CALIFORNIA - COMPARISON OF CHARACTERISTICS OF YOUTH AUTHORITY WARDS IN INSTITUTIONS AND ON PAROLE, JUNE 30 EACH YEAR, 1966-1974

• NCJ Number: 28022
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 21 pages
• Corporate Author: California Dept of the Youth Authority
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON THE COURT OF COMMITMENT, SEX, AREA OF COMMITMENT, COMMITMENT OFFENSE, ADMISSION STATUS, ETHNIC GROUP, AND AGE IS PROVIDED FOR WARDS IN EACH INSTITUTION AND FOR THE TOTAL PAROLE POPULATION.

Abstract

THE STATISTICS SHOW THAT CRIMINAL COURT COMMITMENTS HAVE BEEN INCREASING, THAT DRUG COMMITMENTS ARE DECLINING, AND THAT THE NUMBER OF MALE WARDS ON FIRST COMMITMENT STATUS AS A PERCENT OF THE TOTAL IN RESIDENCE HAS INCREASED.