Juvenile Justice

Number of Charges by Type for each Region and Office (Referrals) FY 2008


Some juveniles were referred multiple times within the year.
Some referrals included more than one charge.

Region
Office
Against Persons
Against Property
Against Public Order 
Drug & Alcohol
Weapon
Misc.
Total by Location
Percent by Location
Anch Anchorage 412 1,095 135 113 31 325 2,111 39%
                    
NRO Barrow 34 103 6 6 2 48 199 4%
  Bethel 95 116 8 15 0 42 276 5%
  Fairbanks 108 287 33 65 5 109 607 11%
  Kotzebue 22 61 6 10 1 14 114 2%
  Nome 66 92 7 12 1 67 245 5%
  NRO Total 325 659 60 108 9 280 1,441 26%
SCRO Dillingham 22 50 1 9 1 18 101 2%
  Homer 15 9 1 12 5 9 51 1%
  Kenai 67 177 27 56 4 40 371 7%
  Kodiak 18 45 5 31 1 30 130 2%
  Mat-Su 86 259 33 58 9 41 486 9%
  Valdez 10 22 3 3 0 9 47 1%
  SCRO Total 218 562 70 169 20 147 1,186 22%
SERO Juneau 56 100 21 43 2 147 369 7%
  Ketchikan 33 68 5 38 2 55 201 4%
  Petersburg 3 4 1 0 0 7 15 0%
  POW 8 13 3 2 0 5 31 1%
  Sitka 12 41 4 18 2 12 89 2%
  SERO Total 112 226 34 101 6 226 705 13%
State Total 1,067 2,542 299 491 66 978 5,443  
  Percent Charge Type 20% 47% 5% 9% 1% 18%    

 
“Charge” is used to designate an individual violation of the law or an offense. This data represents the most serious charge type on each referral

Public Order crimes include such offenses as providing false information to police, hindering prosecution, harming a police dog, escape and unlawful evasion

Drug/Alcohol offenses include offenses such as habitual possession or consumption of alcohol by a minor.

Miscellaneous Offenses include offenses such as municipal criminal code violations and probation violations.