Juvenile Crime Analysis August, 2005

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Juvenile Crime Analysis(August, 2005)
Draft Not for duplication or distribution

• Prepared for the Kentucky Juvenile Justice
  Advisory Board
• by REACH of Louisville
• Margaret Pennington, MSSW (Principal
  Investigator)
• Robert J. Illback, PsyD
• Daniel Sanders, Jr. PhD
• Daniel Sanders III

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Outline of Presentation

• Kentucky in relation to the nation (juvenile
  crime indices)
• General Kentucky juvenile crime data from KSP,
  KCSS, and AOC (including traffic, dependency,
  public, status)
• General public and status data from AOC
• Diversion programs/outcomes and court petition
  data
• Entrance into DJJ detention facilities (Jefferson
  County, rest of Kentucky minus Fayette)
• Outcomes of dispositional hearings
• DJJ on placements and programs
• General availability and utilization of mental
  health and substance abuse services delivered by
  CMHCs
• CMHC involvement with DJJ youth
• Child abuse and neglect data from TWIST as
  correlate of DJJ service initiation

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Data Sources (2002-2004)

• Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)
  database all juvenile charges including
  traffic, dependency, status, delinquency
• For 2002-2004, 232,305 charges
• Based on 133,681 cases (incidents)
• Involving 106,629 individual juveniles
• Many traffic and related violations handled in
  Traffic Court
• CDW database case processing and diversions
• 145,538 charges
• 114,221 closed case actions
• DJJ Detention databases (state, Jefferson County)
  youth detained pending juvenile court action
• Kentucky (not incl. Jefferson or Fayette)
• 2002 6,433
• 2003 7,786
• 2004 8,957
• Jefferson County detention database
• For 2002-2004, 5,130 admissions to JCYC
• 903 intakes into APS
• 1,005 intakes into HS
• 1,396 Intakes into HIP
• Juvenile Court Dispositions AOC DJJ databases

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Juvenile Offenses in Kentucky (2002-2004)
(gleaned from AOC, CSS, KSP, OJJDP and related
databases)
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Index of Juvenile Violent Crimes (2003)
Source OJJDP Statistical Source Book
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Index of Juvenile Property Crimes (2003)
Source OJJDP Statistical Source Book
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Index of Juvenile Drug Abuse Crimes (2003)
Source OJJDP Statistical Source Book
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Index of Juvenile Weapons Crimes (2003)
Source OJJDP Statistical Source Book
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Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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County-Level Rates of Juvenile Charges
(All) 2002 (quartiles four groups of counties,
30 in each)
Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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County-Level Rates of Juvenile Charges
(All) 2003 (quartiles four groups of counties,
30 in each)
Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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County-Level Rates of Juvenile Charges
(All) 2004 (quartiles four groups of counties,
30 in each)
Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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County-Level Rates (per 100 youth) of Juvenile
Charges Status and Public - 2002 (In six equal
groups of twenty counties each)
Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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County-Level Rates (per 100 youth) of Juvenile
Charges Status and Public - 2003 (In six equal
groups of twenty counties each)
Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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County-Level Rates (per 100 youth) of Juvenile
Charges Status and Public - 2004 (In six equal
groups of twenty counties each)
Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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Number of Handgun Charges (2002)
Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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Number of Handgun Charges (2003)
Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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Number of Handgun Charges (2004)
Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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Outcomes of All Juvenile Charges (incl. Traffic
and Dependency) Entering AOC System (2002-2004)
Source KY Administrative Office of the Courts
(AOC)
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CDW Diversion
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Source CDW database
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Source CDW database
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Source CDW database
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Source CDW database
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Percent of Dismissals by County
(2002-2004) (number of dismissals divided by
total cases) Six equal groups of counties (20 in
each group)
Source CDW database
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Percent of Successful Diversions by County
(2002-2004) (number of diversions divided by
diversions plus petitions) Six equal groups of
counties (20 in each group)
Source CDW database
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Successful CDW Diversions by the Top 41 Offense
Categories
Diversions with a 1/3 or better rate of success
are highlighted.
Source CDW database
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Source CDW database
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Source CDW database
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ATOD Diversions as a Percent of All Diversions
(2002-2004) Six equal groups of counties (20 in
each group)
Source CDW database
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Source CDW database
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DJJ Detention
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Source DJJ Bookings
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Source DJJ Bookings
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Source DJJ Bookings
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Source DJJ Bookings
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Source DJJ Bookings
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Source DJJ Bookings
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Number of Bookings in DJJ Facilities (not incl.
Fayette and Jefferson) for Youth with Status and
Delinquent Charges (2002-2004)
Source DJJ Bookings
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Number of Bookings in DJJ Facilities (not incl.
Fayette and Jefferson) for Youth with Delinquent
Charges (2002-2004)
Source DJJ Bookings
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Number of Bookings in DJJ Facilities (not incl.
Fayette and Jefferson) for Youth with Status
Charges (2002-2004)
Source DJJ Bookings
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Number of Bookings in DJJ Facilities (not incl.
Fayette and Jefferson) for Youth with Status and
Contempt Charges (2002-2004)
Source DJJ Bookings
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Source Jefferson County DJJ
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Source Jefferson County DJJ
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Source Jefferson County DJJ
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Source Jefferson County DJJ
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Source Jefferson County DJJ
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Source Jefferson County DJJ
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Juvenile Court Disposition
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Source JORI
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Source JORI
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Source JORI
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Source JORI
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Source JORI
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Source JORI
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Source JORI
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2002 Committed Youth by County of Residence
Source JORI
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2002 Probated Youth by County of Residence
Source JORI
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2003 Committed Youth by County of Residence
Source JORI
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2003 Probated Youth by County of Residence
Source JORI
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2004 Committed Youth by County of Residence
Source JORI
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2004 Probated Youth by County of Residence
Source JORI
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DJJ Placements for Committed and Probated Youth
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Source JORI
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Source JORI
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Number of Placements to Assessment Centers
(2002-2004)
Source JORI
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Number of Placements to Boot Camps (2002-2004)
Source JORI
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Number of Placements to DJJ Group Homes
(2002-2004)
Source JORI
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Number of Placements to DJJ Youth Development
Centers (2002-2004)
Source JORI
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Number of Placements to Foster Homes (2002-2004)
Source JORI
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Number of Placements to Private Child Care
(2002-2004)
Source JORI
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Number of Placements to Psychiatric
Hospitals/Facilities (2002-2004)
Source JORI
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Number of Placements to Substance Abuse Treatment
Programs (2002-2004)
Source JORI
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Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
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Source CMHC database
Almost 1/3 of the referrals for substance abuse
services to CMHCs are from the juvenile justice
system.
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The market penetration rate for mental health
services is dramatically higher than for
substance abuse services.
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Number of Youth (Age 10-17) Receiving CMHC
Services by Program (Alcohol, Drug, Mental
Health)
Source CMHC database
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History of Abuse and Neglect Prior to DJJ Entry

• Of 9,010 DJJ youth (the 2002-2004 cohort), 3,114
  had at least one prior 115 filed (report of
  suspected abuse or neglect). Of these
• 609 had a prior substantiation of physical abuse
• 141 had a prior substantiation of emotional abuse
• 140 had a prior substantiation of sexual abuse
• 1,034 had a prior substantiation of neglect

Source TWIST (DCBS)