Juvenile Justice

Statistical Summary of DJJ Activity FY 2003

Tables on this page:

  • Table 1.  Unduplicated Juvenile Count, Delinquency Referrals and Charges by Fiscal Year. 
  • Table 2.  Charge Type Summary by Fiscal Year
  • Table 3. Charge Class Summary by Fiscal Year
  • Table 4. Intake Decision for each Charge by Fiscal Year
  • Table 5. Race at Referral by Fiscal Year
  • Table 6. Age at Referral by Fiscal Year
  • Table 7. Gender at Referral by Fiscal Year
  • Table 8. Probation Supervision Cases by Region for FY 2002
  • Table 9. Youth Facility Current and Planned Capacity

Table 1.  Unduplicated Juvenile Count, Delinquency Referrals and Charges by Fiscal Year. 
Data Source:  JOMIS, extracted on 2/12/2003

 

FY 2000

FY 2001

FY 2002

Unduplicated Juvenile Count

5,073

4,877

4,938

Referrals*

7,500

7,083

7,028

Charges**

10,283

9,941

10,298

*Referral:  A request for a DJJ response service following the arrest of a juvenile or submission of a police investigation report alleging the commission of a crime or violation of a court order by a juvenile offender.  A referral is counted as a single episode or event and one referral may involve multiple charges against a juvenile offender.

 **Charge:  A charge is a violation of a statute or ordinance; an offense; an allegation of the commission of a specific crime.

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Table 2.  Charge Type Summary by Fiscal Year
Data Source:  JOMIS, extracted on 2/12/2003

 

FY 2000

FY 2001

FY2002

Charge Type

Number of Charges

%

Number of Charges

%

Number of Charges

%

Against Persons

1,972

19%

1,798

18%

1,857

18.0%

Against Property

5,614

55%

5,317

53%

5,264

51.1%

Public Order

409

4%

440

4%

502

4.9%

Drug & Alcohol

657

6%

752

8%

821

8.0%

Weapon

180

2%

161

2%

232

2.3%

Misc. Offenses

1,451

14%

1,473

15%

1,622

15.8%

Total

10,283

 

9,941

 

10,298

 
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Table 3.  Charge Class Summary by Fiscal Year
Charge at referral.  Data Source:  JOMIS, extracted on 2/12/2003

 

FY 2000

FY 2001

FY2002

Charge Class

Number of Charges

%

Number of Charges

%

Number of Charges

%

Felony

2,934

29%

2,980

30%

3,153

30.6%

Misdemeanor

5,641

55%

5,217

52%

5,255

51.0%

Violation/Other

421

4%

462

5%

674

6.5%

Conduct/Probation Violation-Technical

1,287

12%

1,282

13%

1,216

11.8%

Total

10,283

 

9,941

 

10,298

 
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Table 4.  Completed Intake Decisions by Charge by Fiscal Year
Charge at referral.  Data Source:  JOMIS, extracted on 2/12/2003

 

FY 2000

FY 2001

FY2002

Type of Intake Determination

Number of Charges

%

Number of Charges

%

Number of Charges

%

Adjusted

3,682

36%

3,473

35%

3,406

37.5%

Dismissed

947

9%

707

7%

1,074

11.8%

Informal Probation

549

5%

605

6%

580

6.4%

Petitioned

3,779

37%

3,385

34%

2,968

32.6%

Community Justice Panel

819

8%

867

9%

818

9.0%

Screen & Refer

346

3%

270

3%

245

2.7%

Total

10,283

 

9,941

 

9,091

 
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Table 5.  Race at Referral by Fiscal Year
Data Source:  JOMIS, extracted on 2/12/2003

 

FY 2000

FY 2001

FY2002

Race

Number of Referrals

%

Number of Referrals

%

Number of Referrals

%

Alaska Native /Native American

2,660

35%

2,396

34%

2,443

35%

African American

580

8%

430

6%

401

5%

Asian

75

1%

91

1%

96

1%

Native Hawaiian /Pacific Islander

188

3%

236

3%

177

3%

White/Caucasian

3,609

48%

3,594

51%

3,523

50%

Multiracial

147

2%

145

2%

214

3%

Unknown

241

3%

191

3%

174

3%

Total

7,500

 

7,083

 

7,028

 
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Table 6.  Age at Referral by Fiscal Year
Data Source:  JOMIS, extracted on 2/12/2003

 

FY 2000

FY 2001

FY2002

Race

Number of Referrals

%

Number of Referrals

%

Number of Referrals

%

Younger than 10

119

2%

90

1%

73

1%

10 - 12

600

8%

518

8%

446

6%

13 - 14

1,502

20%

1,432

20%

1,320

19%

15 - 17

4,382

58%

4,254

60%

4,245

60%

18+

897

12%

789

11%

944

13%

Total

7,500

 

7,083

 

7,028

 
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Table 7.  Gender at Referral by Fiscal Year
Data Source:  JOMIS 2/12/2003

 

FY 2000

FY 2001

FY2002

Gender

Number of Referrals

%

Number of Referrals

%

Number of Referrals

%

Male

5,658

75%

5,308

75%

5,047

72%

Female

1,842

25%

1,775

25%

1,981

28%

Total

7,500

 

7,083

 

7,028

 
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Table 8. Probation Supervision Cases by Region for FY 2002
Includes multiple supervision cases for individual juveniles.
Data Source:  JOMIS 2/12/2003

Region

Total Episodes

Percent of State Total

 NRO

330

25%

Anchorage

427

33%

 SCRO

332

25%

 SERO

229

17%

State

      1,318

 
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Table 9.   Youth Facility Current and Planned Capacity

 

Existing Capacity

New Beds

Total Beds

McLaughlin Youth Center

200

  

200

Fairbanks Youth Facility

40

  

40

Johnson Youth Center

28

  

28

Bethel Youth Facility

19

  

19

Nome Youth Facility

6

  

6

Mat-Su Youth Facility

15

  

15

Ketchikan Regional Youth Facility

10

  

10

Kenai Peninsula Youth Facility*

0

10

10

Total

318

10

328

*Kenai Peninsula Youth Facility construction will be completed in the Winter of 2003.

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