NCJ Number
126401
Date Published
Unknown
Length
27 pages
Annotation
This report collates statistical information on the juvenile crime and justice system in Santa Clara County (California) based on data assembled by the California Department of Justice Bureau of Criminal Statistics and the Santa Clara County Probation Department.
Abstract
The report outlines the number and rate of juvenile arrests. The characteristics of juvenile arrests include arrest offense, drug arrests, arrests of juvenile males and females, and ethnicity and age of arrestees. Other statistics presented involve identification of higher crime areas, local and Statewide reporting of referrals and dispositions, referrals to the Probation Department, and petition type and court disposition by offense. Probation Department workload indicators consist of referrals, disposition of referrals, and caseload size. 12 tables