NCJ Number
142442
Date Published
1992
Length
178 pages
Annotation
This 1992 report, presented to the Washington State governor and legislature, summarizes juvenile justice data, presents juvenile justice problems, describes how Federal funds are awarded, and reports the State's compliance with the Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.
Abstract
Priority problem areas include an increase in the number and rates of arrests of juveniles in 1991, including a continued increase in juvenile violent crime; an inadequate response to runaway youth; the need to develop alternatives to detention; and the provision of transitional or aftercare services for juvenile offenders. The report also documents the State's compliance with the Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. This act requires participating States to provide for an adequate system of monitoring the following facilities: adult jails, juvenile detention facilities, juvenile correctional facilities, and nonsecure facilities such as mental health or drug/alcohol programs. Statistics on juveniles encompass general juvenile population statistics, public school enrollment and dropout rates, juvenile unemployment, adolescent pregnancy, alternative residential placement, juvenile suicides, juvenile arrests, juvenile court offense referrals, juveniles held in detention facilities, and the institutional population. 76 tables and 15 graphs