National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention .
Juvenile Court Statistics, 1984: [United States] (ICPSR 8940)
Principal Investigator(s): National Center for Juvenile Justice
Summary: This data collection describes in quantitative terms the volume of juvenile cases disposed by courts having jurisdiction over juvenile matters (delinquency, status and dependency cases). This collection is the oldest continuous source of information on the processing of delinquent and dependent youth done by juvenile courts, a record inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the problems brought before the juvenile courts. Information is provided on state, county, number of delinquency c... (more info)
Series: Juvenile Court Statistics Series
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Study Description
Citation
National Center for Juvenile Justice. Juvenile Court Statistics, 1984: [United States]. ICPSR08940-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1988. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08940.v1
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08940.v1
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Funding
This survey was funded by:
- United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (85-JN-CX-0012)
Scope of Study
Summary: This data collection describes in quantitative terms the volume of juvenile cases disposed by courts having jurisdiction over juvenile matters (delinquency, status and dependency cases). This collection is the oldest continuous source of information on the processing of delinquent and dependent youth done by juvenile courts, a record inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the problems brought before the juvenile courts. Information is provided on state, county, number of delinquency cases by sex, number of dependency cases by sex, and total number of cases.
Subject Terms: case processing, county courts, criminal justice system, delinquent behavior, dependents, juvenile courts, juvenile justice, state courts, statistical data, status offenses, youths
Geographic Coverage: United States
Time Period:
- 1984
Date of Collection:
- 1986-07--1987-06
Universe: All delinquency and dependency/neglect cases disposed in 1984 by courts in the United States having jurisdiction over juvenile matters.
Data Types: aggregate data
Methodology
Data Source:
individual case records from official juvenile court records
Version(s)
Original ICPSR Release: 1988-10-25
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