NCJ Number
142495
Date Published
1991
Length
44 pages
Annotation
This report presents descriptive data on case processing for juvenile and adult offenders in California from 1982 through 1988, with emphasis on juveniles.
Abstract
Data are provided on population, crime, arrests, probation and court dispositions, detention at the local level, and State corrections. Findings indicate an increase in the number of crimes and arrests in 1988, following a slight decrease in 1987. From 1984 to 1986, crimes and arrests had been increasing on an annual basis. Reported violent crimes increased by 30.1 percent from 1982 to 1988. Juvenile felony arrests, juvenile violent offenses, and juvenile property offenses increased in 1988 over 1987. The number of juveniles on probation decreased slightly from 1987 to 1988. Figures and tables