(TJJD) Office of Inspector General - Texas Juvenile Justice Department

Title: Total Number of Delinquent ReferralsDefinition: Number of formal referrals to a juvenile probation department for adelinquent offense. A juvenile may be referred more than once in a reportingperiod.Data Limitations: Data used in the calculation are submitted to the Commissionfrom local juvenile probation departments.Data Source: Data is maintained in the referral file of the TJPC extract databaseusing information submitted by local juvenile probation departments on a monthlybasis.Methodology: Computed by calculating the number of referrals for felony,misdemeanor A and B and violation of a municipal court order offenses from thereferral file of the TJPC extract database.Purpose: This measure provides information about the number of formal referralsfor a delinquent offense during the reporting period.Calculation Type: Cumulative.New Measure: No.Desired Performance: Lower than target.Goal No. 1Objective No. 1Strategy No. 2Explanatory No. 2Title: Total Number of ReferralsDefinition: Total number of formal referrals to a juvenile probation department fora felony, misdemeanor A and B offense, violation of a court order, and conduct inneed of supervision (CINS) offenses. A juvenile may be referred more than oncein a reporting period.Data Limitations: Data used in the calculation are submitted to the Commissionfrom local juvenile probation departments.Data Source: Data is maintained in the referral file of the TJPC extract databaseusing information submitted by local juvenile probation departments on a monthlybasis.Methodology: Computed by adding the number of referrals, including delinquent,violation of court order, and CINS offenses, from the referral file of the TJPCextract database.Purpose: This measure provides information about the total number of referrals tojuvenile probation departments statewide during the period.Calculation Type: Cumulative.New Measure: No.Desired Performance: Lower than target.Data Limitations: Data used in the calculation are submitted to the CommissionAgency from local juvenile probation departments.Data Source: Data is maintained in the referral file of the TJPC Agency extractdatabase using information submitted by local juvenile probation departments on amonthly basis.Methodology: Computed by calculating the number of referrals for felony,misdemeanor A and B and violation of a municipal court order offenses from thereferral file of the TJPC TJJD extract database.Data Limitations: Data used in the calculation are submitted to the CommissionAgency from local juvenile probation departments.Data Source: Data is maintained in the referral file of the TJPC Agency extractdatabase using information submitted by local juvenile probation departments on amonthly basis.Methodology: Computed by adding the number of referrals, including delinquent,violation of court order, and CINS offenses, from the referral file of the TJPC TJJDextract database.Merger of TJPC and TYC.Merger of TJPC and TYC.Goal No. 1Objective No. 1Strategy No. 2Explanatory No. 3Title: Total Number of Felony ReferralsDefinition: Total number of formal referrals to a juvenile probation department fora felony offense. A juvenile may be referred more than once in a reporting period.Data Limitations: Data used in the calculation are submitted to the Commissionfrom local juvenile probation departments.Data Source: Data is maintained in the referral file of the TJPC extract databaseusing information submitted by local juvenile probation departments on a monthlybasis.Methodology: Computed by adding the number of referrals for felony offensesfrom the referral file of the TJPC extract database.Data Limitations: Data used in the calculation are submitted to the CommissionAgency from local juvenile probation departments.Data Source: Data is maintained in the referral file of the TJPC Agency extractdatabase using information submitted by local juvenile probation departments on amonthly basis.Methodology: Computed by adding the number of referrals for felony offenses fromthe referral file of the TJPC TJJD extract database.Merger of TJPC and TYC.Purpose: This measure provides information on the number of referrals tojuvenile probation departments for felony offenses.Calculation Type: Cumulative.New Measure: Yes.New Measure: Yes No.