Juvenile Court Statistics 2005. - Office of Juvenile Justice and ...

Chapter 3: National Estimates of Delinquency Case ProcessingWaiverAge■■■In 2005, 1.3% of all petitioned delinquencycases involving juveniles age16 or older were waived to criminalcourt, compared with 0.2% of casesinvolving younger juveniles.For older juveniles, the probability ofwaiver peaked in 1991 at 3.1%, hoveredaround that level through 1994,declined to 1.4% by 2000, andremained relatively stable at thatlevel through 2005.This pattern was most marked inwaivers for older juveniles chargedwith drug offenses, which peaked at6.4% in 1991 and then steadilydeclined to 1.2% in 2001. In 2005,the likelihood of judicial waiver indrug offense cases involving olderjuveniles was 1.2%.■ Regardless of offense, less than 1%of all petitioned delinquency casesinvolving juveniles age 15 oryounger were waived to criminalcourt between 1985 and 2005.GenderCases involving juveniles age 16 or older were much more likely to bejudicially waived to criminal court than those involving youngerjuvenilesPercentage of petitioned delinquency cases judicially waived, by age group:15 or younger 16 or olderPublicPublicYear All Person Property Drugs order All Person Property Drugs order1985 0.2% 0.4% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 2.9% 5.1% 2.8% 1.7% 1.4%1986 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 2.7 4.5 2.7 1.8 1.21987 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 2.4 3.8 2.5 2.2 0.91988 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 2.3 3.6 2.4 2.2 0.91989 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.1 2.6 4.3 2.4 3.9 0.91990 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.6 0.1 2.7 4.5 2.4 3.9 1.11991 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.1 3.1 4.8 2.6 6.4 1.21992 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.2 3.0 5.0 2.6 4.4 1.31993 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.5 0.2 2.9 5.5 2.4 3.6 1.31994 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.1 3.0 5.5 2.5 3.2 1.31995 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.2 2.3 4.5 1.9 2.5 0.81996 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.1 2.1 4.1 1.9 2.2 0.71997 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.1 2.0 3.8 1.8 2.1 0.71998 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.1 1.9 3.4 1.9 2.1 0.71999 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.1 1.7 3.3 1.6 1.8 0.62000 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.1 1.4 2.8 1.4 1.4 0.52001 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.3 2.6 1.2 1.2 0.42002 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.4 2.7 1.5 1.3 0.42003 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.3 2.6 1.3 1.3 0.42004 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.3 2.5 1.3 1.4 0.42005 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.3 2.8 1.2 1.2 0.5■■■■Regardless of offense, cases involvingmales were more likely to bejudicially waived than cases involvingfemales.The proportion of petitioned drugoffense cases judicially waivedincreased substantially for malesbetween 1985 and 1991 (from 1.1%to 4.3%) and then declined. In 2005,0.8% of petitioned drug offensecases involving males were judiciallywaived.Judicially waived drug offense casesinvolving females followed the samepattern. In 2005, 0.4% of petitioneddrug offense cases involving femaleswere judicially waived.Females accounted for 9% of alldelinquency cases judicially waivedin 2005: 8% of both person andproperty offense cases waived, 9%of drug cases, and 14% of publicorder offense cases.Percentage of petitioned delinquency cases judicially waived, by gender:MaleFemalePublicPublicYear All Person Property Drugs order All Person Property Drugs order1985 1.5% 2.7% 1.4% 1.1% 0.9% 0.5% 0.7% 0.4% 0.7% 0.3%1986 1.4 2.4 1.3 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.31987 1.3 2.1 1.2 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.31988 1.3 1.9 1.2 1.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 1.1 0.11989 1.4 2.3 1.2 2.8 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.2 0.21990 1.4 2.4 1.1 2.8 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.4 1.5 0.11991 1.6 2.6 1.2 4.3 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.3 2.5 0.21992 1.6 2.7 1.3 3.1 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.3 0.21993 1.6 3.0 1.2 2.5 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.31994 1.6 3.1 1.2 2.2 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.21995 1.3 2.6 1.0 1.8 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.21996 1.3 2.5 1.0 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.11997 1.2 2.2 1.0 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.11998 1.2 2.0 1.0 1.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.9 0.11999 1.0 1.9 0.8 1.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.22000 0.9 1.7 0.8 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.12001 0.8 1.5 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.12002 0.9 1.6 0.8 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.12003 0.8 1.5 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.12004 0.8 1.5 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.12005 0.9 1.7 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.142Juvenile Court Statistics 2005