Juvenile Justice

Charge Type 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 2/18/2003

Region

Office

Against Persons

Against Property

Against Public Order *

Drug & Alcohol

Weapon

Misc.

Total by Location

Percent by Location

Anchorage

Anchorage

691

2137

198

331

99

696

4152

40.3%
 

Anchorage Total

691

2137

198

331

99

696

4152

40.3%

NRO

Barrow

40

123

13

13

3

12

 204

2.0%
 

Bethel

172

434

33

66

8

69

 782

7.6%
 

Fairbanks

303

786

94

134

25

303

1,645

16.0%
 

Kotzebue

29

80

4

5

3

 1

 122

1.2%
 

Nome

40

88

12

13

3

73

 229

2.2%
 

NRO Total

584

1511

156

231

42

458

2982

29.0%

SCRO

Dillingham

36

98

4

12

5

14

 169

1.6%
 

Homer

31

169

8

18

2

71

 299

2.9%
 

Kenai

64

225

32

61

10

44

 436

4.2%
 

Kodiak

14

22

3

1

5

20

65

0.6%
 

Mat-Su

154

304

16

40

42

86

 642

6.2%
 

Valdez

25

77

10

8

0

33

 153

1.5%
 

SCRO Total

324

895

73

140

64

268

1764

17.1%

SERO

Juneau

124

290

32

42

9

101

 598

5.8%
 

Ketchikan

97

236

18

45

12

74

 482

4.7%
 

Petersburg

8

38

3

4

3

12

68

0.7%
 

Prince of Wales

2

26

2

8

0

 8

46

0.4%
 

Sitka

27

131

20

20

3

5

 206

2.0%
 

SERO Total

258

721

75

119

27

200

1400

13.6%

State

Total each Charge Type

1,857

5,264

502

821

232

1,622

 10,298

 
 

Percent Charge Type

18.0%

51.1%

4.9%

8.0%

2.3%

15.8%

    


“Charge” is used to designate separate law violations and offenses, which are included under a single referral episode.The numbers in this table report the charge type at the time of the 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 habitual possession or consumption of alcohol by a minor that was enacted in July 2001.

Miscellaneous Offenses include municipal criminal code violations and probation or conduct violations by juveniles under court ordered supervision.