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Chapter 3: National Estimates of Delinquency Case ProcessingCase Processing by FBI Offense Category, 2005Violent Crime Index Cases■■■■In 2005, juvenile courts waived 30 ofevery 1,000 Violent Crime Indexoffense cases to criminal court.Juvenile courts ordered formal sanctionsor waived jurisdiction in morethan half (535 of 1,000) of ViolentCrime Index offense cases handledin 2005.Cases involving juveniles adjudicateddelinquent for Violent Crime Indexoffenses in 2005 were more likely toresult in out-of-home placement (172of 1,000) than were Property CrimeIndex offense cases (81 of 1,000).Cases that are not petitioned andcases in which juveniles are not adjudicateddelinquent may result in informalsanctions. Thus, juvenile courtsimposed some sort of sanction—formal or informal—in nearly 70%(699 of every 1,000) of the ViolentCrime Index offense cases handledin 2005.Property Crime Index Cases■■■■Juveniles received informal sanctionsin 36% (356 of every 1,000) ofProperty Crime Index offense casesprocessed in 2005.Juvenile courts waived 4 of every1,000 Property Crime Index offensecases to criminal court in 2005.Cases involving juveniles adjudicateddelinquent for Property Crime Indexoffenses were more likely to result inprobation (231 out of 367) than wereViolent Crime Index offense cases(291 out of 505).More than 25% of all Property CrimeIndex offenses referred to juvenilecourts in 2005 were ultimately dismissed(274 of 1,000)—22% of thepetitioned cases and 34% of thosenot petitioned.A typical 1,000 Violent 30 WaivedCrime Index cases172 Placed505 Adjudicated 291 Probation789 Petitioned 42 Other sanction41 Probation211 Not petitioned 52 Other sanction117 DismissedA typical 1,000 Property 4 WaivedCrime Index cases25 Probation254 Not adjudicated 44 Other sanction184 Dismissed81 Placed367 Adjudicated 231 Probation537 Petitioned 54 Other sanction107 Probation463 Not petitioned 199 Other sanction157 Dismissed12 Probation167 Not adjudicated 38 Other sanction117 DismissedNotes: The Violent Crime Index includes criminal homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravatedassault. The Property Crime Index includes burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicletheft, and arson. Cases are categorized by their most severe or restrictive sanction.Detail may not add to totals because of rounding. Annual case processing flow diagramsfor 1985 through 2005 are available online atwww.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/court/faqs.asp.66Juvenile Court Statistics 2005
Chapter 3: National Estimates of Delinquency Case ProcessingCase Processing by Selected Individual Offense, 2005A typical 1,000 15 Waivedaggravated assault cases133 Placed475 Adjudicated 299 Probation744 Petitioned 43 Other sanction59 Probation256 Not petitioned 67 Other sanction129 Dismissed29 Probation254 Not adjudicated 44 Other sanction182 DismissedAggravated Assault Cases■■■Juvenile courts waived 15 of every1,000 aggravated assault cases tocriminal court in 2005, compared with2 of every 1,000 simple assaultcases.Nearly half (49%) of aggravatedassault cases in 2005 received someformal sanction or were waived tocriminal court (490 of 1,000).In 2005, more than 13% of aggravatedassault cases received a formalsanction of out-of-home placement(133 of 1,000) and 30% were placedon formal probation (299 of 1,000).■Of all aggravated assault casesreferred to juvenile courts in 2005,29% were eventually released or dismissed(311 of 1,000)—24% of thepetitioned cases and 51% of thosethat were informally handled.A typical 1,000 2 Waivedsimple assault cases64 Placed308 Adjudicated 198 Probation518 Petitioned 46 Other sanction94 Probation482 Not petitioned 161 Other sanction227 Dismissed8 Probation208 Not adjudicated 37 Other sanction162 DismissedSimple Assault Cases■■■Juveniles received informal sanctionsin 30% of simple assault casesprocessed in 2005 (301 of 1,000).Of every 1,000 simple assault caseshandled in 2005, 310 received someformal sanction or were waived tocriminal court.In 2005, 6% of simple assault casesresulted in the juvenile receiving aformal sanction of out-of-home placement(64 of 1,000) and nearly 20%were placed on formal probation(198 of 1,000).Notes: Cases are categorized by their most severe or restrictive sanction. Detail may notadd to totals because of rounding. Annual case processing flow diagrams for 1985through 2005 are available online at www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/court/faqs.asp.■Of all simple assault cases referredto juvenile courts in 2005, 39%were eventually dismissed (389 of1,000)—31% of the petitioned casesand 47% of those that were informallyhandled.Juvenile Court Statistics 2005 67
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