Delinquency Cases:

Table 1: Delinquency Cases, by Most Serious Offense, 1997

Table 2: Offense Profile of Delinquency Cases, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 3: Percent Change in Delinquency Cases and Case Rates, 1988-1997

Table 4: Percentage of Delinquency Cases Referred by Law Enforcement, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 5: Percentage of Delinquency Cases Detained, by Offense, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 6: Percent Change in Detained Delinquency Cases, 1988-1997

Table 7: Offense Profile of Detained Delinquency Cases, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 8: Offense Profile of Delinquency Cases, by Manner of Handling, 1997

Table 9: Percentage of Delinquency Cases Petitioned, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 10: Percent Change in Petitioned Delinquency Cases, 1988-1997

Table 11: Percentage of Petitioned Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal Court,
1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 12: Percent Change in Petitioned Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal
Court, 1988-1997

Table 13: Offense Profile of Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal Court, 1988,
1993, and 1997

Table 14: Percentage of Petitioned Delinquency Cases Adjudicated, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 15: Percentage of Adjudicated Delinquency Cases That Resulted in Out-of-Home Placement, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 16: Percent Change in Adjudicated Delinquency Cases That Resulted in Out-of-Home Placement, 1988-1997

Table 17: Offense Profile of Adjudicated Delinquency Cases That Resulted in Out-of-Home Placement, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 18: Percentage of Adjudicated Delinquency Cases That Resulted in Formal Probation, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 19: Percent Change in Adjudicated Delinquency Cases That Resulted in Formal Probation, 1988-1997

Table 20: Offense Profile of Adjudicated Delinquency Cases That Resulted in Formal Probation, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 21: Percentage of Delinquency Cases Involving Youth Age 15 or Younger, by Offense, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 22: Offense Profile of Delinquency Cases, by Age at Referral, 1997

Table 23: Percent Change in Delinquency Case Rates, by Age at Referral, 1988-1997

Table 24: Age Profile of Detained Delinquency Cases, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 25: Percentage of Delinquency Cases Detained, by Age at Referral, 1997

Table 26: Percentage of Delinquency Cases Petitioned, by Age at Referral, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 27: Percentage of Petitioned Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal Court, by Age at Referral, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 28: Percentage of Petitioned Delinquency Cases Adjudicated, by Age at Referral, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 29: Percentage of Adjudicated Delinquency Cases That Resulted in Out-of-Home Placement, by Age at Referral, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 30: Percentage of Adjudicated Delinquency Cases That Resulted in Formal Probation, by Age at Referral, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 31: Percentage of Delinquency Cases Involving Males, by Offense, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 32: Offense Profile of Delinquency Cases, by Sex, 1997

Table 33: Percent Change in Delinquency Cases and Case Rates, by Sex, 1988-1997

Table 34: Percentage of Delinquency Cases Detained, by Sex, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 35: Percentage of Delinquency Cases Petitioned, by Sex, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 36: Percentage of Petitioned Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal Court, by Sex, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 37: Percentage of Petitioned Delinquency Cases Adjudicated, by Sex, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 38: Percentage of Adjudicated Delinquency Cases That Resulted in Out-of-Home Placement, by Sex, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 39: Percentage of Adjudicated Delinquency Cases That Resulted in Formal Probation, by Sex, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 40: Race Profile of Delinquency Cases, by Offense, 1997

Table 41: Offense Profile of Delinquency Cases, by Race, 1997

Table 42: Percent Change in Delinquency Cases and Case Rates, by Race, 1988-1997

Table 43: Percentage of Delinquency Cases Detained, by Race, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 44: Percentage of Delinquency Cases Petitioned, by Race, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 45: Percentage of Petitioned Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal Court,
by Race, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 46: Offense Profile of Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal Court, by Race, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 47: Percentage of Petitioned Delinquency Cases Adjudicated, by Race, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 48: Percentage of Adjudicated Delinquency Cases That Resulted in Out-of-Home Placement, by Race, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 49: Percentage of Adjudicated Delinquency Cases That Resulted in Formal Probation, by Race, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 50: Petitioned Delinquency Case Processing, 1997

Status Offense Cases:

Table 51: Percent Change in Petitioned Status Offense Cases and Case Rates, 1988-1997

Table 52: Offense Profile of Petitioned Status Offense Cases, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 53: Percentage of Petitioned Status Offense Cases Referred by Law Enforcement, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 54: Percentage of Petitioned Status Offense Cases Detained, by Offense, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 55: Offense Profile of Detained Petitioned Status Offense Cases, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 56: Percent Change in Detained Petitioned Status Offense Cases, 1988-1997

Table 57: Percentage of Petitioned Status Offense Cases Adjudicated, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 58: Percentage of Adjudicated Status Offense Cases That Resulted in Out-of-Home Placement, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 59: Percent Change in Adjudicated Status Offense Cases That Resulted in Out-of-Home Placement, 1988-1997

Table 60: Offense Profile of Adjudicated Status Offense Cases That Resulted in Out-of-Home Placement, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 61: Percentage of Adjudicated Status Offense Cases That Resulted in Formal Probation, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 62: Percent Change in Adjudicated Status Offense Cases That Resulted in Formal Probation, 1988-1997

Table 63: Offense Profile of Adjudicated Status Offense Cases That Resulted in Formal Probation, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 64: Percentage of Petitioned Status Offense Cases Involving Youth Age 15 or Younger, by Offense, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 65: Offense Profile of Petitioned Status Offense Cases, by Age at Referral, 1997

Table 66: Percent Change in Petitioned Status Offense Case Rates, by Age at Referral, 1988-1997

Table 67: Age Profile of Detained Petitioned Status Offense Cases, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 68: Percentage of Petitioned Status Offense Cases Detained, by Age at Referral, 1997

Table 69: Percentage of Petitioned Status Offense Cases Adjudicated, by Age at Referral, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 70: Percentage of Adjudicated Status Offense Cases That Resulted in Out-of-Home Placement, by Age at Referral, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 71: Percentage of Adjudicated Status Offense Cases That Resulted in Formal Probation, by Age at Referral, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 72: Percentage of Petitioned Status Offense Cases Involving Males, by Offense, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 73: Offense Profile of Petitioned Status Offense Cases, by Sex, 1997

Table 74: Percent Change in Petitioned Status Offense Cases and Case Rates, by Sex, 1988-1997

Table 75: Percentage of Petitioned Status Offense Cases Detained, by Sex, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 76: Percentage of Petitioned Status Offense Cases Adjudicated, by Sex, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 77: Percentage of Adjudicated Status Offense Cases That Resulted in Out-of-Home Placement, by Sex, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 78: Percentage of Adjudicated Status Offense Cases That Resulted in Formal Probation, by Sex, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 79: Race Profile of Petitioned Status Offense Cases, by Offense, 1997

Table 80: Offense Profile of Petitioned Status Offense Cases, by Race, 1997

Table 81: Percent Change in Petitioned Status Offense Cases and Case Rates, by Race, 1988-1997

Table 82: Percentage of Petitioned Status Offense Cases Detained, by Race, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 83: Percentage of Petitioned Status Offense Cases Adjudicated, by Race, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 84: Percentage of Adjudicated Status Offense Cases That Resulted in Out-of-Home Placement, by Race, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Table 85: Percentage of Adjudicated Status Offense Cases That Resulted in Formal Probation, by Race, 1988, 1993, and 1997

Methods:

Table 86: 1997 Stratum Profiles: Delinquency Data

Table 87: 1997 Stratum Profiles: Status Offense Data

Table 88: Content of Case-Level Data Sources, 1997