NCJ Number
171909
Date Published
1997
Length
45 pages
Annotation
This report provides an overview of the juvenile court dispositions in Pennsylvania during 1996 and summarizes information provided by county juvenile probation agencies.
Abstract
A total of 35,648 dispositions related to juvenile delinquency occurred in 1996. This total represented a decrease of 3.6 percent from 1995. Probation was the disposition most often used (23.6 percent of the cases), followed by informal adjustment (16.4 percent), placement (12 percent), consent decree (10.1 percent), complaint withdrawn (9 percent), warned/counseled (5.5 percent), and dismissed not substantiated (5.5 percent). All remaining dispositions totaled 17.9 percent. The disposition involving transfer to criminal court remained around 1 percent of the total. Probation with day treatment was listed as a separate disposition rather than being included in probation. Twenty-six percent of the dispositions involved serious offenses (rape, robbery, and aggravated assault). A total of 11,386 admissions to secure detention occurred in 1996, an increase of 6.2 percent over the previous year. A total of 29,504 males and 6,134 females received dispositions for delinquency offenses in 1995. Figures, tables, map, county class list, and juvenile court statistical form