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- Special Topic: Hispanic Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
- Special Topic: Juvenile Justice System Processing by Race and Ethnicity
- Special Topic: State Juvenile Justice Profiles
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Hispanic Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
OJJDP supports efforts to better understand the characteristics and experiences of Hispanic/Latino youth who come into contact with the juvenile justice system through special analysis and dissemination of general population information, as well as subnational information about Hispanic arrests and juvenile court cases. Visit the Hispanic Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Frequently Asked Questions section to learn more.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) provide the latest answers to commonly asked questions about Hispanic youth in the juvenile justice system.
- Trends in the Hispanic youth (ages 10-17) population [Answer]
- Age, gender, and race profile of Hispanic youth (ages 10-17) [Answer]
- Age, gender, race, and ethnicity profile (youth ages 10-17) [Answer]
Arrests Involving Hispanic Youth
The tables in this section are based on a non-representative sample of nearly 5,400 law enforcement departments from 35 states and the District of Columbia that reported arrest data to the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System in 2012. The data are not national estimates.
- Offense profile of Hispanic youth arrests known to law enforcement [Answer]
- Demographic profile of Hispanic youth arrests known to law enforcement, by offense [Answer]
- Offense profile of youth arrests known to law enforcement, by race/ethnicity [Answer]
- Youth proportion of Hispanic arrests known to law enforcement [Answer]
- Race/ethnicity profile of youth arrests known to law enforcement, by offense [Answer]
- Age distribution of Hispanic arrests known to law enforcement [Answer]
- Youth and adult time of day profile for violent crime involving Hispanic persons [Answer]
- Time of day profile for violent crime involving Hispanic youth, school day vs nonschool day [Answer]
Delinquency Cases Involving Hispanic Youth
The tables in this section are based on national estimates developed by the National Juvenile Court Data Archive.
- Offense profile of delinquency cases involving Hispanic youth [Answer]
- Characteristics of delinquency cases involving Hispanic youth [Answer]
- Characteristics of delinquency cases by race/ethnicity [Answer]
- Demographic profile of delinquency cases involving Hispanic youth, by offense [Answer]
- Trends in the number of delinquency cases involving Hispanic youth [Answer]
- Case processing characteristics of delinquency cases involving Hispanic youth, by offense [Answer]
- Case processing characteristics of delinquency cases by race/ethnicity [Answer]
Juvenile Justice System Processing by Race and Ethnicity
Processing decisions that are equally likely for members of different demographic subgroups (e.g., sex, race, and ethnicity) may be perceived as fairer. These could be decisions on how to process a case (i.e., pre-disposition detention) or how to respond to a behavior (i.e., responses appropriate to risk and harm). Research indicates that when youth perceive themselves being treated fairly, they are more likely to internalize the lessons of accountability. Visit the Juvenile Justice System Processing by Race and Ethnicity: Frequently Asked Questions section to find out about processing variations by race/ethnicity at different stages of the justice system, including arrest, juvenile court, and residential placement.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) provide the latest answers to commonly asked questions about juvenile justice system processing by race and ethnicity.
- Case processing characteristics of delinquency offenses by race/ethnicity [Answer]
- Ratio of rates between youth of color and white youth for delinquency offenses, 2005-2021 [Answer]
- Ratio of rates between youth of color and white youth by decision point and offense [Answer]
- Case processing characteristics of delinquency offenses by gender and race/ethnicity [Answer]
- Residential placement rates by race/ethnicity, 1997-2021 [Answer]
- Detention rates by race/ethnicity, 1997-2021 [Answer]
- Commitment rates by race/ethnicity, 1997-2021 [Answer]
State Juvenile Justice Profiles
The State Juvenile Justice Profiles provide state level data on a variety of juvenile justice indicators, including population characteristics, youth as victims, youth arrest rates, and youth in residential placement. Users can quickly find these data for each state and even compare among states.