Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1983 - Bureau of Justice ...

------------------- ------------------------------------------------------Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983Table 5.10 Estimated number and percent of delinquency casesdisposed of by courts with juvenile jurisdiction, by source ofreferral to court and manner of handling, United States, 1980NJTE: See NOTE, Table 5.4. Cases with missing information wereallocated to the nonmissing categories in a manner proportional tothe distribution of the weighted cases with known information. Forsurvey methodology and definitians of terms, see Appendix 15.Source of referral to courtLaw enforcementParents, relativesSchoolProbation officerSocial agencyOther courtOtherEstimated number ofdelinquency cases aPercent1,345,200 100.01,112,10047,20082.73.541,200 3.114,10043,7001.03.227,300 2.059,600 4.4Manner of handling 1,345,200 100.0Without petition 764,700 56.9__ ~W~it~h~pe~t~it~i=on~ ________________ ~5~B~0~,~40~0~ ______ 43.1aRounded to the nearest hundred.Source: Table provided to Sa...RCEBOO