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JU\/ENILE COURT

STATISTICS

1967

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'. . SUMMA R Y ,. • • • • • • • • 8 • • • • • • • • • • • • e _ • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • r. . . . . .

SOURCES AND LIMITATIONS OF DATA ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 5

DE FINITION OF TERMS ••••••••••••• 0 ••••••••• ' •••••••• ~ • • • • 7

CHART'

Trend in juvenile court delinquency cases and child population 10-17 years of age, 1940-1967 •.••.•••.••.•••••••••.•.••••••••••••.••• 8

TABLES

1. Number of delinquency cases (excluding traffic) disposed of by juvenile courts, United States, 1967 ••••••••••• 0' •••••••• ,. • • • • • • • • • • • 9

2. Manner of .handling delinquency cases (exc,luding traffic) disposed of by juvenile courts, United States, 1967 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 9

3. Rate of delinquency cases (excluding traffic) disposed of by juvenile courts, United States, 1967 ••••••••••••• : ••••••• ~ .' ........ ,' ••

4. Percent change in delinquency cases (excll\ding traffic) disposed of by juvenile courts, United States, 1966-1967 ••••••• ~ ~ •. ~~. : •••••• ~ .••

5. Number and rate of delinquency cases disposed of by juveniI'e courts,' United States, 1940-1967 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

6. Number and percent distribution of delinquency cases (excluding traffic)' disposed of by juvenile courts, by type of court, United States, 1957-

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8. Number and percent distribution of delinquency cases (excluding traffic) .' 'disposed of by'juv'enile courtS, ~Y ~ex, Uni~ed States, 1957.;;1967'. ~ • '. •• . 12'

9. Number and manner of handling traffic cases disposed of by juvenile courts, United States, 1967 •••••••• " • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 12

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11. Number and rate of dependency and neglect cases disposed of by juvenile courts, United States, 1967 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13

12. Percent change in dependency and neglect cases disposed of by juvenile courts~ United States, 1966-1967, ••••••••••••••••••• ' •• : ••• '. • • • 13

13. Number and r.ate of dependency and rieglect cas'e~ dispbsed of by juvenile courts, United States, 1946-1967 ••••••••••••••••••••••

14. Children's cases disposed of judicially and non-judicially by all juvenile courts reporting, United States, 1967 ••••••••••••••••••••••••

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EXTENT (Table 1) - About 811,000 juvenile delinquency cases (excluding traffic offenses) were handled by juvenile courts in the United States in 1967. The estimated nUI'l)ber of children involved in these cases (699,000) was somewhat lower, however, since in some instances the saine child was referred more than once during the year. These children represent 2.3 percent of all children aged 10 through 17 in the country. (Note: These data are not comparable to tho~e re­ported for the years prior to 1957. Traffic offenses were not separately identi­fiable then, and were included with other' delinquency cases. See section on "Traffic Cases" below.)

TREND (Tables 5, 6, 7, 8, and chart) - In 1967 there was again an increase in the number of juvenile court delinquency cases over the previous year. The increase tar 1967 was 8.9 percent as compared to an increase in the child population aged 10 through 17 of only 2.2 percent. Thus, the upward trend in the number of delinquency cases, .noted every year since r949, ·with.' the exceptiqn of 1961, ; continues. And again, as in most previous years in the past decade, the increase in delinquency cases exceeded the increase in the child population. Between 1960 and 1967. the number of juvenile court cases increased by 57.8 percent as com­pared to a 21.7 percent increase in the number of children aged 10 through 17. The increase in delinquency cases in 1967 (8.9 percent) was higher than the increase of 6.9 percent noted in 1966.

While the overall national increase in 1967 was 8.9 percent, urban courts ex­perienced a 7.1 per-cenl; increase,. semi-urban courts· a 12.5 percent increase, and rural courts a 4.5 percent increase.

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Nationally, there was a 7.9 percent increase in boys' cases and a 12.5 percent increase in girls' cases. Among the different types of cOUrtS, however, there was no consistent pattern: in urban and semi-urban courts, girls' cases increased more than boys', but in rural courts boys' cases, increased while girls' cases declined •• '

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juvenile court is utilized in dealing with, juvenile delinquency. But: do juvenile court cases adequately reflect trends in the extent of juvenile delinquency? Would not police arrests of juveniles be a better indicator, since arrest data do not have some of the limitations of juvenile court data? We have found that both series of data--police arrests of juveniles reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. and juvenile court delinquency cases reported here -- show a remarkable similarity in their trends over a long period of time despite their differences in definitions, units of count, extent of coverage, etc. Both figures surged upw.ard during Wo;-ld War II, fell off sharply. in the immediate posnyat'. years, and the!1 began to climb again. Their' trends have been steadily upward since 1949, with the exception of the slight decrease in court cases in 1961. In 1967 the increases were similar--8.9 percent in delinquency ~ourt cases and 10.5 percent in police arrests of juveniles.

In juvenile court delinquency data, each offense has an equal weight. Since juvenile delinquency cases cover a wide variety of offenses -- from relatively trivial to very serious -- and since the offenses are not weighted, might tbe upward trend merely reflect an increase in the occurrence of minor offenses? To examine this, one needs to rely upon the data on police arre'sts of juveniles reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation which,' unlike the juvenile court data, include information on the types of offenses committed. In the 1967 edition of the Uniform Crime Reports, the Federal Bureau ef Investigation reported that arrests of juveniles under 18 years of age for all types of offenses increased by 68.5 percent between 1960 and 1967~ For a group of serious offenses selected as being most reliably reported (criminal homi­cide, forcible rape, robbery, aggrevated assault, burglary, larceny, and auto theft). the combined increase between 1960 and 1967 was 59.2 percent. When offenses against the person (homicide, forcible rape, aggrevated assault, and robbery), generally ac­-cepted as being the most serious ,crimes, are selfi:cted from the reliably reported 'group" the increase between 1960 'and 1967 is 99.3 percent.' It cannot be ::.ssumed"

... , therefore, that the upward trend in' juvenile delinquency as detEhmined from pollee arrest data is due primarily to an increase in minor offenses. All groups of offenses seem to be increasing, with the most serious ones showing substantially greater in­creases.

SEX RATIO (Table 1) - Delinquency remains primarily a ~oys' problem. Boys are referred to the juvenile court almost four times as often as girls.

MANNER OF HANDLINq (Table 2) - Somewhat more than half (54 percent) of the delinquency cases referred to juvenile courts in 1967 were handled non judicially

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(i.e., without the filing of a petition). The proportion of cases handled non­judicially was nigher in semi-urban and urban courts than in rural courts, owing perhaps to the availability of specialized intake or probatioq st~ff in, the larger courts. (For a discussion on nonjudicial-disposition of cases, se~, Stand-: ards for Juvenile and Family Courts, Children's Bureau Publication No •. 437, t'966, pp. 57-60.)

RATES IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS (Table 3) - The rate of delinquency cases (the number of cases per 1,000 child population aged 10 through 17) was 26.4 in 1967 as compared to 24.7 in 1966. Between 1960 and 1967 the rate increased from 20.1 to 26.4. In 1967 the rate of delinquency cases was almost three times higher in predominantly urban areas than in rural areas. Of all the juvenile court delinquency cases in the country, 65 percent were handled by courts in urban areas, 29 percent by courts in semi-urbari areas, and 6 percen'i:.,by cour't? in rural areas.

Traffic Cases

EXTENT (Table 9) - About 549,000 traffic cases were disposed of by juvenile courts in 1967 in addition to the 811,000 delinquency cases. These traffic cases involved 472,000 different children or 1.3 percent of the total child population aged 10 through 17. The number of traffic cases reported by the juvenile courts does not represent all juvenile traffic cases, but only those coming to the attention of juvenile courts.

, .. CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS YEAR (Table. 10) - Juvenile court,·traffic cases, H}ce de­

linquency cases, showed an increase in 1967 over 1966. There were' 5 percent more juvenile court traffic cases in 1967 than in 1966. Rural courts experienced the greatest increase in traffic cases between 1966 and 1967--17 percent.

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DEPENDENCY AND NEGLECT (Tables 11, 12, 13) - Most juvenile courts have juris­diction over court actions involving dependent and neglected children as well as delinquent children. Dependency and neglect cases in the United States totaled 154,000 in 1967, a decline of 5 percent from the 1966 figure. This is the first time in over a decade that the number of dependency and neglect c~ses has de­clined.

SPECIAL PROCEEDI0:GS·- A smaJI portion of cases i~volve _adoption, cu~tody. con~ sent to marry, or other IIspecial proceedings," ;\ot all juvenile courtS handle .' ,­such cases.

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Data on·the number of juvenile deiinquency cases, 'are based on a national sample of juvenile courts which. drawn from the Current Population Survey sample of the Bureau of the Census, is intended to be representative of the country as a wnole. For this sample, the United States was first divided into about 2.000 primary sampling units. each consisting of a county or a number of contiguous counties,> such as those in a standard metropolitan statistical area. The 2,000 primary sampling units were then divided into 230 groups, each consisting of a set of sampling units as much alike as possible as to regional location, population density, percent of nonwhite population, rate of' growth, etc. Frum each group a single primary sampling unit was selected at random, resulting in 230 sampling units ~n which 494 courtS? are located; (For a more detailed description of the Current Popul~tion Survey sample, see Current Population Reports, Series P-23, No.2" Bureau of the Census.)

As shown below, the majority of urban courts serve large areas of 100.000 or more population; semi-urban courts serve medium-sized areasi and rural courts, small areas of under 20,000.

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In 1967, 441 courts or 89 percent of the sample courtS reported. Of those courts not reporting, 9 were urban, 19 rural, and 25 semi-urban.

Data on dependency and neglect cases are based on 1,735 couns repor,ring on such cases to the Children's Bureau. These courts include in their jurisdiction ap­proximately two-thirds of the child population under 18 years of age. The national

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Posed of by juvenile courts. These statistics are 'affected by se\~erai factors' that must be considered in interpreting the data. The ages of children and the types of cases over which courts have jurisdiction are established by State law and often vary from State to State. These differences affect the number of cases reponed and, conse­quently, the comparability of the reports. Also, the number of children's cases re­ported by courts is influenced by the organization and scope of other agencies in the community. Agencies in one community may adjust cases and send them to agencies other than the juvenile courts; in another community, the juvenile court may be one of the few agencies providing social services to children. Where social servic~s for children are well established, the juvenile court may. be one of the. few agencies deal­ing v,:ith children and may be used mainly when:no ju'dicial authority is needed. Further­more, whether or not a child ever comes to the attention of the co~rt is often decided by varying community and parental attitudes toward a child's behavior.

.. Because of these and other limitations, juvenile court statistics, when taken by themselves, cannot measure the full extent of delinquency, dependency, and neglect, and they can be particularly misleading when used to compare one community with another. They do indicate, however, how frequently the juvenile court is utilized in dealing with such problems.

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DEFINITION OF TERMS

. . .' JUVENILE"DELINQUENCY CASES are those referred for acts defined,in the sr.atutes.

of the State as the violation of a State law or municipal ordinance by children or youth of juvenile court age, or for conduct so seriously antisocial as to interfere with the rights of others or to menace the welfare of the delinquent himself, or of the community. This broad definition of delinquency includes conduct which violates the law only when committed by children, e.g., truancy, ungovernable behavior, and running away. Also included, but reported separately, are traffic violations whenever a juvenile cOUrt has jurisdiction in such cases.

DEPENDENCY AND NEGLECT CASES cover neglect or.inadeqvate care on the pa;t of parents or guaraians, e.g., lack of adequate care or support resulting from death, absence, or physical or mental incapacity of the parents, abandonment or desertion, abuse or cruel treatment, and improper OIl' L"adequate conditions in the home.

SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS cover cases involving children in court for other than de­linquency, dependency or neglect, e.g., adoption, institutional commitments for special purposes, application for consent to' marry or to enlist in the armed forces, determination of custody or guardianship of a child, and permission (to hospitals) for an operation on a child.

THE "UNIT OF COUNT" is a case actually disposed of by a court. Such a case is counted each time a child is referred to court during the year on a new referral in delinquency, dependency, neglect, or in special proceedings. Referrals for alleged or adjudged delinquency cases are also included.

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TYE.E OF COURT is determined by the pre~elHage of the populauon it'Sel""ves.that·!iv·~ in urban areas (as classified by the Bureau of the Census): for lIurban courts," 70 percent or more; for "semi-urban courts," 30-69percent; for "rural courts," under 30 percent. Since 1960, data from the 1960 decennial census has been used to determine the type of court.

METHOD OF HANDLING CASES is classified into judicial and nonjudicial, sometimes referred to as official and unofficial. If Judicial cases If are those where the court has acted on the basis of a petition or motion; "no.njudicial cases, If consequently, are those cases which have been adjusted by the judge, referee, probation officer, or other officer of the court without the invocation of th'e court's jurisdiction through petition or motion.

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Table 1. --NUMBER OF DELINQUENCY CASES (EXCLUDING TRAFFIC) DISPOSED OF BY JUVENILE COURTS, UNITED STATES, 1967

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Total •••••••••••• 811,000 100 640,000 100 171~000

Urban ••••••••••.••••••. 525,000 65 405,900 63 119,100 Semi-urban ••••••••••••• 235,300 29 191,000 30 44,300 Rural ••.••••••••••••••• 50,700 6 43,100 7 7,600

Table 2. --MANNER OF HANDLING DELINQUENCY CASES (EXCLUDING TRAFFIC) DISPOSED OF BY JUVENILE COURTS, U,NITED STATES, 1967

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Total •••••••• o ••••••••• 811,000 100 382,100 100 428,900

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Table 5. --NUMBER AND RATE OF DELINQUENCY CASES DISPOSED OF BY JUVENILE COURTS, Ul';"1TED STATES, 1940-1967

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1945 •••••••••••••••••••••• 344,000 1946 •••••••••••••••••••••• ;:195,000 1947. __ ..•. 111 •••••••• _ ••••• 262,000 1948 •••••••.•••••••••••••• 254,000 1949 ... _ ... , .....•........ 272,000

1950 •••••••••••••••••••••• 280,000 1951 •••••••••••••••••••••• 298,000 1952 •••••••••••••••••••••• 332,000 1953 •.•••••••••••••••••••• 374,000 1954 •••••••••••••••••••••• . 3.95,000

1955 •••••••••••••••••••••• 431,000 1956 •....•. _. _ ..... III III III. III" 520,000 . 1957 ..• ', ',' .. ,. _.111 ••• ~ ••••••• 603,000 440,000 '. 19.8. . ;L958 •••••••••••••••••••• III •

b 703,000 '. 473,000 . . 20.1 1959 •••••••.•••••••••••••• b 773,000 483,000 19.6

1960 ...................... 813,000 510,000 20.1, 1961 •••••••••••••••••••••• 801,000 503,000 19.3 1962 ......••. , .. , .......... , 867,000 555,000 20.5 1963 ....... , .. III.'. III ••••••• 967,000 601,000 21.4 1961t. •• , II , •• , •••• , , •••• , ••• 1,128,000 686,000 23.5

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1957 •..••............. 281,600 64 110,000 25 48,400 1958 .• ~ •••..•...•••.•.. 298,000 63 120,000 26 52,000 1959 •••••......••••••.• 295,000 61 127,000 26 61,000 1960 ................•.• 344,000 67 128,000 25 42,000 1961 •••••••••• , •••••••• 350,000 69 119,000 24 34,000 1962 ••••••••••••••••••• 383,000 69 132,500 24 39,500 1963 ••••••••••••••••••• 414,000 69 146,000 24 41.000 1964-•••••••.••••••••••• 456,000 67 181,000 26 49:0GO 1965 ••••••••••••••••••• 470,000 68 183,500 26 43, GOO 1966 .................... 490,000 66 , . 206,500 28 48,50E) 1967 ....•.•...•••...... 525,000 65 ~35,300 29 50,700"

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Judicial cases Nonjudicial cases Year

Number Percent Number Percent

1957 .•..•...•......•... 239,000 4S 201,000 52 1958 .••.......••••••.. ., 237,000 50 2.33,000 50 1959 •••••••••••••.••••• 250,000 52 233,000 48 1960 .••.••••.•••..••••• 258,000 50 ~56,OOO 50 1961 ...•.•.•••.•••••••. 257,000 51 246,000 49 1962 ..•••••...•••..•••. 285,000 51 . 270,000 49 1963 ...•••.•.•..••.•.•.. 298,000 50 303,OqO . 50 . 1964-" •••••••••••••••• -,. 333,000 ~9 353,000 51 1965 ..•••••.••••••...•. :J27,000 47 370,OOb .. 53-1966 ..... " ...•......... 357,000 48 387,000 52 1967 ...•.•.....•.•..... 382,100 47 428,900 53

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Table S. --NUMBER AND PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF DELINQUENCY CASES (EXCLUDING TRAFFlC) DISPOSED OF BY JUVENlLE COURTS, BY SEX, UNlTED STATES, 1957~1967

. . ' .. - Boys-'

Year . Number Percent Number

1957 ••••••••••••.•••••••••.•.•.••. 365,200 84 74,800 1958 ....... " .... " " .... " ..... ".""" .. " ....... " .. .383,000 81 87,000 1959."."" ...... "" ...... " .. " .. " <I"" ..... "",, ...... 393,000 81 90,000 1960 .... " " " .. " ..................... ,,"" .... " .. " .. ,. .. 415,000 81 99,000 1961 ...................... " .... "'I",, ......... " ... 408,000 81 95,000 1962 .. "."" ..... "" ..... " .. " ..... " .... " . 450,000 61 104,500 1963 ... " ............ " ....... " .......... " .... 485,000 Sl 116, COO 1964 .• " ...... "" .... " ..... " ........... " 555,000 81 131,000 1965. " .. " ................ " .. ~ ... .. " oJ ... 5.55,000 80 . l42,{)00 1966~.~ ••• , .................. , .......... ?93"O,OP "SO 152,{)00 1967 .... " • ." ....... 0 ... " •• - ................ " 640,000. 79

, 17i,OOO .

Clirls'

Percent

16 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 . 20 21

Table 9. --NUMBER AND MANNER OF HA!\"DLING TRAFF1C CASES DISPOSED OF BY JUVENILE COURTS, Ui'i'1TEO STATES, 1967

Total Judicial Type of court

NUlIiber Percent Number Perce:lt

Total ................. " .................. 549~3oo 100 125,000 100

Urban ................................ ~ ....................... 399~700 73 77,300 62 SeDi-'Ul'ban ............ , ................. 124,200 23 28,500 23 Rural .... <I ............................ 25,400 4 19,2GO 15

Table 10. --PERCENT CHANGE IN TRAFF1C CASES DISPOSED OF BY JUVENILE COURTS, UNITED STATES, 1956-1967

Type of court Total Judicial

cases

Total .... 'II"'''' ~ ................................ '" " It .. +5 +1

Urban ....... 'l' ............................................ , .... +2 -7 Semi-trrban ................................................ +12 +19 Rural ......................... " ................................ +17 . +13

Nonjudicial

Nw::.ber percent

424,300 100

322,400 76 95,700 23 6,200 1

Nonjudicial cases

+6

+5 +10 +24

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Table 11. --NUl\1BER AND RATE OF DEPE},l])ENCY AND NEGLECT CASES DISPOSED OF BY JUVENIIJE COURTS, UNITED STATES, 1967

. Rate per 1,000 chiid populationa . Nu:ober

Age jurisA~ction of court l'ype of court of· All cases courts Under 16 Under 17 Under 18b

Urban ...................... 106,400 3.2 2.1 3.9 3.4 Senrl.-urban ................. 35,600 2.8 1.9 2.8 3.0 Rtlral ........... c. ........... 12,000 1.5 1.0 1.7 1.6

a Calculated on basis of the 1960 child population at risk, that is, the child population under 16 for courts whose age jurisdiction is under 16, etc.

b A small number of courts having jurisdiction of children under 21 years of age are included here. The number of cases involved d.o not seriously affect the rates of the courts in this column: .

Table 12. --PERCENT CHANGE IN DEPE},l])ENCY AND NEGLECT CASES DISPOSED OF BY JUVENILE COURTS, llli"1TED STATES, 1966-1967

Type oJ: court Total Judicial Nonjudicial cases cases

Total ............................. -5 -7 -1

Urban ................................. $" ..... -6 -9 -1 Semi.-u.rban ............................... -1 -3 +3 Rural .......................................... -8 -8 , -8 .

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Table 13. --NUMBER AND RATE OF DEPENDENCY AND NEGLECT CASES DISPOSED OF BY JUVENILE COURTS, UNITED STATES1 1946-1967

Year'

1946 ...................................... . 1947 c" .......................... ' ...... .

1948 .................................. .. 1949 ............................... . 1950 ............................. .

1951 .................................... .. 1952 .......................................... . 1953 ............................................. .. 1954 .............................. ~ ,' ............ . 1955 ......................................... ..

1956 ................................. . 1957 ................................... . 1958 ................................. .. 1959 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1960 ..................................... .

1961 ............................. . 1962 .•..•.•.... " .... ,. ............ . 1963 ................... ,. ............. . 1964 ................................. . 1965 .... ,. ......•.... ,. .......•..•.

1966 ............................... . 1967 •••••••••••••••••••••••• ~ ••••

. 'Number of . cases

101,000 104,000 103,000

98,000 93,000

97,000 98,000

103,000 103,'000 106,000.

105,000 114,000 l24,OOO l28,OOO 131,000

140,000 141,500 146,000 150,000 157,000

161,000 154,000

Rate per 1,000 child' popu1ationb

2.4 2.4 2.3 2.1 1.9

2.1 1.9

; 1.9 •. 1.9

1.9

1.8 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0

2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2

2.2 2.1

a Data for 1955-1967 estimated from courts serving about two-thirds of the child population under 18 years of age in the United States. Data prior to 1955 estimated by the Children's Bureau, based on reports from a smaller but comparable group of courts. Inclusion of estimates from Alaska and Hawaii beginning in 1960 does not materially affect tre)j.

b Based on U.S. child population under 18 years of age.

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Table 14. --ClflLDREN'S CASES DISPOSED OF JUDICIALLY AND NONJUDICIALLY BY ALL JUVENILE COTJRTS REPORTING FOR 1967'1

Age Ul'lder JUDICIAL CASFS HOtlJUDIC IAL Cl.SES which .&rea Gerved by courtb court hws Dellnquecc;y DependeDc;y Special DeliIlq,ueoc;y Depemene;y

• original • f 'U,cept TrnUic and pro- , Jexcep,t. TraUlc IIDd Jurisdiction tr.Uie)' neglect ceedings t.rotticr neglect

Jl.ABAU.I. : Jetferscn Co. (BirminghallI) •••••••• c 16, 18 1,892 57 9C17 - 675 29 262 lla.dison Co. (Huntsville) •••••••••• 16 863 10 174 - 75 3 9 llibUe Co. ()lobUe) ............... 16 369 6 539 - 615 - 146 Ilontgaoer;y Co. (J.i::mtganeI",r) ••••••• c 16, 18 514 - 134 - 1,072 - 22 'l'U:scaloo~a Co. (Tuscaloosn) ••••••• 16 232 11 268 - 45 36 6 62 scall courts •••••• , ............ 16 1,498 73 1,293 - 436 14 20

ARIZOll.l: 1 smll court ..................... 18 107 12 SO 3 '92 413 -

.AIlXANSAS: FIllaski Co. (Little P.ock) ••••••••• 16 235 - 170 2 470 - U7 32 scall courts ••••••••••••••••••• 18 1,000 - 2JO SO 402 - 112

CALJl'Ql;!:IA: 7,,20 C ... "'edn Co. (OBlcland) ••••••••••••• e21 2,668 231 S29 - 19,756 1,!500

Contra Costs Co. (P.ic.'u:lond) ••••••• c 21 1,162 36 294 1 2,947 30 471 Fresno Co. (Fresno) ............... c 21 1,281 ,224 286 - 1,020 606 294 ~aldt Co. (~ek3.) .... ~ ........ c21 103 4 77 . - 933 1,312 189 Xern Co. (Balcerstield) ............ c21 1,098 ,11 366 9 .3,019 6,906 623 las Angeles Co. (to • .:.r.gales) ..... c 21 11,812 ' J60 3,133 278 8,904 . 14O,~OO ,726 l!arin Co. (Ross Valley) ........... e21 341 11 125 1 • I,03!l 63 ,.2S0 )lonter.,. Co. (Salinss) ............ c21 518 8 146 1 2,257 179 189 Orange Co. (Annhel!u) .............. c 21 3,865 105 591 - 4,003 21,451 1,104 Riverside Co. (Riverside) ......... c21 1,-n 23 398 12 3,037 6,602 712 Socre=ento Co. (Sacrl!:lent.o) ....... c21 1,655 22 654 13 5,164 8,672 1,078 San EernsrdiDo Co. (S. 5erna..-ciDo) c21 2,128 39 7~8 - 2,159 11,520 998 San Diego Co. (San Diego) ......... c21 3,246 17 1,096 7 5,539 24,003 1,428 San }'r2llC1soo Co. (San Francisco). c21 1,961 18 686 1 5,603 4,221 1,431 San Joaquin Co. (Stockton) ........ c II 764 42 257 2 1,421 5 J.'8 San Iob.teo Co. (San J,!ate<» ......... c 21 l,lll 16 261 - 1,777 6,070 497 Sante Barbara Co. (Santa Barbara). c 21 665 10 130 - 1,046 4,054 ISO Santo Olsra Co. (San Jose) ........ c 21 2,322 42 832 1 6,113 14,296 2,418 Solano Co. (ValleJo) .............. e21 319 19 199 - 238 l2l 257 Soll<Cll Co. (Santa Rosa) ........... c 21 376 3 191 1 1,528 ].,904 341 Sten1slaus Co. (llode.to) .......... c 21 S2S 24 ~3 - 975 3 329 Tulare Co. (Visalia)." ........... c 21 S87 10 188 - 4S7 3,475 204 Ventura. Co. (O:z:lard) .............. c 21 1,282 5 218 7 2,169 6,295 J79 35 =ll courtS ................... • 21 3,145 51 1,268 7 104 7,426 1,928

COLO?.AIXl: .A.cI&:IS Co. (Ve:rt::Un.s1.er) ........... 18 786 - 750 326 2 - 68 Arapahce Co. (Enzlellcod) .......... 18 263 - 34 243 1 - 4 llcIrJer Co. (DelIVer ci't;rl .......... lS 2,030 - 621 1,513 j37 - 164 n Paso Co. (Colorado ~r:!ng,)"" 18 181 - 41 385 '73 - 33 Jetterson Co. (lali:evcxxl .......... 18 187 - 47 334 - - 5 Pueblo Co. (Pueblo) ............... 18 59 - 67 204 606 - 3 53 =ll couru ................... 18 835 - 107 816 120 - J.9

OOllliECTlCUT : First ol..'tI'ict - Bridgeport ....... 16 398 (d) 498 50S 2,393 (d) -Second Di:rtrict - Hew F.a.ven ••••••• 16 675 (d) 369 657 2,796 (d) -Third Diatrie t - Hartford ......... : 16 467 (d) 469 678 1,787 (d) -

D::UllA • .'!E: NO'I Castle Co. (Wilnington) ....... 18 3,5SS 1,796 - - (t) - -1 small court ..................... 18 463 503 107 - (t) ;- -

D:rsnuOT OF CCILlllIBIA: 417 2,528 !', • \/uhlngtcn (Cit;y) ................. 18 2,'92, 429 - 83 -

J'LORIIlA: Brevard Co. (Melbcut'tle) ........... 17 495 378 109 S 1,058 347 59 Brcll8r<l Co. (FOrt. lauderdale) ..... 17 1,123 S07 417 130 1,935 3,086 1,071 [lnde Co. {w,s:d) .................. 17 2,630 100 992 448 1,782 11 113 D.rIal Co. {Jacli:scnvUle) .......... 17' 675 1,699 900 194 3,950 2S 2,JSO Escclia Co. {:Pe • .,.acola) .......... 17 1,039 644 841 71 723 18 512 liUJ..borough Co. ('l'ompa) .......... 17 1,186 184 1,903 109 2,007 2,144 145 Orange Co. (Orlando) .............. 17 698 2JO 565 127 1,206 439 42 l'alI:I !leach eo. C •• Pal::> Bonch) .... 17 652 257 laS a3 1,'711 74 425 Pinellao Co. (St. Peter.burg) ..... 17 723 1,556 183 299 1,455 3 -Polk Co. (Lakeland) ............... 17 495 995 222 2 956 183 129 Voluda Co. (Dn;rtons Baach) ....... 17 '19 96 129 103 1,864 386 313 56 I>='.all cOl.t..-ts ................... 17 5,193 2,712 1,639 153 3,898 1,409 630

GEOmIA! Bibb Co. (I!.l.en) .................. 17 3S4 22 III - - - -Cllnthl1l!l Co. {Savannah) ............ 17 312 - 73 130 490 - -Cobb Co. (J.I:uoietts) ............... 17 824 242 191, - - - -J)ol(alb Co. (llcenur! ... eO ......... 17 2,029 422 365 - - - -l'ultOll Co. (Atlanta .............. ·17 2,530 1,688, '22 544 2,100 98 719 IIIlacogee Co. (Colu::ll::U8) ........... 17 1,052 97 J40 - - - -Richmond Co. {AUEUSUI) ............ 17 354 25 140 23 '3 - 9 14S ecall courts ....... eO ......... 17 ',275 753 1,210 539 1,604 193 225

RAilA!!: 1st C.1rcu1'!. {lI<:mOlulu) ............ 18 2,260 1,086 277 790 1,704 1,466 17

Se. footnot •• at end ot table.

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Table 14. --CHILDREN'S CASES DISPOSED OF JUDICIALLY AND NONJUDICIALLY BY ALL JUVENILE COURTS REPORTIKG FOR 19679.--(continued)

Age umer .. hioh

JUDICIAL CJ.SES NCllJUDICIAL CJ.SSS

'.Are .. aervf.1 b)' courtb • • court has DeUnquency original.

Depel>tenoy Spec1al. DeUx:.,"USnc:f De?endenc"y C.,xcept Traftic and poo- Cex.pp" Traftic and

Jur1sdiction traft!c) noglect 'cceding. 'tra:r1c) r..,glect . lLUllOIS:

c 17, 18 Cook Co. (Chicsgo) .............. 7,361 -- 3,965 352 22 -- 259 lW'sge Co. (york) ............... ~ 17, 18 94 -- 64 -- 255 -- S3 Lalce Co. ('iaUlceg.,,) ............. c 17, 18 390 -- 188 193 -- -- --1ladisOll Co. (Alton) ............. c 17, 18 170 -- 106 103 80 -- rlS St. Clair Co. (E. St. loUis) .... c 17, IS 99 -- 105 3 7 -- S lill Co. (JoUet) ............... c 17, 18 UO -- 75 100 75 -- --liianebsgo Co. (flocktord) ........ c 17, 18 281 -- 410 40 349 -- SO 6 £mall courts .................. 17, 18 196 -- 123 4 123 -- 42

INDIAIIA: Allen Co. (rort l!!Ylle) .......... IS 464 2 4 -- 968 15 3 DelBwnre Co. (Mme1e) ........... 18 102 1 55 2 179 2 --llJ.:hart Co. (Ellchart.) ........... 18 62 -- 35 -- 154 2 --lake Co. (Gary) ................. 1S 953 1 ll7 6 719 2 14 lIad1son Co. (Ander.on) .......... 18 199 -- -- -- 242 -- --lIarlOl1 Co. (Ind1 .. '1Apo11.) ....... 18 2,756 10 455 -- . 84. 1 -- . St. Joseph Co. (SOUth.Bend) ••••• IS 154 1 -- . -- 190 . -- --Vanderburg Co. (Evansville) ••••• 18 331' , • 1 376 7 868 7 4 Vigo Co. (Terre Haute) ...... : ... 18 147 -- -- . 49 91 -- --60 IIlllAll courts ................. IS 2,779 168 160 133 3,lll 48 479

lOlA: Black !lawl: Co. (Waterloo) ....... 18 134 (d) 94 -- ~ -- 10 Linn Co. (Cedar P.apid3) ......... IS 145 (~) ~ -- 1,203 -- 55 Pclk Co. (Des l6oine.) ........... 18 451 (d) 267 -- 982 -- 6 Scott Co. (Davenport) ........... IS 268 (d) 73 -- 519 -- 6J loodbury Co. (Sioux C!t.y) ....... IS 109 (:1) 29 Yl3 -- 1 35 IClal.l. ccurts ................. 18 490 (d) 213 -- 1,339 -- 249

VJlSAS: Joh.'lBon Co. (Prairie Vi ... ) ..... : 18 177 108 l39 2 1,023 13 124 Sedgrick Co~ (Iichita) .......... 18 1,118 lC6 230 15 6 12 --Shanee Co. (Topeka) ............ 18 357 19 158 -- 520 ll3 135 Wyandotte Co. (Xacss. City) ..... 18 rl3 57 103 24 1,836 87 351 8611l11Bll. courts ................. 18 1,868 649 418 42 1,355 330 76

mmlClCt: Foyette Co. (IDx1ngton) ......... 1S 497 -- -- -- 569 -- --Jette~on Co. (Ioui.ville) ...... 18 3,924 -- -- -- 2,670 -- --I':enton Co. (COvington) ...... _ ... 18 421 -- -- -- o4G6 -- --U7 mnaU cocrta .... _ ........... -18 5,743 -- -- -- 467 -- --

lDUISIANA.: Caddo Parish (Shreveport) ....... 17 216 BS5 126 196 521 -- --East BatoQ I!O<Ige (Baton p.ouge) .. 17 773 1,4&9 151 208 1,079 -- 61 Jetterson Pari.ll (Gretna) ....... 17 a59 640 83 433 -- -- --Orleans Pariah (New Orleans) .... 17 1,B06 3,979 334 -- 3,m -- --4th Judicial District (!)lachita) 17 107 198 56 3 265 73 51 9th Judic~al Oi.tri.t (Rapideo). l,7 37 77 10 90 7 '15 19 14th Judicial. Di.trict

(Calco.aieu) .................... 17 lOS -- 98 5 584 45 298 019 a:nall courts ................. 17 4,355 1,950 1,205 294 4,701 532 412 . .

lIAlNE: .

Arooatook Co. (Pre.que Iele) .... 17 • , 230

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. . , . -- -- -- ' --... Penobscot Co. (Bangor) .......... 17 245 '21 6 -- -- . -- --13 small courta ................. 17 821 7 1 -- 64 -- -Il.\llILAND :

Anne Arundel Co. (Annapoli.) .... 18 819 -- 101 -- 108 -- --Bolt!J:ore City .................. 16 4,392 -- 1,850 a2 -- -- --Bal. t1lDore Co. (C4ntonsville) •••• 18 1,742 -- 547 6 - -- --lklntgc:mery Co. (Silver Spring) •• '18 973 -- 242 12 6ll -- 36 Prince George'" Co.(ltfattsvil1.) 18 2,993 -- 232 7 -- -- --19 s:nall courts ................. 18 2,417 -- 765 29 397 -- ,

IoIASSACllUSE:r:rS :" Berkshire Co. (Pi ttsrield City). 17 383 Coo) -- -- (t) -- --Bri.to1 Co. (N." Bedford City) .. 17 1,239 (ei -- -- (t)· -- --Easex Co, (I.Ynn City) ........... 17 1,445 (e) -- -- (t) -- --Ilampden Co. (Springrteld C1t;{) .. 17 1,362 (e) -- -- (t) -- --/la!llpahire Co. (tlorthhampton City) 17 212 (e) -- -- (r) -- --IL1ddleaex Co. (c.mbridge City) .. 17 2,S29 (0) -- , -- (r) -- --/Iortolk Co. (C)linc, CHy) ....... 17 1,142 rel -- -- (t) -- --PlJ'moUth Co. (Brockton City) .... 17 1,07' (e) -- -- (r) -- --sur.tolk Co. (~~ston City) ....... 17 3,169 {el -- -- • (el -- --lorcester Co. (Worcester City) ... 17 1,7rJ (e) -- -- 1t ) -- --4 ama.l.l. courts, ............... " ............... 17 495 (e) -- -- t) -- --See tootnotes at end of table.

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Table 14. --CHILDREN'S CASES DISPOSED OF JUDICIALLY AND NONJUDICIALLY BY ALL JUVENILE COURTS REPORTING FOR 1967&--(continued)

, .

~ .. un:ler J1lDICIAL CASES NONJUDICIAL CASES

Area sorted by courtb which

court bas Delinquency DepeIlleDC7 Special Delinquency Depen:1eIu:;r . original (excep~ Tra!"rlc ODd pro-. (except. Traffic ODd jurisdiction trarC1c) neglect oeedinga tra!"r1c) oegleot

lo{IClUaAN: .

Bey Co. (Say City) •••••••••••••••• 17 181 -- 67 122 3 441 --Berrien Co. (Benton Harbor) ....... 17 298 -- 66 18 -- 379 -Call!oun Co. (SQ:ule Creek) ..................... 17 '06 -- 147 137 127 657 -_ .. Genesee Co. (flint) ............... 17 815 -- 523 456 -- -- --J.nghB:1 Co. (1a,\'Isi ng) .............. 17 336 -- 290 329 27 -. --Jackson Co .. (Jackson) ............. 17 210 -- 166 179 4 -- .-ICal.8;nazoo Co. (lCal=oo) ......... 17 156 -- 45 175 683 1,3)0 --!Cent Co. (Grand Rapids) ........... 17 378 -- 204 '24 211 2,515 -l.!acoob Co. (Warren) ............... 17 8.38 -- 158 557 529 2,447 --U:mroe Co. (Monroe) ............... 17 93 -- 69 100 II 463 --IlJ.skegcm Co. (Mlskegon) ........... 17 250 -- 104 128 6'¥1 431 --Calland Co. (Pontiac) ............. 17 874 -- 423 1,016 1,693 4,498 --Sagin.w Co. (Saginaw) ............. 17 252 -- 1~5 247 176 1,146 --St. Clair Co. (?ort ilJron) ........ 17 159 -- 75 60 1 425 --'l'-'Ytle Co. (Detroit) ............... 17 ',014 -- 1,863 1,959 3,063 9,962 --68 = cO\1rt.a ................... 17 3,077 -- 1,419 1,883 1,148 6,l.56 --

lII~lESarA :g ! .. .. Hem""in Co. (Minneapolis) •••••••• IS 2,667 5,424 , -- -- -- -- --Ramsey Co. (St. P.Ul) ............. 18 1,.526 3,391 -- -- -- -- . --St.. Iouis Co. (Muth) ............ 18 422 8:;9 -- - 334 -- --87 =ll cOl1rts ................... 18 7,658 8,085 -- -- 1,081 - --

LlISS!SSIl'PI : Hsrrison Co~ (BilOXi) ••••••••••••• 18 .309 -- 425 -- I -- 1 Hinds Co. (S.ObOll) ............... 18 305 .3 102 -- 453 .5 4 79 =ll cOllrta ................... 18 1,615 14 723 -- 1,128 23 410

mSSOOlU, Greene Co. (Springfield) .......... 17 43 1 146 129 478 504 2 Jaobon Co. (Kans.s City) ......... 17 ,!,59O 226 295 653 2,237 1,876 643 St. Il>u1 •• Co. (Un1ver.1~y City) .. ~7 1,591 S7 435 94l 3,752 1,807 352 St. Iouis (City) ........... f ...... 17 1,015 -- 318 700 4,075 2,591 463 10$ IOIUlll courts .................. 17 1,S17 824 644 1,386 4,099 1,806 531

ImlP.ASKA: lanc .... ter Co. (IJnooln City) ...... 18 va 3 26 -- 475 25 22

IIE'll lL\!l?S HIRE: Hillsborcugll Co. ().Ianchester C1 t;d 11 1 -- - -- -- -- --65 = court .................... 17 1,370 18 134 8 lZ1 -- S

}{E'I ~'E!!SF:t: Au..nUc Co. (Atl!llltio City) ...... 18 B2l -- -- -- -- -- --Bergen Co. (Fairlawn) ............. 18 2,208 -- 6J - -- -- --llurllngtOll Co. (II ... lIsnover) ...... 18 1,046 -- -- -- 10 -- --ca:.den Co. (Camen) ............... 18 1,418 - 1 40 21 --Gloucester Co. (Deptford' ......... 18 867 -- - -- 48 -- --~thCo. (l.I1ddletGwn) ••••••••• 18 2,315 -- - -- -- -- --U<>rrb Co. (Parsippany-Troy 1l1lls) 18 680 -- -- -- -- -- --Ocean Co. (Point Ple.sant.) ........ IS '.545 -- -- -- -- -- --Sa:!lerttet Co. (Fran.!<lin twp.) ...... 18 395 48 -- - 95 10 --Union Co. (Elizaceth City) ........ 18 2,445 -- 22 -- 159 -- --2 =aU courts .................... 18 395 12 202 60 53 -- 58

jlFo .•• \lCC:' '. IA. ....li110 Co. (Albuquerque) •• : ••• 18 JB8 " 102 -- -- ~,626 5,802 .-31 =aU court .................... 18 . 1,366 2,148 -- -- ',009 2,351 . - , . . .

/!Ell YO!IK: e 16 Albany Co. (Albany) ............... 596 -- 271 -- -- -- --

Br~ Co. (B1nghwlltcn) ........... c 16 273 -- 129 -- -- -- --Chautauqua Co. (J""'estoYll) ........ " ~6 178 -- 59 -- -- -- --~t<:he •• Co. (Pouglllceep.1e) ....... c 16 226 -- 45 -- - -- --lr:l" Co. (Buffalo) ................ c 16 1,670 -- 323 -- 1,679 -- --~"" Co. (Itocbe.~er) ............ e ~6. 7.54 -- 7~ -- 1,317 -- 70 lIas •• u Co. (i!""'P.tead) ............ c 16 699 -- 78 -- 1,244 -- 56 ""'"' York (City) ................... c 16 ll,07O -- 3,470 -- 7,1.75 - .-NiaglU'tl. Co. (Nbg .. ro. Falls) ....... c 16 140 -- 78 -- 473 -- 10 Oneida Co. (Utioa) ................ " 16 112 -- II -- -- -- --Ctlondag!l Co. (Syra~u.e) ............ e 16 486 -- 192 -- 1,375 -- 106 Orange Co. (NewbUl'1!b) ............. c 16 402 -- 65 -- -- -- .-!lensu1.er CO. (Troy) ............. c 16 301 -- 52 -- S9 -- II llookllllld Co. (Qrangetorn) ......... o 16 95 -- 29 -- 466 -- 65 St. Lenence Co. (Cgdensburg) ..... c 16 109 -- 162 -- -- -- .-Schenectady Co. (SChenect.dy) ..... c 16 180 -- 110 -- 192 -- S2 &lfrolk Co. (Islip) ............... ~ 16 C67 -- llO -- 746 -- 73 m.ter Co. (King.ton) ............. c 16 102 -- 12 -- -- -- .-lrestebester Co. (yonkers) ......... c 16 376 -- .239 -- 1,058 -- 13 39 small ccurta ................... c 16 1,631 -- 1,606 -- '31 -- 55 ..

See footnoteo at end or table.

~1al • pro- •

ceedings; . ------.------.---------------------------------

5 25 52 45

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Table J4. --CHILDREN'S CASES DISPOSED OF JUDICIALLY AND NONJUDICIALLY BY - ALL JUVENILE COURTS REPORTING FOR 1967a--(continued)

Hilmi CAROUIIA: BWlCCIllb~ Co. (Asheville) •••••••••• Cumberla."ld' Co. (fayetteville) ••••• Durba:n (Co. and City) ••••••••••••• Forqih Co. (1I1nston-&1""'1 ••••••• Casto., Co. (Gastonia) ••••••••••••• Cuilford Co. (Greensboro) ••••••••• Yecklenburg Co. '::barlotte) ...... . 99 s=ll court .................... .

NORrII DAY.Ir.A: First Judicial District (Fargo) .. . ~ =all Judicial districts ...... ..

O!!IO: .lllen Co. (I.!=} ................. . Butler Co. (H=ilton) ........... .. Clark Co. (Springfield) .......... . Colu::::biana eo. (E. Uverpool) .... . Ql:ahoga Co. (Cleveland) ......... . Frvnklin Co. (COlu::::bus) ......... .. II=ilton Co. (Cin:innati) ....... .. lake Co. ( ... illovick) ............. . lDrain Co. (lDrain) ............. .. Lucas Co. (Tol~o) .............. .. IIahon!ng Co. (yo=stown) ........ . Jlcntga:>ery Co. (Day-.on) .......... . Richlao:! Co. (lIansUcld) ........ .. Starlc Co. (Canton) .............. .. s.=it Co. (Akron) ............... . 'I'rumbull Co. (Iarren) ............ . 71 ......u courts .................. .

0ltLUl0lA: 0lcl.ahcI:>a Co. (OlclahaDa C1 ty) •••••• TUlIa Co. (TUlsa) ................ . 24 =all ccurta .................. .

0Rm0ll: Claclca=. Co. (lIil .... l1lc1e) ....... .. lAn>'. Co. (Dl;;~ne) ................ . 1I.ar10n Co. (Sal ... ) ............... . llll tl1a:l8h Co. (Portland) ........ .. J2 small courts .................. .

P!II!ISYLVANL\: .lllegheny Co. ( Pittsburgh) ...... .. Beaver Co. (Aliquippa) ........... . Berb Co. (Re.ding) .............. . Blair Co. (Altool1ll) ..... ; ....... .. Buclea Co. (Bri.tol) .............. . Chester Co. ( ..... t Ch •• ter) ...... .. Delaware Co. (Che.ter) ........... . Erie Co. (Eri.) ................. .. Fayette Co. (L'n.iontovn) ......... .. !.seb .. a""" Co. (Scranton) .... ; .. .. Lehigh Co. (Allent"""") .......... .. Luzerne Co. ( ... ilkes-Barre) ....... . llerc.r Co. (Sharon) .............. . Ik>ntg"",,,,-.r Co. (Morristown) ••••••• IIorthampton Co. (B.Weh.",) ..... .. Philadelphia (CUy and Co.) ...... . Schu;yllc1U C:>. (Pottsville) ..... .. W .. hington Co. (Washington ...... .. leatoorelar.d Co. (New Kensington). York Co. (york) ................. .. 5 1lmal1 courts .................. ..

I'UERTO Rlco:g

PonD. (Ponce) .................... . San Juan (San Juan) ............. .. 7 small .curta ................... .

lUIODE ISUJID: Sf ATE (Providence) ......... \ ......

SOUTK CAllOUnA: Spartanburg Co. (Spartanburg) .... .. 6 s::al+ ,courts ....................... .

SOOTH DAKOrA: ~3 small ccurta ................. ..

See footnote. at end o( tabl".

Age Ullder '"hich

court has original.

Jurisdiction

16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

18 18

18 18 18 1S 1'3 18 IS 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

~ 16, 18 c 16, 18

16, lei

18 18 18 18 18

18 18 18 18 16 IB 18 18 IB 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18

18 18 18

18

16 16

18

Del.iIlq"""",. (ezcept tratric)

263 204 221 320 464

2,779

639 282

loll 371 107 226

1.,380 1,2.52 2,276

'23 726 916 221

1,064 '10 646

1,552 163

8,343

8J7 2.59 1.01

372 936 71.2

1,1.91 S,0J6

2,1.76 57

178 208 189 124 489 1'8

71 119 225 322 186 687 126

8,890 192 ~B

I.fn 12~ 140

871. 791

2,320

567

296 1,166

1,803

JUDICIAL CASES

Depeo:!"'!Cy Trat:t1c 0Ild

8

7 2 9 6

26 81

130 14

371 l,~39

67 39B

6,"4 4,66.5 3,131

156 893

3,518 34

2,881 810

1,377 3,7.51

206 16,077

8 187 11

~·3 1

19 9

12 7

14 1

14~ 14

9 17 22 10

IB 3

20 3 7

147 78

250

207

neglect.

7

I. 142 106

41 !!:l

64~

23 128

• 99 107 226

• 24 425 654 709 ~

112 63

253 29.5

81 Ul

·128 104

2,050

672 229 236

·374 127 332 879

1,090

~ 162 10

2 82 2

68 1,206

2

4 ~l

198

486

273

NONJUDICIAL CASES

Special J)eliDquency Depeo:!ency . ""SPecial pro- (except Tr~cic aD:! pro-

ceedi.:lg. traCt!c) negleo.t ceeding.

140 176 163 535· III

189 38

,-212 148

3

3~1

12 219

1 40 16

4CI7

279 202

2

l.7 5 6

103 161

1 1 1

1

822

~ll 256

104

1

8 ~

23 442 678 240

401 2,886

~28 rno 62!; J08

2,742 903

3,170 313 9.57

3,314 986

3,712 24

541 683

3,77~

611 938 170

1,876 2,476. 1,715 4,sm

12,90.5

'.

3,466 378 231 232 519 396 312 203 203

7 224

1 2m 361

3,290 102 643 10

JOB 376

316 663 706

104

121 III

1,847

12 5

18

1.,238 2,622

·688 _. 60

3 ,

387 1,021 1,175

2~

710 1,464

1 2 6

6 50 60

3,479 3,769

104 23 4

•. 2 28 19 7 3

13

3 8

121 19

26 4

55

49

91 40

so

1

36 68

4 9 2

1

93

17 69

118 48 51

679 863

406 .5

7

1

1 2

10

1 3

4J

1

... 47

91

4

17 9

6 7

11

2~

3 33 19

2

1

61

43 7

89 7 2

262 1.17

2

1 1

1

3 2

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Age under JilDICIAL CASES 1l0NJUDlClAL CASES . Area served by cc>.1rlb

\lhich court. has Delinquency Dependency Special Delinquency Depenooncy . orit;inal (except !rattic and pro-' (except Xra1:fic IUld .

Jurisdiction tratfic) neglect ceedings tratticl negleO't

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lllv1dson Co. (11 •• lwille) .......... 18 2JB - - - (rl - -I!a!n1lton Co. (cr.attanooga} ........ 18 1,378 401 265 323 436 10 25. Shelby Co. (Memphis) .............. 18 2,252 20 1,212 52 4,172 286 664 &1llivan Co. (Kingsport) .......... lB 744 256 35 - (rl - -94 .m:all court .................... lB 3,582 1,378 542 454 465 286 126

TEXAS: Bexar Co. (San Antonio) ........... c 17, 18 526 - - - 2,322 - -Cemeron Co. (Brcvr.sville) ......... c 17, 18 114 - - - 736 - -llalla. Co. (Dallas) ............... c 17, 18 B79 107 259 3,351 6,859 - -KI. Paso Co. (E:J. !'aso) ............. c 17, lB lB2 - - - 2,253 2 -Galveston Co .. (aalveswn) ...... H •• c 17, lB 35 - - - 1,248 - -Harris Co. !H""ston) .............. c 17, lB 4,877 14 352 2,179 7,165 69 1,497 Ilidalge Co. (J.!cAllen} ............. c 17, lB 59 - - - 448 11 -lubbock Co. (lubbock) ............. c 17, lB 152 - - - 964 - -\!cLennan Co. (oaco) ............... c 17, lB 121 - 1 16 1,355 2 60 lIueces Co. (Corpus Christi} ....... c 17, lB 440 -, - - 627 - " -Fott.er Co. (Aca.rillo} ............. c 17, lB 68 - - - 339 .... -TlUnnt Co. {Fort. Ilorth) .......... c 17, 18 241 - , 138 62 1,714 .- 995 Taylor Co. (Abilene) .............. c 17, 13 109 - - - :MO "'- . -Travis Co. (AWltin) ............... c 17, lB 52 24 - 4B8 1,410 - 108 158 SLlalJ. courts .................. c ~7, lB 3,026 320 ~9S 3<J3 6,712 248 8~

l1rAH' II1.trii:t 1 (Ogden) ................ lB 1,087 6,124 73 - 1,983 - 114 District rr (Salt La.". City) ...... lB 2,535 6,566 264 - 4,708 - 490 Iiistrict III (Provo} .............. lB 840 1,720 35 - SOl - 33 2 e:oal.l cOUrtB .................... 18 m 1,320 75 - 461 - 85

V'mIO!lr: 12 e:oal.l Ilistrict courts .......... 16 lB5 - 302 2 (e) - -

VIroDlIA: ATlington Co ...................... 18 760 1,055 253 497 1 - -Fairfax Co ....................... ~ ................... lB 1,<J25 240 '41 - - - -Henrieo Co .............................. lB 430 546 14 174 - - -Nevport !/evs (City) ............... 18 108 328 73 109 - - -Norroll: (C1 ty) .................... 18 2,666 749 166 355 - - -Fort$l!X:ll.rth {City) ................. lB 713 254 52 161 . 47 - -lUchcond (Clty) ................... lB 1,482 ',62 559 '21 552 - 5 III s:all courts .................. lB 11,012 7,482 2,475 2,316 1,690 - 250

VIRaDI :t5I.ANI6: 2 s::all. courts .................... 16 126 32 34 3 (tl - -

WJ.S!IlNo:ro:l: King Co. (Seutle) ................ lB 3,767 B78 2,008 JOB 6U 11,348 398 Pierce Co. {'l'accw;l ............... 18 1,104 4,581 762 516 619 1 694 Snohomish Co. (Everett) •••••• :, ... lB 4S8 2,~1 819 116 4l:!O 11 421 Spokane Co. (Spokane) ............. lB '647 1,256 280 18 1,282 752 ' '427 Yak1:2. Co. (YaldJ:4I ............... lB 324 1,649 22) 117 862 263 387 26 s::all. courts ................... lB 3,762 1,577 2,223 401 3,804 5,397 1,277

vm:r VL'I3D1IA: . .. .

Cabell Co. (~tington) ....... ,. :. lB 337 7 B3 63 449 ' - -lana\lha .Co. {Charleston} •••••••••• lB 320 200 126 - 425' - 74 , 53 £Call courts ................... lB' 1,876 76 840 645 i,073 11 250

1/ISCOItSDI: Bl'CN!I Co. (Oreen B~) ............. lB 336 14 108 115 '26 13 -Ile.ne Co. (lI.adison) ............... '. lB 160 3 51 8 2,070 1,467 398 KeDOSha Co. (lene.ha) ............. 18 465 251 B9 38 - - -I.lUIlaW:e. Co. (lI.!J.wW:ee) ••••••••• 18 3,491 ?Jl 653 929 8,233 222 96 o..tag~. Co. (Appleton) .......... 18 '3 3 13 ?4 - 2 -itAcice eo. (Racine) ............... lB 313 67 61 5<J 171 ~8 -Rock Co. (Janesville}. ............ 18 647 264 60 31 140 378 -Ilaukellha Co. ('.'auk •• hal ........... 16 455 22 !is 47 1,78 286 -Vinr.ebago Co. (Osbl<osh) ........... 18 '24 461 81 ~ 1 - -62 cmall ecurts ... .-, ...... ~ ................... 18 2,934 1,436 773 450 2,806 1,531 28

See footnotes on fa Uawlng f-ASc.

Special ' pro-'

ce.dings . -

135 --8

-----1,284 --45

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59

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1 ----26 22

Z7S

-31 22 ~6

1 7

21

. . 48 4J.

• 237

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(a) I:orE liELI.: This table is roOt limited to the sa;:ple group of cou!"ts b,:t rat.""" include all courts that trr.r.s::hud !"eports to the Children's 3ureau .. The data in this table should not be l!sed 'to t:ake cccparlsor~ between ca::::u.c.1ties regard~ ti"..e erten't of del1nqueD~". QJegtia..~ concern1ng changes in an 1ndividt:al. CClU!"t's data free one year to ar.o~er should be Jirec:ted to that i!:.:ivi:'1.;al cOJrt.

( ) Court. serving areas rith poPUlotion of 100,000 or :>:Jre are lis~ed se!",-"litely, shOring t:..e chlef city lcca~ed in each area. Courts eerving areas \11th less than lOO,COO are combined for each State and are prcsen'ted as "SI:'Jll.l co.:.!"'ts."

(C) \/here the age under "Mcb the court has origir.a1 Jurisdiction is d!l'fe:-(!'''1t for bo-Js and gu-:!.s, the age ro~ bOjos ePres!"s tirst. In California the jurisdiction of the adult court r"-ther th:ln t.'l. Juvenile court is usuall;r i::";c<;2'l for thoee 18 :rears of ege or aver. in Illinois,. t.he age Jur.sdiction is 18 .for both eoys ar.d g!rls il; depender.c:r a::d r .•• lect cases. •• • . _

In New York: cr.der ""the r.ev Fa::ily"C..J'..1rt Act; 'the defir..!~icn of "Juvenile c.eli!'::;,:.!e::.cy" is r..c'ol l!:.ited to those p:~fe::'!0:2s or children u,l'l.der 16 years 01: Olge \lhic.'l \lould cO:lst.itute crir.e if "the chri~ \o'e!"~ Crle-:- 16 yea!'s of ago!!. A· ::.e\l t::1Fe o~ o!fer.Ee (rele:-:!..r...g- "'::5 ;..arsons in ued. or supe.!"".f1sion)·Ms bee!l added which cC'"(crs cases of ~r.!r.cy.l' runavays, d:!.so!::ed1e!lcn or i.!".cor:igi=i1it:f. 1'hes~ &ore iLclu:!ed in our tables under "delinquency" a...nd the age lbit fo-: the:s e.s ""ell e.s for neglect C5S[!S is 16 for boys ar..d 1S f'cr girls. ,.

Cd) L":!!.f;plicablc - Juvenile court does .not l:.ave Jur!sci1c':.ion aver Juve.i!le t.:-a!,fic cases. (e) Iht. or; traffic cases llO"t reported or not. repor~ed sepo.rately fra:: ot:..er t:r;les of dalinquenq cases. In the latter ce.se thq are

included \!!"J!~r "Delir .. quency - cxcep~ 'trafric. n

(f) P.e;:o!"te:i on of!"icial cases only. (g) No report on deper.cerq and r.e.lect cases er.d/or special proceedillgs. For Sheley County, Te=..""ssee, speeiel procee:tir.gs are :I:lcluded

with dependency and neglect. official cases.

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