Juvenile Justice

Number of Charges by Type for each Region and Office (Offenses) 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 666 1,522 230 137 50 641 3,246 35%
                    
NRO Barrow 38 147 11 7 2 104 309 3%
  Bethel 147 305 28 23 2 101 606 7%
  Fairbanks 150 483 47 84 6 225 995 11%
  Kotzebue 31 182 9 10 2 30 264 3%
  Nome 90 154 8 15 1 119 387 4%
  NRO Total 456 1271 103 139 13 579 2,561 28%
SCRO Dillingham 27 100 8 13 1 40 189 2%
  Homer 21 40 4 12 5 20 102 1%
  Kenai 85 337 44 59 6 99 630 7%
  Kodiak 25 64 12 35 1 62 199 2%
  Mat-Su 146 485 88 68 11 108 906 10%
  Valdez 20 41 6 5 0 21 93 1%
  SCRO Total 324 1067 162 192 24 350 2,119 23%
SERO Juneau 75 210 26 49 4 225 589 6%
  Ketchikan 49 120 47 50 2 119 387 4%
  Petersburg 4 36 2 0 0 15 57 1%
  Prince of Wales 10 41 3 3 0 10 67 1%
  Sitka 18 88 14 19 2 33 174 2%
  SERO Total 156 495 92 121 8 402 1,274 14%
State Total each Type 1,602 4,355 587 589 95 1,972 9,200  
  Percent Charge Type 17% 47% 6% 6% 1% 21%    


 “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.