NCJ Number
188837
Date Published
2000
Length
35 pages
Annotation
This report presents and discusses statistics on the numbers and characteristics of referrals to Missouri’s juvenile courts during 1999.
Abstract
The 45 juvenile court circuits disposed 88,424 referrals in 1999, a 14 percent increase over the 6-year period since 1994 and a 2 percent increase over 1998. Males accounted for 66 percent of the referrals; white youth comprised 71 percent of the referral population. Fifty-six percent of the referrals were for law violations. Seventy-eight percent of the referrals were disposed informally. Out-of-home placements involved 6,880 referrals; abuse, neglect, and custody referrals comprised 58 percent of all out-of-home placements. Law violation referrals accounted for 25 percent of these referrals, status referrals accounted for 11 percent, and administrative referrals and miscoded referrals each totaled 3 percent. Tables, figures, and appended tables and map