600 133,800 16,100 33,100 2,400 2,000 3,800 11,800 16,900 1,000 2,300 1,400 29,200 5,800 3,900 1,600 2,000 500 Source: Sickmund, M., Sladky, A., and Kang, W. (2012). "Easy Access to Juvenile Court Statistics: 1985-2009." Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezajcs/

  3. Placement Cases – Sorted by Size of Change Sum of positive changes=45,800 1985 2009 Change All offenses Obstruction of justice Simple assault Drug law violation Violent Crime Index Vandalism Disorderly conduct Weapon offense Other person offense Other violent sex offense Other public order Trespassing Liquor law violation Other property offense Stolen property Nonviolent sex offense Property Crime Index 28,600 13,100 10,700 6,000 4,900 2,800 2,700 2,200 1,700 900 800 - (100) (200) (500) (700) (15,700) 105,200 16,100 6,200 5,800 11,200 3,000 1,200 1,600 700 1,100 800 2,000 600 1,600 2,800 1,700 48,800 133,800 29,200 16,900 11,800 16,100 5,800 3,900 3,800 2,400 2,000 1,600 2,000 500 1,400 2,300 1,000 33,100 65% 12% Source: Sickmund, M., Sladky, A., and Kang, W. (2012). "Easy Access to Juvenile Court Statistics: 1985-2009." Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezajcs/

  4. Jeffrey A. Butts, Ph.D.Research and Evaluation CenterJohn Jay College of Criminal JusticeCity University of New Yorkjbutts@jjay.cuny.eduwww.jjay.cuny.edu/rechttp://about.me/jbutts

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