Juvenile Justice

Juveniles, Referrals, and Charges by Region and Office
for Fiscal Year 2002.

Some juveniles were referred multiple times within the year.
Some referrals included more than one charge.
Data Source: JOMIS, extracted on 2/12/2003

Region

Office

Juveniles

Percent of State

Referrals

Percent of State

Charges

Percent of State

Anchorage

Anchorage

2,112

42.8%

2,961

42.1%

4,152

40.3%
 

Anchorage Total

2,112

42.8%

2,961

42.1%

4,152

40.3%

NRO

Barrow

  101

2.0%

   180

2.6%

204

2.0%
 

Bethel

  335

6.8%

   511

7.3%

782

7.6%
 

Fairbanks

  577

11.7%

     1,002

14.3%

   1,645

16.0%
 

Kotzebue

  104

2.1%

               81

1.2%

122

1.2%
 

Nome

  105

2.1%

   142

2.0%

229

2.2%
 

NRO Total

1,222

24.7%

1,916

27.3%

2,982

29.0%

SCRO

Dillingham

80

1.6%

   106

1.5%

169

1.6%
 

Homer

  108

2.2%

   180

2.6%

299

2.9%
 

Kenai

  260

5.3%

   304

4.3%

436

4.2%
 

Kodiak

90

1.8%

42

0.6%

 65

0.6%
 

Mat-Su

  389

7.9%

   427

6.1%

642

6.2%
 

Valdez

65

1.3%

98

1.4%

153

1.5%
 

SCRO Total

992

20.1%

1,157

16.5%

1,764

17.1%

SERO

Juneau

  272

5.5%

   431

6.1%

598

5.8%
 

Ketchikan

  158

3.2%

   346

4.9%

482

4.7%
 

Petersburg

29

0.6%

48

0.7%

   68

0.7%
 

Prince of Wales

45

0.9%

31

0.4%

   46

0.4%
 

Sitka

  108

2.2%

   138

2.0%

206

2.0%
 

SERO Total

612

12.4%

994

14.1%

1,400

13.6%

State

Total

4,938

 

7,028

 

10,298

 


The "Juveniles" column represents the number of unique juveniles who were referred to DJJ during the fiscal year. Some juveniles were referred multiple times within the year.

A delinquency "Referral" is a request by a law enforcement agency for a DJJ response following the arrest of a juvenile or as a result of the submission of a police investigation report alleging the commission of a crime or violation of a court order.  A referral is counted as a single episode or event and may be a referral that relates to multiple charges.

“Charge” is used to designate separate law violations and offenses, which are included under a single referral episode