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DELINQUENCY IN FLORIDA’S SCHOOLS: SIX YEARS OF IMPROVEMENTSCHOOL OFFENSES AS GATEWAYS TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMA school offense was the gateway to the juvenile justice system for 10,508 youth (57% of all youthreferred for a school offense) during FY2009-10. However, there are notable differences betweencounties with the percentage of first-time offenders ranging from 100% to 28%. Of the large schooldistricts, Pinellas reported the lowest percentage of first-time offenders (37%) and Lee reported thehighest percentage (62%).School-Related Referrals for First-Time Offenders by CountyFiscal Year 2009-10CountySchool-RelatedYouth 1 First Referral 2 % First Referral CountySchool-RelatedYouth 1 First Referral 2 % First ReferralALACHUA 320 173 54% LAKE 316 195 62%BAKER 36 20 56% LEE 289 180 62%BAY 189 120 63% LEON 328 191 58%BRADFORD 41 24 59% LEVY 35 27 77%BREVARD 335 195 58% LIBERTY 3 2 67%BROWARD 1,517 860 57% MADISON 22 15 68%CALHOUN 5 4 80% MANATEE 458 273 60%CHARLOTTE 113 70 62% MARION 513 349 68%CITRUS 82 64 78% MARTIN 104 55 53%CLAY 153 105 69% MONROE 81 44 54%COLLIER 247 128 52% NASSAU 23 14 61%COLUMBIA 91 55 60% OKALOOSA 131 81 62%DADE 1,441 886 61% OKEECHOBEE 71 49 69%DESOTO 31 21 68% ORANGE 1,168 701 60%DIXIE 6 6 100% OSCEOLA 313 190 61%DUVAL 569 328 58% PALM BEACH 615 262 43%ESCAMBIA 528 329 62% PASCO 300 152 51%FLAGLER 115 78 68% PINELLAS 871 322 37%FRANKLIN 7 5 71% POLK 853 416 49%GADSDEN 44 22 50% PUTNAM 228 120 53%GILCHRIST 21 12 57% ST. JOHNS 129 75 58%GLADES 8 3 38% ST. LUCIE 521 289 55%GULF 5 4 80% SANTA ROSA 101 65 64%HAMILTON 33 17 52% SARASOTA 236 144 61%HARDEE 25 7 28% SEMINOLE 394 234 59%HENDRY 80 48 60% SUMTER 41 30 73%HERNANDO 138 85 62% SUWANNEE 62 46 74%HIGHLANDS 147 77 52% TAYLOR 11 9 82%HILLSBOROUGH 1,204 704 58% UNION 5 4 80%HOLMES 17 8 47% VOLUSIA 688 395 57%INDIAN RIVER 132 82 62% WAKULLA 21 16 76%JACKSON 49 24 49% WALTON 40 27 68%JEFFERSON 7 4 57% WASHINGTON 18 10 56%LAFAYETTE 2 1 0% OTHER 57 31 54%TOTAL 16,784 9,582 57%1Unduplicated number of youth received by DJJ with at least one school based delinquency referral.2Unduplicated number of youth received by DJJ whose school-based offense was their first delinquency referral.Page 13