BANNOCK, BONNEVILLE, TWIN FALLS, NEZ PERCE AND KOOTENAI COUNTIES (ID) - SURVEY OF 1975 BURGLARIES - JUVENILES, AGES 16-17

• NCJ Number: 50161
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 27 pages
• Corporate Author: Idaho Law Enforcement Planning Cmssn
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS STUDY, INITIATED TO GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT JUVENILE BURGLARY, ITS PERPETRATORS, AND THEIR FLOW THROUGH THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM, EXAMINES JUVENILE RECIDIVISM.

Abstract

HIGH CRIME IMPACT AREAS WERE CHOSEN TO OBTAIN THE LARGEST POSSIBLE STATISTICAL BASE FOCUSING ON THE TARGET GROUP. IN EACH LOCATION THE SURVEY WAS INITIATED AT THE POINT OF INITIAL CONTACT (THE ARRESTING AGENCY). WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF LOCAL STAFF, ARREST RECORDS FOR 1975 WERE REVIEWED AND SCREENED. JUVENILES AGED 16 TO 17 AND HAVING AN ARREST FOR BURGLARY WERE DOCUMENTED BY NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, DATE OF ARREST, AND CRIME INCIDENT INDICATORS. ONCE DOCUMENTED, A FOLLOW-UP OF JUVENILE COURT RECORDS WAS NECESSARY TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON PRIOR AND SUBSEQUENT JUVENILE CONTACTS, AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S PROGRESSION THROUGH THE SYSTEM. THE STUDY FOCUSES ON A SAMPLE OF 158 (35% OF THE TOTAL) OF THE 16 TO 17-YEAR-OLD JUVENILES ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY DURING 1975. IN 63.5% OF THE INCIDENTS, THE BURGLARY WAS TARGETED AT NONRESIDENTIAL PREMISES. IN BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL BUGLARIES, THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR WERE MORE PROLIFIC THAN THE SECOND SIX MONTHS. RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES, ALTHOUGH LESS OFTEN THE TARGET, HAD MORE NO-FORCE ENTRIES THAN THE MORE OFTEN TARGETED COMMERCIAL PREMISES (35.1% VS. 18.2%). THE TOTAL DOCUMENTED DOLLAR LOSS WAS $53,108.00, OR AN AVERAGE OF $431.77 PER BURGLARY. AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT WAS MOST OFTEN THE PROPERTY TARGET, FOLLOWED IN ORDER OF FREQUENCY BY CASH, MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES, DRUGS/LIQUOR, AND JEWELRY. FORTY-FOUR (57.8%) OF THE JUVENILES THAT WERE FOUND WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE YOUTH REHABILITATION ACT REENTERED THE SYSTEM AS A RESULT OF 130 SUBSEQUENT CONTACTS (AN AVERAGE OF 3.0 CONTACTS PER INDIVIDUAL) PRIOR TO REACHING AGE 18. IN EIGHT OF THE CASES, THE 1975 BURGLARY WAS THE FIRST AND LAST DOCUMENTED JUVENILE OFFENSE. OF THOSE JUVENILES FOUND WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE YOUTH REHABILITATION ACT, 23 (33.3%) ENTERED THE ADULT SYSTEM ON 46 CHARGES AS OF MAY 1978. BURGLARY AND/OR DRUG/LIQUOR OFFENSES WERE RANKED AS EITHER FIRST OR SEC0ND IN FREQUENCY OF SUBSEQUENT JUVENILE AND ADULT OFFENSES. DETAILED DATA FROM THE STUDY AND FLOW CHARTS ARE INCLUDED. (RCB)