PROJECTIONS FOR DELAWARE POPULATION AND ANTICIPATED COMMITMENTS AND DETENTIONS IN JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS, 1975-1990

• NCJ Number: 14889
• Author(s): C H BROWN
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 65 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Delaware Division of Juvenile Corrections
• Corporate Author: University of Delaware
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A REPORT OF DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS AND ESTIMATES FOR THE STATE OF DELAWARE, INCLUDING DISCUSSIONS OF METHODOLOGY AND LIMITATIONS, AND EXTENSIVE TABLES CONTAINING POPULATION PROJECTIONS.

Abstract

THIS REPORT PRESENTS CURRENT ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS TO 1990 FOR DELAWARE POPULATION AND THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE COMMITTED TO JUVENILE CORRECTIONS INSTITUTIONS AS WELL AS THOSE HELD IN DETENTION. THE POPULATION ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS ARE TABULATED BY AGE AND SEX FOR THE TOTAL POPULATION OF THE STATE AND BY SINGLE YEARS OF AGE FOR THE JUVENILE AGE POPULATION. THE COMMITMENT AND DETENTION PROJECTIONS ARE TABULATED FOR WILMINGTON, BALANCE OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY, AND FOR KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES. THE TEXT OF THE REPORT CONTAINS AN INTRODUCTION, A SECTION ON METHODS AND ASSUMPTIONS, AND A SECTION ON LIMITATIONS. THE LAST SECTION IS FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF TABLES CONTAINING THE POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND A FORECAST OF THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE LIKELY TO BE COMMITTED TO JUVENILE CORRECTIONS INSTITUTIONS. IN ADDITION, THERE IS A SERIES OF TABLES WHICH DESCRIBES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF YOUNG PEOPLE COMMITTED AND HELD IN DETENTION BY THE DIVISION OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)