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JUVENILE JUSTICE STATISTICS
Department of JUSTICE Office of JUSTICE ProgramsJUVENILE JUSTICE STATISTICSNATIONAL REPORT SERIES BULLETINC aren Harp, OJJDP Administrator David B. Muhlhausen, NIJ DirectorJune 2020 Juveniles in Residential Placement, 2017 Sarah HockenberryHighlightsThe 2017 Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (CJRP) shows that the number of youth in placement continues to decline. Between 1997 and 2017, the number of youth in residential placement decreased 59% to 43,580, its lowest level since the data collection began in 1997 when 105,055 youth were held in out-of-home placement. The number of public facilities decreased 12% between 1997 and 2017, compared with 58% for private facilities. Despite this, the decrease in the number of JUVENILE offenders held at public facilities was slightly greater than the decrease in the number held in private facilities during the same period (down 59% and 57%, respectively). nOf the offenders held in residentialplacement in 2017, 96% were held for adelinquency offense and 4% were held for astatus offense.
Nationwide, 43,580 juvenile offenders were in residential placement on October 25, 2017. Public and private facility populations have fairly similar offense profiles. In 2017, delinquent youth accounted for the vast majority of juvenile offenders in …
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