Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement Databook

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Offense Profile of Committed Residents by Sex and Race/Ethnicity for United States, 2006

                                              Committed                                               
    Sex                             Race/Ethnicity                        
Most serious offense Total Male Female White Black Hispanic American Indian Asian Other
Total 64,558 55,672 8,886 23,701 25,223 12,784 1,290 772 788
Delinquency 60,923 53,533 7,390 21,849 24,025 12,503 1,119 742 685
Person 22,958 20,280 2,678 7,792 9,813 4,449 392 259 253
    Violent Crime Index* 15,887 14,748 1,139 5,143 6,932 3,240 239 203 130
    Other Person 7,071 5,532 1,539 2,649 2,881 1,209 153 56 123
Property 17,004 15,054 1,950 6,587 6,140 3,538 339 214 186
    Property Crime Index** 13,953 12,394 1,559 5,444 5,142 2,768 277 179 143
    Other Property 3,051 2,660 391 1,143 998 770 62 35 43
Drug 5,673 4,966 707 1,850 2,435 1,195 83 57 53
Public order 6,878 6,153 725 2,563 2,552 1,457 131 112 63
Technical violation 8,410 7,080 1,330 3,057 3,085 1,864 174 100 130
Status offense 3,635 2,139 1,496 1,852 1,198 281 171 30 103
* Includes criminal homicide, violent sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault.
** Includes burglary, theft, auto theft, and arson.
Note: U.S. total includes 1,466 juvenile offenders in private facilities for whom State of offense was not reported and 124 juvenile offenders in tribal facilities.

Note: Committed juveniles include those placed in the facility as part of a court ordered disposition.

Note: The "Hispanic" category includes persons of Latin American or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. These persons are not included in the other race/ethnicity categories.

Suggested citation: Sickmund, Melissa, Sladky, T.J., and Kang, Wei. (2008) "Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement Databook." Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/cjrp/

Data source: Author's analysis of OJJDP's Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2006 [machine-readable data files].