State and County Juvenile Court Case Counts from OJJDP

Department of Justice data provides state and county juvenile court case counts for delinquency, status offense, and dependency cases. The data originates from the National Juvenile Court Data Archive and is supported by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Row and column counts are unspecified.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in delinquency case counts across states and counties.
• Compare the volume of status offense cases to dependency cases by jurisdiction.
• Examine geographic patterns in juvenile court statistics for delinquency, status offense, and dependency categories.

Strengths

• Data is collected as part of the National Juvenile Court Data Archive, a structured national collection effort.
• Covers three distinct case types: delinquency, status offense, and dependency.
• Supported by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).

Limitations

• Data is only available in PDF format, which complicates direct analysis and aggregation.
• The specific row count, column structure, and temporal coverage are not provided.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing assessment of data granularity and completeness.

Provenance

Source

Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).

Collection Method

Collected as part of the National Juvenile Court Data Archive.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

State and county levels within the United States.