NCJ Number
153569
Date Published
1995
Length
196 pages
Annotation
This report presents material that is the most current and reliable information available in the fall of 1994 on juvenile offending and victimization, as well as the juvenile justice system.
Abstract
The first chapter describes the U.S. juvenile population, with attention to factors of interest to the juvenile justice community, including poverty, education, living arrangements unwed teen mothers, and population growth. Chapter 2 summarizes what is known about the nature of and trends in juvenile victimizations, including juvenile homicides, other violent victimizations, offenders, use of weapons, level of injury, nature of crimes against young children, child abuse and neglect, and the link between abuse and subsequent delinquent behavior. A chapter on juvenile offenders describes the nature and trends of juvenile offending, including the proportion of crime in the United States caused by juveniles, juvenile law-violating careers, possession and use of weapons, gangs, homicides by juveniles, drug use, and the link between substance abuse and delinquency. Remaining chapters address juvenile justice system structure and process, law enforcement and juvenile crime, juvenile courts and juvenile crime, and juveniles in correctional facilities. Subject index