Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Case Records, 1985-1986 User's Guide

• NCJ Number: 115672
• Date Published: 1989
• Length: 45 pages
• Grant Number(s): 85-JN-CX-0012
• Sponsoring Agency: US Securities and Exchange Cmssn
• Corporate Author: National Juvenile Court Data Archive
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Measurement/Evaluation Device
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This codebook for Pennsylvania juvenile court case records for 1985-86 contains a file variable list and variable descriptions as well as instructions on how to use the codebook.

Abstract

An introduction describes the history of Pennsylvania's juvenile court statistics, data collection methods, related publications, archived data files, and terms of availability. Variables cover demographic information on the juveniles, education, family background, referral information, charges, care received, disposition, involved criminal justice personnel, and special correctional conditions. The information provided in the codebook for each entry covers column/width, variable number, the variable label, a description of the variable contents, the code values occurring in the data for the variable, textual definitions of the codes, designation of missing data, and an explanatory note. Appended juvenile court statistical card, offense seriousness hierarchy listing, and original data collector's statement of acceptance