Guidelines for the Coding of Data Elements Commonly Found in Juvenile Court Information Systems

• NCJ Number: 152535
• Author(s): J L Hutzler; H N Snyder
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 29 pages
• Grant Number(s): 78-JN-AX-0027; 83-JN-AX-0004; 85-Jn-AX-0012
• Sponsoring Agency: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Corporate Author: National Ctr for Juvenile Justice
• Sale Source: National Ctr for Juvenile Justice; National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Measurement/Evaluation Device
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This document presents the coding structures for many data elements commonly collected on juvenile delinquency and status offense cases by juvenile court information systems.

Abstract

The document aims to encourage information systems to adopt coding schemes for a core set of important data elements to promote the compatibility of data from year to year within the court, among various courts, and with available State and national crime and census data. Using standard or widely accepted definitions, the document defines and discusses two general terms, case and intake, and other terms such as unique identifier, date of birth, sex, race, ethnicity, residence location, school grade, legal custody, living arrangements, reason for referral, number of prior referrals, and adjudicated offense.