NCJ Number
139060
Date Published
1992
Length
153 pages
Annotation
This report reviews the changes in recorded juvenile crime and in self-reported delinquency during the 1980 to 1990 decade in the Netherlands, and examines sentencing patterns of juvenile judges with regard to both penal cases and youth protection measures.
Abstract
The amount of recorded juvenile crime decreased between 1980 and 1990: boys' delinquency (88 percent of the total) declined by 14 percent and girls' delinquency increased by 10 percent. Rates per 100,000 showed a 10 percent increase in the number of boys and a 40 percent increase in the number of girls reported to the police. Two-thirds of the boys and 85 percent of the girls were reported for property offenses. Violent offenses constituted 5.7 percent of delinquency by boys and 5.1 percent of the delinquency of girls. According to self-report data, about one-third of a national random sample of youths aged 12 to 18 had committed offenses during the previous school year. The police dealt with about one-third of all recorded juveniles through dismissals and diversion. A marked increase occurred in the number of protection measures in 1987. The increase was due totally to an increase in supervision measures. 25 footnotes, 64 tables, and 3 appendixes