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Juvenile Justice Statistics
100
The individuals responsible for maintaining order in juvenile correctional facilities.
Who are Corrections Officers?
100
They may arrest you, if you break the law.
Who are police officers?
100
Most gang members go to...
What is jail?
100
18.42 years old.
What is the average age of a JJC resident?
100
This declined 30% from 1994 through 1998.
What is juvenile crime?
200
In this year, states began forming separate juvenile courts.

What is 1899?

200
This person decides your punishment in a court of law.
Who is a Judge?
200
When confronted by gang members, you should..
What is run, call the police or tell your parents?
200
18 months.
What is the average legnth of stay for a JJC resident?
200
1,145,800
What was the number of cases handled in juvenile courts in 2012?
300
The individuals who help juveniles work through their problems, while they are in the JJC.
Who are Social Workers?
300
A Judge may sentence a person to this community supervision status instead of incaceration.
What is probation?
300

This person was accused of making an obscene phone call to his neighbor, resulting in his detention.

Who is Gerald Gault?

300
11 years old
What is the youngest age of commitment to JJC?
300
61% of all violent crimes by juveniles occur on these.
What are school days?
400
The individuals responsible for helping juveniles overcome thier substance abuse issues.
Who are Substance Abuse Counselors?
400
These individuals are responsible for supervising juveniles after they leave the JJC.
Who are Probation or Parole Officers?
400
Handsigns, grafitti, colors, clothing and tatoos are examples of..
What are gang identifiers?
400
1867
What is the year that the New Jersey Training School opened?
400
On average, over the last 25 years juveniles were involved in this percentage of serious violent victimizations annually.
What is 25%?
500

"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury…nor shall [a person] be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law."

What is 5th amendment?

500
Who is the one person that can prevent you from getting into trouble with the law?
Who is Myself?
500

"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

What is the 14th amendment?

500
300
The average number of juveniles on parole supervision with JJC, on any given day?
500
57,190
What is the esitmated number of young people held in juvenile justice facilities, on any given day in the U.S.?