NCJ Number
134154
Date Published
1991
Length
75 pages
Annotation
This report summarizes workload information for the Maricopa County (Arizona) Juvenile Court Center in 1990 and compares the court activity in 1990 with the activity of the prior 4 years (1986-89); a brief 25-year comparison of selected statistics is also presented.
Abstract
The workload statistical comparison for the 5 years covers the general juvenile population for the county, complaints received, detentions, dispositions, petitions filed, and court hearings scheduled. State and county demographic statistics are followed by a county financial, personnel, and workload statistical summary. Data on type of referral cover the 40 most common reasons for referral, severity of referral, most severe offense per referral, violent offenses, vehicle thefts, and referring agency. The referral profile encompasses gender, age, ethnicity, school status, and number of previous referrals. Data on first offenders address severity of referral, gender, age, and school grade. Other data cover detention, probation, commitments, transfers, intake, home detention, diversion programs, recidivism, petitions filed, court hearings, and disposition of referrals. Appended zipcodes of residence for 1990 referrals