2007 Disposition Report

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PENNSYLVANIA

Juvenile Court Dispositions COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Hon. Edward G. Rendell, Governor

JUVENILE COURT JUDGES’ COMMISSION Hon. Arthur E. Grim, Chairman James E. Anderson, Executive Director

CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING AND RESEARCH SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY John M. Cookus, Director Sherry Varner

INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION Linda B. Bender, Director Heather Armstrong-Shughart Linda Miller Alan Brommer Christy Nailor Julie Byers Donna Reasner Sharon Chamberlin Jack Rentzel Susan Conner Michael Tan Robert Diehl Steve Varner Randy Fisher Nancy Witter Lanette Hutchison Tim Wright

DETENTION MONITORING Seth Bloomquist, Director Marlene Benedict Leslie MacDonald

JUVENILE COURT JUDGES’ COMMISSION Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research Information and Technology Division Shippensburg University 1871 Old Main Drive Shippensburg, PA 17257-2299

Foreword This report provides an overview of juvenile court dispositions in Pennsylvania during 2007 and preceding years, and summarizes juvenile court statistical data provided by county juvenile probation departments. Without the support of the courts and juvenile probation departments, this report would not be possible.

Although the report focuses primarily on delinquency dispositions, information has again been included on dependency cases that have been referred to juvenile probation departments. While county children and youth agencies handle the overwhelming majority of cases involving dependent children in the Commonwealth, some juvenile probation departments provide services to children who are alleged to be dependent on the basis of ungovernability or chronic truancy.

The information contained in this report is of value to all individuals, agencies and organizations having an interest in the Pennsylvania juvenile justice system. However, it is not intended to reflect the total workload of juvenile courts or juvenile probation departments.

It is with great pleasure that we dedicate this report to the judges, probation officers, victim advocates, district attorneys, service treatment providers, and other professionals who work on a daily basis in the Pennsylvania juvenile court system. Respectfully submitted,

James E. Anderson Executive Director

Honorable Arthur E. Grim Chairman

Preface This report is a compilation of the data collected from the juvenile probation departments in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As in the past, to avoid confusion regarding the unit of count used in tabulating juvenile court statistics and to improve the understanding of how data can be interpreted please note: 1. The primary unit of count is the disposition. A disposition is defined as an allegation disposed of by the juvenile probation department and/or the court. Within a single delinquency allegation, a youth may be charged with a number of offenses that may result in multiple petitions. Any one youth may be involved in a number of dispositions within a calendar year. In addition, a youth may be referred on more than one occasion and receive only one disposition. Dependency dispositions include only those referrals to probation departments alleging dependency that are not accompanied by allegations of delinquency. Therefore, one is cautioned NOT to attempt to interpret dispositions as: a) the number of youth who are processed by the court; b) the number of offenses charged to juveniles. 2. There are times when you will see the word case used to describe the data. In this report, the word case is used interchangeably with the word disposition; 3. The unit of count refers to a case disposed of by a juvenile court and/or juvenile probation department. The term disposed means that a definite action/decision has been implemented or that a treatment plan has been decided upon or begun; 4. The statistical system is constructed to collect up to the seven (7) most serious offenses per delinquency disposition; 5. The Commission collects additional information on placement reviews, disposition reviews, and selected special conditions attached to a disposition. A disposition review is a hearing conducted before the court regarding a previous disposition which did not result in out-of-home placement. A placement review is a hearing conducted before the court regarding a previous disposition which did involve out-of-home placement. The outcome of reviews are reported only in the review section of this report and are NOT included in any of the other tables. 6. The data in the secure detention section of this report were collected in conjunction with the JCJC Standards Governing the Use of Secure Detention. This information should not be compared with detention data collected and reported prior to 1989. 7. The reader is cautioned that in the tables containing rows with percent of total, the row may not total 100 percent due to rounding. Custom reports, including any information contained in tables included in previous reports that are not included in this report, can be obtained by contacting the Director of Juvenile Justice Information and Technology at the Center for Juvenile Justice Training & Research at Shippensburg University, 717-477-1412. The report is also available on the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission website at www.jcjc.state.pa.us.

Table of Contents Delinquency Dispositions Delinquency Dispositions, 2007 (Map) .................................................................................................. 1 Highlights of the 2007 Disposition Report ........................................................................................... 2 Delinquency Dispositions, 2003-2007 (Chart) ...................................................................................... 3 Frequency of Statewide Delinquency Dispositions, 2007 ..................................................................... 4 Delinquency Dispositions, 2003-2007 (Table) ....................................................................................... 5 Delinquency Dispositions as a Percent of Juvenile Population, 2007 .................................................. 7 Delinquency Dispositions by Type, 2007 ............................................................................................... 9 Type of Attorney Representation in Delinquency Proceedings, 2007 ................................................ 13 Delinquency Dispositions by Source of Allegation, 2007 ................................................................... 15 Time Lapse from Allegation to Disposition for Delinquency Cases, 2007 ........................................ 17 Median Time Lapse for Formal Cases by Type of Disposition, 2007 ................................................... 19 Median Time Lapse for Informal Cases by Type of Disposition, 2007 ................................................ 19

Delinquency Placements Delinquency Placements, 2003-2007 (Charts) .................................................................................... 20 Delinquency Placements, 2003-2007 .................................................................................................. 21 Delinquency Placements by Type, 2007 (Table) .................................................................................. 23 Delinquency Placements as a Percent of Dispositions, 2007 (Map) ................................................... 25 Total Delinquency Placements by Type, 2007 (Chart) ........................................................................ 26

Delinquency Offenses Alleged Offenses by Type, 2007 ............................................................................................................ 27 Selected Alleged Charges, 2003-2007 .................................................................................................. 29 Selected Substantiated Charges, 2003-2007 ....................................................................................... 30 Substantiated Offenses by Type, 2007 ................................................................................................. 31

Detention Secure Detention ................................................................................................................................. 33 Length of Stay in Secure Detention, 2007 .......................................................................................... 34 Secure Detention Admissions by Standard Section Codes, 2007 ....................................................... 35 Utilization Rates for Pennsylvania Juvenile Detention Centers, 2007 ............................................... 37 Detention Admissions, 2003-2007 ....................................................................................................... 38

Table of Contents Demographics Selected Dispositions by Gender, 2007 .................................................................................................. 39 Total Dispositions by Age, 2006-2007 .................................................................................................... 40 Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity for Males, 2007 ....................................................... 41 Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity for Females, 2007 ................................................... 43 Delinquency Dispositions by Race, 2007 ............................................................................................... 45 Selected Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity, 2007............................................................................... 47 Selected Placements by Race and Ethnicity, 2007 ................................................................................ 48 Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity, 2007 ........................................................................ 50 Delinquency Dispositions by Age, 2007 ................................................................................................ 51 Delinquency Dispositions by School Status, 2007 ................................................................................ 55 Delinquency Dispositions by Highest Grade Completed, 2007 ............................................................ 57 Delinquency Dispositions by Family Status, 2007 ................................................................................ 59 Delinquency Dispositions by Living Arrangement of Youth, 2007 ...................................................... 61

Dependency Dispositions Dependency Dispositions, 2007 ............................................................................................................. 63 Dependency Dispositions by Age, 2007 ................................................................................................. 64

Disposition and Placement Reviews Outcomes of Delinquency Disposition Reviews, 2007 .......................................................................... 65 Outcomes of Delinquency Placement Reviews, 2007 ........................................................................... 67 Delinquency Placement Review Transfers by Type of Placement, 2007 ............................................... 69

Summary of all Dispositional Activity Summary of all Delinquency and Dependency Dispositions, 2007 ...................................................... 71

Appendix County Class & Population .................................................................................................................... 73

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Butler 364

Greene 177

Clarion 86

201 - 500

61 - 100

Fulton 31

101 - 200

Somerset 178

Franklin 636

N

York 1,881

Dauphin 1,548

1,001 - 2,500

Wayne 80

Chester 1,088

Bucks 1,790

Pike 136

Delaware 1,631

Philadelphia 8,796

Montgomery 2,294

2,501 - 4,700 6,000+

Lancaster 1,494

Monroe 481

Northampton 1,089 Lehigh 1,521

Carbon 183

Berks 1,828

Luzerne 1,066

Wyoming 116 Lackawanna 425

Susquehanna 80

Schuylkill 443

Lebanon 402

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e mb hu 2 ort 50

d lan

Columbia Mon286 tour 55

Sullivan 16

Bradford 123

501 - 1,000

Adams 419

Cumberland 644

Perry 136

Snyder 174

Union 48

Lycoming 567

Tioga 103

lin ta iff M 85 nia Ju 53

Clinton 46

Centre 249

Potter 72

Huntingdon 87

Cameron 12

Blair 516

Bedford 74

Cambria 497

Clearfield 133

Elk 82

McKean 105

1 - 60

Fayette 383

Westmoreland 1,219

Indiana 179

Jefferson 178

Forest 25

Warren 144

Armstrong 236

Venango 181

Allegheny 4,692

Washington 911

Beaver 548

Lawrence 382

Mercer 303

Crawford 203

Erie 1,061

Delinquency Dispositions, 2007

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Highlights of the 2007 Disposition Report •

The 45,573 delinquency dispositions in Pennsylvania in 2007 represent a 3.7% increase from 2006. Consent Decree became the most frequently utilized disposition, representing 18.4% of all delinquency dispositions, followed in descending order by Probation (17.7%), Informal Adjustment (14.3%), Fines/Costs (8.7%), Complaint Withdrawn (7.9%), Placement (7.6%), and Warned/ Counseled/Case Closed (6.4%). (See pages 3 and 4)

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Delinquency placements to private institutions, including those resulting from disposition reviews, comprised 35.9% of the 7,525 total delinquency placements in 2007, followed in descending order by placements to drug and alcohol programs (13.0%), group homes (12.2%), Boot Camps (11.6%) and Wilderness Based Programs (11.4%). (See page 23)

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Juvenile court dispositions in Pennsylvania continue to primarily involve males. In 2007, males accounted for 76.2% of all juvenile court dispositions, 81.8% of probation dispositions, 87.9% of dispositions involving placement, and 97.5% of transfers to criminal court. (See page 39)

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Of the 34,715 juvenile delinquency dispositions involving males in 2007, 48.4% involved White, Non-Hispanic youth, and 38.7% involved Black, Non-Hispanic youth. Similarly, of the 10,858 dispositions involving females, 47.6% involved White, Non-Hispanic youth and 39.9% involved Black, Non-Hispanic youth. (See pages 41-44)

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In Pennsylvania, the majority of the 45,573 delinquency dispositions involved White youth (56.7%), followed in descending order by Black youth (41.0%). (See pages 45-46)

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26.3% of the 45,573 delinquency dispositions in 2007 involved seventeen year olds, followed in descending order by sixteen year olds (22.1%) and fifteen year olds (17.6%). (See pages 51-54)

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55.9% of delinquency dispositions in 2007 reported a family status of the biological parents Never Married or Divorced, while 18.9% reported a family status of the biological parents Married. (See pages 59-60)

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44.3% of delinquency dispositions in 2007 reported the juvenile living with only the mother, while 18.9% reported the juvenile living with both parents. (See pages 61-62)

*Note regarding Philadelphia dispositions: The reader is cautioned when comparing the figures presented in this report to the figures presented in the 2003 “Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Dispositions.” Dispositions reported by Philadelphia in 2003 as case reviews that resulted in probation or placement, were included in the 2003 data as dispositions of new referrals to more accurately reflect the court process. This adjustment should be taken into consideration when comparing 2003 data to that of other years.

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Delinquency Dispositions, 2003 - 2007

The accompanying graph displays the number of dispositions for delinquency referrals from 2003 to 2007. Disposition and placement reviews and dependency referrals are not included in the graph or data tables. There was a 3.7% increase in delinquency dispositions from 2006 to 2007. Dispositions involving new allegations in Philadelphia County decreased by 1.1% and Allegheny County dispositions increased by 1.8%.

DELINQUENCY DISPOSITIONS 50000 45,504 43,533

43,939

45,573 Statewide

41,036

40000 32,768

30000

28,977

30,434

32,085 Remaining Counties

8,480

8,894

8,796

30,498

20000

10000

8,088

9,016

3,971

4,019

4,256

4,611

4,692

2003


2004

2005

2006

2007

Philadelphia County Allegheny County

0


Please refer to the note on page 2 regarding Philadelphia dispositions.

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Frequencies of Statewide Delinquency Dispositions, 2007 There were 45,573 delinquency-related dispositions in Pennsylvania during 2007. Consent Decree was the most frequently utilized disposition (8,399, 18.4%) followed in descending order by Probation (8,046, 17.7%), Informal Adjustment (6,516, 14.3%), Fines/Costs Ordered (3,958, 8.7%), Complaint Withdrawn (3,580, 7.9%), Placement (3,454, 7.6%), Other Dispositions (3,300, 7.2%), Warned/Counseled/ Case Closed (2,904, 6.4%). All remaining dispositions totaled 11.9%. Probation with Day Treatment is listed as a separate disposition rather than being included in Probation.

PERCENT OF TOTAL DISPOSITIONS

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

18.4%

Consent Decree

17.7%

Probation 14.3%

Informal Adjustment 8.7%

Fines/Costs Ordered

7.9%

Complaint Withdrawn

7.6%

Placement

7.2%

Other

6.4%

Warned/Counseled/Case Closed 4.5%

Dismissed/Not Substantiated

3.5%

Transfer to Other Juvenile Court

2.1%

Continued on Previous Disposition

1.1%

Probation w/Day Treatment Referred to Other Agency/Individual

0.4%

Transfer to Criminal Court

0.3%

Protective Supervision 0.1% 0

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Delinquency Dispositions, 2003 - 2007 The information in this section includes those cases referred to juvenile probation with alleged delinquent offenses. Disposition and placement reviews, and dispositions involving children alleged to be dependent, are not included. COUNTY Adams

2004

2005

2006

2007

% CHANGE 06-07

403

301

365

364

419

15.1%

Allegheny

3,971

4,019

4,256

4,611

4,692

1.8%

Armstrong

298

197

265

222

236

6.3%

Beaver

640

493

624

710

548

-22.8%

Bedford

69

62

75

127

74

-41.7%

1,030

1,875

1,937

1,821

1,828

0.4%

Blair

361

294

262

254

516

103.1%

Bradford

124

127

91

91

123

35.2%

Bucks

1,637

1,727

1,590

1,650

1,790

8.5%

Butler

300

254

286

323

364

12.7%

Cambria

623

751

676

529

497

-6.0%

Cameron

19

15

30

16

12

-25.0%

Carbon

182

132

171

225

183

-18.7%

Centre

135

165

165

173

249

43.9%

1,173

1,368

1,132

1,059

1,088

2.7%

Clarion

110

125

110

90

86

-4.4%

Clearfield

156

238

200

128

133

3.9%

99

82

55

44

46

4.5%

Columbia

224

260

296

291

286

-1.7%

Crawford

236

230

267

203

203

0.0%

Cumberland

450

607

707

636

644

1.3%

Dauphin

1,457

1,528

1,494

1,359

1,548

13.9%

Delaware

1,478

1,618

1,600

1,705

1,631

-4.3%

Elk

61

67

75

86

82

-4.7%

Erie

971

817

1,095

1,043

1,061

1.7%

Fayette

593

485

528

443

383

-13.5%

Forest

31

19

26

22

25

13.6%

491

482

551

597

636

6.5%

Fulton

19

29

31

29

31

6.9%

Greene

125

71

110

140

177

26.4%

90

85

57

83

87

4.8%

Indiana

223

203

184

176

179

1.7%

Jefferson

155

154

153

160

178

11.3%

52

42

43

28

53

89.3%

Berks

Chester

Clinton

Franklin

Huntingdon

Juniata

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Delinquency Dispositions, 2003 - 2007 2003


COUNTY Lackawanna

2004

2005

2006

2007

% CHANGE 06-07

353

348

353

415

425

2.4%

Lancaster

1,366

1,438

1,599

1,528

1,494

-2.2%

Lawrence

440

462

517

383

382

-0.3%

Lebanon

366

264

418

414

402

-2.9%

Lehigh

1,024

1,188

1,585

1,506

1,521

1.0%

Luzerne

1,499

1,369

1,241

1,101

1,066

-3.2%

Lycoming

656

810

758

570

567

-0.5%

McKean

148

100

76

110

105

-4.5%

Mercer

279

270

347

241

303

25.7%

Mifflin

71

71

67

104

85

-18.3%

503

441

533

484

481

-0.6%

2,273

2,173

2,725

2,205

2,294

4.0%

40

47

42

20

55

175.0%

Northampton

797

855

1,108

970

1,089

12.3%

Nurthumberland

571

593

683

534

502

-6.0%

Perry

104

129

102

130

136

4.6%

8,088

9,016

8,480

8,894

8,796

-1.1%

Pike

89

113

160

144

136

-5.6%

Potter

70

62

62

68

72

5.9%

353

465

527

423

443

4.7%

87

117

122

159

174

9.4%

197

122

121

145

178

22.8%

Sullivan

26

28

6

14

16

14.3%

Susquehanna

84

85

77

103

80

-22.3%

Tioga

178

152

116

97

103

6.2%

Union

74

60

75

20

48

140.0%

Venango

143

196

392

182

181

-0.5%

Warren

111

119

138

125

144

15.2%

Washington

428

740

639

721

911

26.4%

88

73

105

81

80

-1.2%

Westmoreland

737

788

863

935

1,219

30.4%

Wyoming

123

141

99

136

116

-14.7%

1,684

1,776

1,861

1,539

1,881

22.2%

41,036

43,533

45,504

43,939

45,573

3.7%

Monroe Montgomery Montour

Philadelphia


Schuylkill Snyder Somerset

Wayne

York TOTAL


Please refer to the note on page 2 regarding Philadelphia dispositions. NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

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Delinquency Dispositions as a Percent of Juvenile Population, 2007 COUNTY Adams

AGE 10-17 POPULATION

JUVENILE POPULATION RANK

DISPOSITION DISPOSITIONS RANK PER AS A % OF 100,000 JUV. POP.

419

0.9%

10,963

30

17

3.8%

Allegheny

4,692

10.3%

121,747

2

16

3.9%

Armstrong

236

0.5%

6,962

39

25

3.4%

Beaver

548

1.2%

17,652

21

29

3.1%

Bedford

74

0.2%

5,074

45

65

1.5%

1,828

4.0%

44,531

9

13

4.1%

Blair

516

1.1%

12,365

28

10

4.2%

Bradford

123

0.3%

6,870

40

60

1.8%

Bucks

1,790

3.9%

70,509

4

40

2.5%

Butler

364

0.8%

19,874

20

59

1.8%

Cambria

497

1.1%

13,462

25

19

3.7%

Cameron

12

0.0%

584

67

54

2.1%

Carbon

183

0.4%

6,187

41

32

3.0%

Centre

249

0.5%

10,944

31

49

2.3%

1,088

2.4%

55,582

7

57

2.0%

86

0.2%

3,829

56

50

2.2%

133

0.3%

8,151

35

63

1.6%

46

0.1%

3,490

58

67

1.3%

Columbia

286

0.6%

5,803

43

4

4.9%

Crawford

203

0.4%

9,420

33

52

2.2%

Cumberland

644

1.4%

22,167

16

33

2.9%

Dauphin

1,548

3.4%

27,891

15

2

5.6%

Delaware

1,631

3.6%

63,726

5

39

2.6%

82

0.2%

3,380

59

43

2.4%

1,061

2.3%

31,161

12

24

3.4%

Fayette

383

0.8%

14,533

23

37

2.6%

Forest

25

0.1%

693

65

21

3.6%

636

1.4%

14,674

22

9

4.3%

Fulton

31

0.1%

1,583

64

56

2.0%

Greene

177

0.4%

3,878

55

6

4.6%

87

0.2%

4,216

52

53

2.1%

Indiana

179

0.4%

7,775

36

48

2.3%

Jefferson

178

0.4%

4,509

50

15

3.9%

53

0.1%

2,453

61

51

2.2%

Berks

Chester Clarion Clearfield Clinton

Elk Erie

Franklin

Huntingdon

Juniata

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Delinquency Dispositions as a Percent of Juvenile Population, 2007 COUNTY Lackawanna

% OF TOTAL STATEWIDE DISPOSITIONS DISPOSITIONS

AGE 10-17 POPULATION

JUVENILE POPULATION RANK

DISPOSITION DISPOSITIONS RANK PER AS A % OF 100,000 JUV. POP.

425

0.9%

20,747

17

55

2.0%

Lancaster

1,494

3.3%

57,462

6

38

2.6%

Lawrence

382

0.8%

9,545

32

14

4.0%

Lebanon

402

0.9%

13,216

26

30

3.0%

Lehigh

1,521

3.3%

36,906

10

12

4.1%

Luzerne

1,066

2.3%

30,215

14

22

3.5%

Lycoming

567

1.2%

11,761

29

5

4.8%

McKean

105

0.2%

4,544

49

47

2.3%

Mercer

303

0.7%

12,422

27

42

2.4%

Mifflin

85

0.2%

4,943

47

62

1.7%

481

1.1%

20,670

18

46

2.3%

2,294

5.0%

84,231

3

36

2.7%

55

0.1%

1,940

63

34

2.8%

1089

2.4%

31,074

13

23

3.5%

Northumberland

502

1.1%

8,631

34

1

5.8%

Perry

136

0.3%

4,973

46

35

2.7%

8,796

19.3%

163,899

1

3

5.4%

136

0.3%

7,272

38

58

1.9%

72

0.2%

1,955

62

20

3.7%

Schuylkill

443

1.0%

13,698

24

28

3.2%

Snyder

174

0.4%

3,886

54

7

4.5%

Somerset

178

0.4%

7,464

37

44

2.4%

Sullivan

16

0.0%

676

66

45

2.4%

Susquehanna

80

0.2%

4,578

48

61

1.7%

Tioga

103

0.2%

4,188

53

41

2.5%

Union

48

0.1%

3,598

57

66

1.3%

Venango

181

0.4%

5,984

42

31

3.0%

Warren

144

0.3%

4,318

51

27

3.3%

Washington

911

2.0%

20,443

19

8

4.5%

80

0.2%

5,384

44

64

1.5%

1219

2.7%

36,191

11

26

3.4%

116

0.3%

3,110

60

18

3.7%

1,881

4.1%

45,494

8

11

4.1%

45,573

100.0%

1,322,056

Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton

Philadelphia Pike Potter

Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York TOTAL

3.4%

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

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Delinquency Dispositions by Type, 2007 COUNTY Adams

TOTAL DISPOS.

TRANSFER TO CRIMINAL COURT

TRANSFER TO OTHER COURT

COMPLAINT WITHDRAWN

WARNED, CASE CLOSED

INFORMAL ADJUSTMENT

DISMISSED, FINES/COSTS NOT ORDERED SUBSTANTIATED

419

6

22

46

32

106

7

7

Allegheny

4,692

6

32

708

448

687

0

677

Armstrong

236

0

7

15

34

49

23

10

Beaver

548

1

4

33

8

142

1

75

Bedford

74

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

1,828

2

55

47

522

284

54

31

Blair

516

0

9

44

0

37

219

55

Bradford

123

1

2

6

1

15

0

3

Bucks

1,790

0

118

132

10

276

180

21

Butler

364

4

50

14

19

17

14

6

Cambria

497

3

23

24

5

0

87

37

Cameron

12

0

0

0

3

1

0

0

Carbon

183

1

18

5

33

2

0

1

Centre

249

0

17

3

0

0

2

7

1,088

3

42

71

24

91

211

10

86

0

7

7

2

13

3

6

133

0

15

1

1

6

6

1

46

0

0

0

3

1

0

2

Columbia

286

1

21

56

7

91

2

2

Crawford

203

1

15

16

1

12

0

6

Cumberland

644

0

61

33

132

133

0

0

Dauphin

1,548

12

64

43

131

71

117

64

Delaware

1,631

13

102

71

24

0

2

35

82

0

1

3

0

15

2

0

1,061

1

21

63

69

240

0

10

Fayette

383

0

5

11

150

31

3

2

Forest

25

0

4

3

4

3

1

0

636

4

39

37

17

41

60

17

Fulton

31

3

5

0

0

0

2

0

Greene

177

1

2

6

0

117

3

2

87

1

12

0

4

2

2

6

Indiana

179

0

13

13

5

38

62

4

Jefferson

178

2

15

13

0

2

29

3

53

1

3

0

2

4

3

1

425

5

19

1

1

52

10

13

Berks

Chester Clarion Clearfield Clinton

Elk Erie

Franklin

Huntingdon

Juniata Lackawanna

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

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Delinquency Dispositions by Type, 2007 COUNTY

PROTECTIVE SUPERVISION

REFERRAL TO AGENCY/ INDIVIDUAL

CONSENT DECREE*

PROBATION

PROBATION W/DAY TREATMENT

CONTINUED PREVIOUS OTHER DISPOSITION DISPOSITIONS

PLACEMENT

Adams

0

1

51

100

2

0

7

32

Allegheny

0

0

905

465

237

8

140

379

Armstrong

0

5

34

35

0

0

17

7

Beaver

0

0

158

64

2

8

22

30

Bedford

0

0

13

49

0

0

1

5

Berks

0

3

280

167

66

83

67

167

Blair

0

7

106

10

1

8

4

16

Bradford

0

0

49

34

0

0

2

10

Bucks

3

1

278

370

0

9

144

248

Butler

0

0

113

101

2

11

4

9

Cambria

1

2

159

98

0

27

23

8

Cameron

0

0

4

2

0

0

0

2

Carbon

0

0

54

25

1

0

24

19

Centre

0

0

124

64

5

5

0

22

Chester

0

2

99

389

0

0

32

114

Clarion

0

2

27

16

0

0

2

1

Clearfield

0

0

32

60

0

0

2

9

Clinton

0

0

9

19

1

3

0

8

Columbia

0

2

1

38

5

1

37

22

Crawford

0

0

32

98

0

4

4

14

Cumberland

0

9

195

23

0

10

21

27

Dauphin

0

1

442

314

21

66

20

182

Delaware

0

0

324

852

0

5

0

203

Elk

0

1

47

5

0

0

3

5

Erie

0

0

156

225

32

42

14

188

Fayette

0

0

93

36

12

11

13

16

Forest

0

0

3

4

0

0

0

3

Franklin

0

3

145

141

1

7

62

62

Fulton

0

0

7

12

0

0

1

1

Greene

0

2

15

24

0

0

1

4

Huntingdon

0

0

30

20

0

0

2

8

Indiana

0

1

13

15

1

0

12

2

Jefferson

0

0

68

23

0

7

5

11

Juniata

0

0

13

19

0

0

1

6

Lackawanna

0

5

99

140

0

9

35

36

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Delinquency Dispositions by Type, 2007 COUNTY

TOTAL DISPOS.

TRANSFER TO CRIMINAL COURT

TRANSFER TO OTHER COURT

COMPLAINT WITHDRAWN

WARNED, CASE CLOSED

INFORMAL ADJUSTMENT

DISMISSED, FINES/COSTS NOT ORDERED SUBSTANTIATED

Lancaster

1,494

5

65

283

157

321

11

20

Lawrence

382

1

13

48

0

178

0

5

Lebanon

402

7

30

10

4

93

5

5

Lehigh

1,521

0

52

43

168

88

80

17

Luzerne

1,066

4

33

3

6

57

473

39

Lycoming

567

14

24

8

0

108

29

8

McKean

105

0

11

0

3

16

1

2

Mercer

303

1

11

21

0

35

17

10

Mifflin

85

0

4

0

1

2

18

4

481

5

17

19

11

5

86

7

2,294

3

144

29

1

323

672

47

55

4

11

1

0

7

2

0

1,089

7

72

41

49

245

56

25

Northumberland

502

1

37

7

36

103

103

4

Perry

136

0

6

2

5

48

5

5

8,796

13

4

1,255

268

1,499

0

609

136

2

8

0

0

0

24

3

72

0

9

13

0

0

0

5

Schuylkill

443

2

8

14

11

67

204

1

Snyder

174

5

34

11

0

0

21

2

Somerset

178

0

7

34

24

0

2

3

Sullivan

16

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Susquehanna

80

4

6

11

2

7

3

0

Tioga

103

1

2

5

0

0

10

0

Union

48

0

12

0

0

8

2

1

Venango

181

0

8

28

0

15

0

1

Warren

144

0

5

6

3

17

13

4

Washington

911

0

26

57

64

131

348

10

80

0

8

3

6

16

0

0

1,219

1

53

16

352

135

76

40

116

0

13

7

1

0

28

4

1,881

5

34

80

40

413

564

32

45,573

157

1,590

3,580

2,904

6,516

3,958

2,033

100.0%

0.3%

3.5%

7.9%

6.4%

14.3%

8.7%

4.5%

Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton

Philadelphia Pike Potter

Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York TOTAL % of Total

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

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Delinquency Dispositions by Type, 2007 COUNTY

PROTECTIVE SUPERVISION

REFERRAL TO AGENCY/ INDIVIDUAL

CONSENT DECREE*

PROBATION

PROBATION W/DAY TREATMENT

CONTINUED PREVIOUS OTHER DISPOSITION DISPOSITIONS

PLACEMENT

Lancaster

0

0

22

474

1

16

12

107

Lawrence

0

1

89

43

0

0

1

3

Lebanon

0

2

141

75

0

1

3

26

Lehigh

0

48

146

454

2

141

77

205

Luzerne

0

4

58

121

7

8

33

220

Lycoming

0

5

190

73

18

8

51

31

McKean

0

0

30

31

0

2

4

5

Mercer

2

8

35

101

3

4

18

37

Mifflin

0

0

7

35

0

0

6

8

Monroe

0

0

30

160

10

1

19

111

Montgomery

0

0

169

475

2

4

215

210

Montour

0

0

3

21

0

0

4

2

Northampton

0

16

66

306

0

41

96

69

Northumberland

1

5

45

67

11

52

10

20

Perry

0

0

16

36

0

1

3

9

Philadelphia

0

5

2,523

541

31

149

1,722

177

Pike

0

0

26

46

2

0

7

18

Potter

0

0

12

32

0

0

0

1

Schuylkill

0

0

6

55

0

7

39

29

Snyder

0

1

19

34

0

3

41

3

Somerset

0

0

45

49

1

2

6

5

Sullivan

0

0

7

8

0

0

0

1

Susquehanna

0

1

15

25

0

3

2

1

Tioga

0

3

44

18

0

0

11

9

Union

0

0

5

15

0

1

2

2

Venango

0

0

52

59

0

1

12

5

Warren

0

0

60

20

0

1

3

12

Washington

0

2

43

137

0

3

36

54

Wayne

0

0

22

15

0

0

5

5

17

4

193

161

12

6

91

62

Wyoming

0

2

2

51

0

0

3

5

York

0

14

100

251

9

167

46

126

24

168

8,399

8,046

498

946

3,300

3,454

0.1%

0.4%

18.4%

17.7%

1.1%

2.1%

7.2%

7.6%

Westmoreland

TOTAL % of Total

*The following counties had a total of 1,794 cases where the disposition was reported as either deferred adjudication or deferred placement with no reported adjudication of delinquency at the time of disposition. These dispositions have been included with the disposition of Consent Decree. (Bedford-1, Butler-1, Carbon-6, Centre-47, Chester-5, Clearfield-1, Clinton-1, Crawford-1, Dauphin-1, Erie-27, Greene-1, Jefferson-3, Lackawanna-3, Lebanon-131, Lycoming-81, Mercer-6, Northumberland-1, Philadelphia-1,461, Snyder-1, Washington-2, Westmoreland-11, York2).

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Type of Attorney Representation in Delinquency Proceedings, 2007 This chart presents a summary of the data included in the table found on page 14. The Court Appointed column of the table includes those cases where counsel, other than the public defender, was appointed by the court. Attorney representation at the court hearing may be waived. These cases are reflected in the table as well as in the chart below. The data on attorney representation include only the 27,892 dispositions made as a result of a hearing before a master or a judge. Informally handled cases, reviews, and dependency cases are not included. Legal representation in delinquency proceedings, during 2007, was most often provided by public defenders, who were involved in 67% of the delinquency dispositions involving hearings. Private attorneys provided legal representation in 18.7% of delinquency dispositions involving hearings, followed by court appointed attorneys at 10.4%. Legal representation was waived in 3.8% of delinquency dispositions involving hearings.

ATTORNEY REPRESENTATION: DELINQUENCY DISPOSITIONS

Waived 3.8% Court Not Appointed Reported 10.4% 0.0%

Private 18.7% Public Defender 67.0%

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Type of Attorney Representation in Delinquency Proceedings, 2007 TYPE OF DISPOSITION Transfer to Criminal Court

NUMBER OF PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS DEFENDER

%

PRIVATE

%

COURT APPOINTED

%

WAIVED

%

NOT REPORTED

%

154

94 61.0%

33

21.4%

24

15.6%

3

2.0%

0

0.0%

Transfer to Other Juvenile Court

1,419

1,015 71.5%

165

11.6%

181

12.8%

58

4.1%

0

0.0%

Complaint Withdrawn

2,223

1,391 62.6%

553

24.9%

212

9.5%

64

2.9%

3

0.1%

872

549 63.0%

191

21.9%

87

10.0%

45

5.2%

0

0.0%

Informal Adjustment

84

53 63.1%

13

15.5%

5

6.0%

13

15.5%

0

0.0%

Fines/Costs Ordered

368

250 67.9%

51

13.9%

45

12.2%

22

6.0%

0

0.0%

Dismissed, 2,006 Not Substantiated

1,230 61.3%

368

18.3%

214

10.7%

193

9.6%

1

0.1%

45

34 75.6%

3

6.7%

4

8.9%

4

8.9%

0

0.0%

Consent Decree

7,016

4,659 66.4%

1,571

22.4%

590

8.4%

196

2.8%

0

0.0%

Probation

7,977

5,293 66.4%

1,472

18.5%

968

12.1%

242

3.0%

2

0.0%

527

374 71.0%

83

15.8%

46

8.7%

24

4.6%

0

0.0%

Other Disposition

1,334

948 71.1%

251

18.8%

52

3.9%

83

6.2%

0

0.0%

Placement

3,347

2,455 73.4%

400

12.0%

374

11.2%

117

3.5%

1

0.0%

24

20 83.3%

0

0.0%

1

4.2%

3

12.5%

0

0.0%

496

318 64.1%

70

14.1%

105

21.2%

3

0.6%

0

0.0%

27,892 18,683 67.0%

5,224

10.4% 1,070

3.8%

7

0.0%

Warned, Case Closed

Referred to Agency/Individual

Continued Previous Dispo.

Protective Supervision Probation w/ Day Treatment TOTAL

18.7% 2,908

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

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Delinquency Dispositions by Source of Allegation, 2007 COUNTY Adams

TOTAL DISPOS.

POLICE

DISTRICT JUSTICE %

N

N

%

OTHER JUVENILE COURT N

%

OTHER

PROBATION N

%

N

%

419

272

64.9%

134

32.0%

13

3.1%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Allegheny

4,692

3,046

64.9%

868

18.5%

125

2.7%

15

0.3%

638

13.6%

Armstrong

236

158

67.0%

55

23.3%

22

9.3%

0

0.0%

1

0.4%

Beaver

548

389

71.0%

108

19.7%

33

6.0%

5

0.9%

13

2.4%

Bedford

74

65

87.8%

7

9.5%

2

2.7%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

1,828

1,034

56.6%

713

39.0%

68

3.7%

1

0.1%

12

0.7%

Blair

516

260

50.4%

208

40.3%

19

3.7%

0

0.0%

29

5.6%

Bradford

123

119

96.8%

0

0.0%

3

2.4%

1

0.8%

0

0.0%

Bucks

1,790

1,349

75.4%

365

20.4%

59

3.3%

13

0.7%

4

0.2%

Butler

364

337

92.6%

12

3.3%

12

3.3%

1

0.3%

2

0.6%

Cambria

497

364

73.2%

99

19.9%

13

2.6%

0

0.0%

21

4.2%

Cameron

12

8

66.7%

2

16.7%

2

16.7%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Carbon

183

132

72.1%

35

19.1%

13

7.1%

0

0.0%

3

1.6%

Centre

249

233

93.6%

2

0.8%

1

0.4%

9

3.6%

4

1.6%

1,088

835

76.8%

182

16.7%

69

6.3%

2

0.2%

0

0.0%

86

67

77.9%

15

17.4%

4

4.7%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

133

114

85.7%

16

12.0%

1

0.8%

0

0.0%

2

1.5%

46

32

69.6%

0

0.0%

4

8.7%

3

6.5%

7

15.2%

Columbia

286

128

44.8%

133

46.5%

25

8.7%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Crawford

203

150

73.9%

26

12.8%

9

4.4%

17

8.4%

1

0.5%

Cumberland

644

521

80.9%

54

8.4%

60

9.3%

0

0.0%

9

1.4%

Dauphin

1,548

1,263

81.6%

239

15.4%

42

2.7%

0

0.0%

4

0.3%

Delaware

1,631

1,601

98.2%

3

0.2%

27

1.7%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

82

62

75.6%

16

19.5%

4

4.9%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

1,061

833

78.5%

187

17.6%

23

2.2%

0

0.0%

18

1.7%

Fayette

383

232

60.6%

91

23.8%

28

7.3%

5

1.3%

27

7.1%

Forest

25

17

68.0%

7

28.0%

1

4.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

636

512

80.5%

111

17.5%

10

1.6%

0

0.0%

3

0.5%

Fulton

31

28

90.3%

2

6.5%

0

0.0%

1

3.2%

0

0.0%

Greene

177

62

35.0%

4

2.3%

3

1.7%

1

0.6%

107

60.5%

87

78

89.7%

0

0.0%

8

9.2%

0

0.0%

1

1.2%

Indiana

179

96

53.6%

61

34.1%

17

9.5%

0

0.0%

5

2.8%

Jefferson

178

118

66.3%

43

24.2%

8

4.5%

7

3.9%

2

1.1%

53

39

73.6%

8

15.1%

6

11.3%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Berks

Chester Clarion Clearfield Clinton

Elk Erie

Franklin

Huntingdon

Juniata

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Delinquency Dispositions by Source of Allegation, 2007 COUNTY Lackawanna

TOTAL DISPOS.

POLICE N

DISTRICT JUSTICE %

N

%

OTHER JUVENILE COURT N

%

OTHER

PROBATION N

%

N

%

425

375

88.2%

6

1.4%

25

5.9%

17

4.0%

2

0.5%

Lancaster

1,494

997

66.7%

448

30.0%

42

2.8%

7

0.5%

0

0.0%

Lawrence

382

226

59.2%

139

36.4%

11

2.9%

4

1.1%

2

0.5%

Lebanon

402

397

98.8%

0

0.0%

4

1.0%

0

0.0%

1

0.3%

Lehigh

1,521

1,127

74.1%

208

13.7%

83

5.5%

84

5.5%

19

1.3%

Luzerne

1,066

503

47.2%

474

44.5%

32

3.0%

0

0.0%

57

5.4%

Lycoming

567

377

66.5%

176

31.0%

13

2.3%

0

0.0%

1

0.2%

McKean

105

103

98.1%

0

0.0%

2

1.9%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Mercer

303

264

87.1%

30

9.9%

8

2.6%

1

0.3%

0

0.0%

Mifflin

85

55

64.7%

17

20.0%

12

14.1%

1

1.2%

0

0.0%

481

329

68.4%

102

21.2%

49

10.2%

0

0.0%

1

0.2%

2,294

1,487

64.8%

705

30.7%

90

3.9%

0

0.0%

12

0.5%

55

47

85.5%

0

0.0%

5

9.1%

3

5.5%

0

0.00%

1,089

827

75.94%

192

17.6%

68

6.2%

1

0.1%

1

0.1%

Northumberland

502

296

59.0%

175

34.9%

11

2.2%

20

4.0%

0

0.0%

Perry

136

119

87.5%

0

0.0%

16

11.8%

0

0.0%

1

0.7%

8,796

8,326

94.7%

0

0.0%

259

2.9%

0

0.0%

211

2.4%

136

112

82.4%

11

8.1%

9

6.6%

3

2.2%

1

0.7%

72

56

77.8%

15

20.8%

1

1.4%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Schuylkill

443

210

47.4%

205

46.3%

25

5.6%

1

0.2%

2

0.5%

Snyder

174

132

75.9%

26

14.9%

8

4.6%

0

0.0%

8

4.6%

Somerset

178

140

78.7%

30

16.9%

8

4.5%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Sullivan

16

15

93.8%

0

0.0%

1

6.3%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Susquehanna

80

60

75.0%

9

11.3%

9

11.3%

0

0.0%

2

2.5%

Tioga

103

80

77.7%

13

12.6%

10

9.7%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

Union

48

41

85.4%

1

2.1%

3

6.3%

1

2.1%

2

4.2%

Venango

181

138

76.2%

35

19.3%

5

2.8%

3

1.7%

0

0.0%

Warren

144

102

70.8%

34

23.6%

7

4.9%

1

0.7%

0

0.0%

Washington

911

408

44.8%

381

41.8%

42

4.6%

0

0.0%

80

8.8%

80

71

88.8%

0

0.0%

8

10.0%

1

1.3%

0

0.0%

1,219

689

56.5%

299

24.5%

43

3.5%

5

0.4%

183

15.0%

116

63

54.3%

31

26.7%

7

6.0%

0

0.0%

15

12.9%

1,881

1,016

54.0%

802

42.6%

42

2.2%

0

0.0%

21

1.1%

45,573 33,742

74.0%

8,370

18.4% 1,692

3.7%

234

0.5%

1,535

3.4%

Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton

Philadelphia Pike Potter

Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York TOTAL

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

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JUVENILE COURT JUDGES’ COMMISSION

Time Lapse from Allegation to Disposition for Delinquency Cases, 2007 Time lapse information is calculated from the date of allegation to the date of disposition. Disposition reviews, placement reviews, and dependency cases are not included. Dispositions are grouped into one of two categories: formal or informal. A disposition is counted in the formal category if a date was reported in the Date of Hearing field indicating that a hearing before a judge or master was conducted.

FORMAL DISPOSITIONS

INFORMAL DISPOSITIONS

TOTAL

MEDIAN IN DAYS

TOTAL

MEDIAN IN DAYS

419

217

104.0

202

43.5

Allegheny

4,692

3,477

111.0

1,215

123.0

Armstrong

236

87

117.0

149

70.0

Beaver

548

192

68.0

356

35.0

Bedford

74

74

71.5

0

0.0

1,828

916

105.0

912

37.0

Blair

516

242

93.0

274

114.0

Bradford

123

68

134.5

55

84.0

Bucks

1,790

1,229

105.0

561

91.0

Butler

364

330

59.0

34

134.5

Cambria

497

395

93.0

102

58.0

Cameron

12

7

49.0

5

24.5

Carbon

183

61

74.0

122

80.0

Centre

249

244

77.0

5

223.0

1,088

688

114.0

400

145.0

86

55

58.0

31

62.0

133

91

93.0

42

63.0

46

38

31.5

8

22.5

Columbia

286

89

71.0

197

28.0

Crawford

203

150

88.0

53

69.0

Cumberland

644

171

63.0

473

41.0

Dauphin

1,548

1,239

116.0

309

141.0

Delaware

1,631

1,625

82.0

6

349.0

82

43

63.0

39

35.0

1,061

683

112.5

378

55.0

Fayette

383

76

51.5

307

33.0

Forest

25

13

60.0

12

52.0

636

287

81.0

349

63.0

Fulton

31

23

98.0

8

24.5

Greene

177

35

123.0

142

32.5

87

83

84.0

4

89.0

Indiana

179

44

79.0

135

35.0

Jefferson

178

56

57.0

122

41.5

53

53

38.0

0

0.0

COUNTY Adams

Berks

Chester Clarion Clearfield Clinton

Elk Erie

Franklin

Huntingdon

Juniata

17

TOTAL DISPOSITIONS

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Time Lapse from Allegation to Disposition for Delinquency Cases, 2007 TOTAL DISPOSITIONS

FORMAL DISPOSITIONS

INFORMAL DISPOSITIONS

TOTAL

MEDIAN IN DAYS

TOTAL

MEDIAN IN DAYS

425

378

64.0

47

30.5

Lancaster

1,494

766

101.0

728

50.0

Lawrence

382

69

66.0

313

30.0

Lebanon

402

299

60.0

103

29.0

Lehigh

1,521

873

63.0

648

76.5

Luzerne

1,066

498

62.0

568

7.0

Lycoming

567

371

28.0

196

35.5

McKean

105

72

72.0

33

44.5

Mercer

303

220

100.0

83

62.0

Mifflin

85

63

56.0

22

101.0

481

356

116.5

125

192.0

2,294

1,147

93.0

1,147

34.0

55

43

74.0

12

27.0

1,089

582

97.5

507

49.0

Northumberland

502

135

125.0

367

74.5

Perry

136

78

72.0

58

23.0

8,796

6,302

65.0

2,494

30.0

136

118

124.0

18

58.0

72

69

69.5

3

15.0

Schuylkill

443

104

118.0

339

17.0

Snyder

174

102

78.5

72

64.5

Somerset

178

94

117.0

84

90.5

Sullivan

16

13

100.5

3

226.0

Susquehanna

80

56

50.0

24

51.0

Tioga

103

60

49.0

43

16.5

Union

48

32

153.0

16

122.5

Venango

181

120

78.0

61

158.0

Warren

144

57

53.0

87

20.5

Washington

911

325

83.0

586

47.0

80

49

161.0

31

139.5

1,219

726

126.0

493

130.0

116

88

58.0

28

58.0

1,881

546

138.5

1,335

34.0

45,573

27,892

87.0

17,681

44.0

COUNTY Lackawanna

Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton

Philadelphia Pike Potter

Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York TOTAL

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

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Median Time Lapse for Formal Cases by Type of Disposition, 2007 Date of Allegation to Date of Disposition

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

Number of Dispositions

Type of Disposition

Median Days

Placement ................................................................ 3,347 .................... 56.0 Referred to Agency/Individual ....................................... 45 .................... 61.5 Other Dispositions .................................................... 1,334 .................... 67.0 Protective Supervision .................................................. 24 .................... 70.0 Transfer to Other Juvenile Court ............................. 1,419 .................... 76.0 Transfer to Criminal Court ........................................... 154 .................... 78.0 Probation w/ DayTreatment ........................................ 496 .................... 79.0 Consent Decree ....................................................... 7,016 .................... 82.0 Informal Adjustment ...................................................... 84 .................... 86.0 Continued Previous Disposition .................................. 527 .................... 87.0 Complaint Withdrawn ............................................... 2,223 .................... 93.0 Probation .................................................................. 7,977 .................... 97.0 Warned, Case Closed ................................................. 872 .................. 105.0 Dismissed Not Substantiated ................................... 2,006 .................. 108.0 Fines/Costs ................................................................. 368 .................. 113.0 Total ....................................................................... 27,892 .................... 87.0

Median Time Lapse for Informal Cases by Type of Disposition, 2007 Date of Allegation to Date of Disposition

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

19

Type of Disposition

Number of Dispositions

Median Days

Transfer to Criminal Court ............................................... 3 .................... 11.0 Referred to Agency/Individual ..................................... 123 .................... 20.5 Continued Previous Disposition .................................. 419 .................... 25.0 Fines/Costs .............................................................. 3,590 .................... 28.0 Placement ................................................................... 107 .................... 42.0 Informal Adjustment ................................................. 6,432 .................... 45.0 Other Dispos ............................................................ 1,966 .................... 46.0 Transfer to Other Court ............................................... 171 .................... 51.0 Consent Decree ....................................................... 1,383 .................... 59.0 Warned, Case Closed .............................................. 2,032 .................... 65.0 Complaint Withdrawn ............................................... 1,357 .................... 72.0 Probation ....................................................................... 69 .................. 139.0 Dismissed Not Substantiated ........................................ 27 .................. 149.0 Probation with Day Treatment ........................................ 2 .................. 274.0 Total ....................................................................... 17,681 .................... 44.0

PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

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Delinquency Placements, 2003 - 2007 DELINQUENCY PLACEMENTS Including Disposition Reviews 8000 7000

7,421

7,525

4,536

4,715

4,695

1,834

1,994

2,144

1,710 619

668

674

712

686

2003N

2004

2005

2006

2007

7,408 7,012

7,044

4,634

6000 5000

4,591

4000 3000 2,198 2000 1000 0

StatewideN Remaining Counties NPlease

Philadelphia CountyN Allegheny County

refer to the note on page 2 regarding Philadelphia dispositions.

PLACEMENTS AS A PERCENT OF DISPOSITIONS Including Disposition Reviews 15 14.1 13.1

12.8

12.5

12.4

11.9 12 10.7

10.4

10.3 9.6

9

9.5

9.5

6.9

9.1

9.9

9.4 7.2

8.4 7.2

2006

2007

6.6

6 2003N

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2005

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Delinquency Placements, 2003 - 2007 Including Disposition Reviews COUNTY Adams

2004

2005

2006

2007

PERCENT CHANGE 06-07

PLACEMENT AS A % OF DISPOSITION

44

32

37

41

54

31.7%

11.9%

Allegheny

619

668

674

712

686

-3.7%

8.4%

Armstrong

15

18

13

11

11

0.0%

4.5%

Beaver

49

42

36

43

52

20.9%

8.5%

Bedford

2

5

14

27

13

-51.9%

12.3%

Berks

215

220

256

272

301

10.7%

13.4%

Blair

21

24

23

15

20

33.3%

3.8%

5

11

6

8

11

37.5%

8.8%

Bucks

445

436

349

409

438

7.1%

20.0%

Butler

31

28

29

43

37

-14.0%

6.2%

Cambria

36

26

25

27

10

-63.0%

1.7%

Cameron

3

3

6

5

6

20.0%

33.3%

Carbon

22

24

21

22

27

22.7%

14.1%

Centre

21

21

27

34

38

11.8%

11.7%

Chester

155

197

198

182

167

-8.2%

14.6%

Clarion

18

12

12

15

7

-53.3%

6.0%

Clearfield

10

15

15

13

13

0.0%

8.7%

Clinton

18

9

17

16

15

-6.3%

26.3%

Columbia

17

23

19

25

24

-4.0%

8.1%

Crawford

31

34

24

29

14

-51.7%

6.8%

Cumberland

23

25

37

33

39

18.2%

4.2%

Dauphin

266

262

212

235

323

37.4%

17.7%

Delaware

316

322

296

421

471

11.9%

20.2%

4

8

7

6

7

16.7%

8.1%

249

259

233

276

251

-9.1%

21.7%

Fayette

25

34

36

29

25

-13.8%

6.4%

Forest

0

0

1

1

4

300.0%

15.4%

75

82

63

78

66

-15.4%

10.2%

Fulton

4

2

4

4

2

-50.0%

5.1%

Greene

14

5

12

6

5

-16.7%

2.8%

Huntingdon

12

6

3

6

8

33.3%

9.2%

9

6

9

10

6

-40.0%

3.3%

Jefferson

36

24

23

37

27

-27.0%

13.6%

Juniata

12

10

6

10

9

-10.0%

15.0%

Bradford

Elk Erie

Franklin

Indiana

21

2003


PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING & RESEARCH

continued

Delinquency Placements, 2003 - 2007 Including Disposition Reviews COUNTY Lackawanna

2003


2004

2005

2006

2007

PERCENT CHANGE 06-07

PLACEMENT AS A % OF DISPOSITION

93

100

70

91

65

-28.6%

5.0%

Lancaster

187

193

180

178

147

-17.4%

9.1%

Lawrence

18

17

18

15

12

-20.0%

3.0%

Lebanon

57

38

52

40

32

-20.0%

7.1%

Lehigh

286

272

290

246

265

7.7%

15.7%

Luzerne

403

329

278

298

314

5.4%

25.8%

Lycoming

98

101

134

96

85

-11.5%

11.4%

McKean

5

4

7

9

8

-11.1%

5.3%

Mercer

75

65

65

31

44

41.9%

13.5%

Mifflin

16

17

13

13

21

61.5%

18.8%

Monroe

154

141

184

172

170

-1.2%

30.5%

Montgomery

257

296

343

344

299

-13.1%

12.3%

8

11

7

2

8

300.0%

11.4%

Northampton

86

114

114

126

114

-9.5%

9.9%

Northumberland

24

26

35

36

28

-22.2%

5.4%

Perry

17

16

18

9

9

0.0%

6.5%

2,198

1,710

1,834

1,994

2,144

7.5%

7.2%

18

33

39

32

22

-31.3%

14.4%

4

1

0

6

1

-83.3%

1.4%

57

59

61

55

42

-23.6%

9.2%

Snyder

8

13

11

10

10

0.0%

5.3%

Somerset

5

9

9

5

13

160.0%

6.6%

Sullivan

1

2

1

2

3

50.0%

15.0%

Susquehanna

10

9

6

7

3

-57.1%

3.2%

Tioga

17

11

14

14

11

-21.4%

9.9%

Union

7

11

5

8

5

-37.5%

8.2%

Venango

12

22

20

12

7

-41.7%

3.8%

Warren

13

18

18

18

17

-5.6%

10.9%

105

121

104

101

100

-1.0%

10.1%

Wayne

22

19

33

14

10

-28.6%

11.8%

Westmoreland

92

107

117

108

103

-4.6%

7.2%

7

18

9

21

16

-23.8%

12.0%

226

216

212

207

210

1.4%

8.5%

7,408

7,012

7,044

7,421

7,525

1.4%

9.9%

Montour

Philadelphia
Pike Potter Schuylkill

Washington

Wyoming York TOTAL


Please refer to the note on page 2 regarding Philadelphia dispositions. NOTE: Does not include placement reviews.

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Delinquency Placements by Type, 2007 Including Disposition Reviews

COUNTY

Adams

TOTAL PRIVATE DPW PLACEMENTS INSTITUTION OPEN YDC

GROUP HOME

FOSTER CARE

SECURITY

DRUG & WILDERNESS BASED† ALCOHOL

BOOT CAMP

INDEP. LIVING

OTHER TYPE

54

11

2

16

6

0

9

10

0

0

0

Allegheny

686

180

45

195

0

50

43

60

98

14

1

Armstrong

11

1

0

8

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

Beaver

52

15

0

13

3

7

8

0

2

3

1

Bedford

13

3

0

2

0

1

5

1

1

0

0

Berks

301

165

17

13

5

21

19

34

17

7

3

Blair

20

7

0

4

3

4

2

0

0

0

0

Bradford

11

3

0

0

1

1

0

2

2

0

2

Bucks

438

57

1

94

47

12

93

82

46

1

5

Butler

37

7

1

10

0

0

3

0

8

7

1

Cambria

10

5

0

0

0

0

1

0

3

0

1

Cameron

6

3

0

0

1

0

2

0

0

0

0

Carbon

27

7

0

1

0

5

2

3

9

0

0

Centre

38

10

0

9

0

2

0

2

14

0

1

Chester

167

63

2

20

5

13

23

28

8

4

1

7

3

0

0

0

0

2

0

2

0

0

Clearfield

13

5

0

1

3

1

1

0

1

0

1

Clinton

15

6

1

2

0

2

0

0

3

0

1

Columbia

24

0

1

3

5

1

0

4

9

1

0

Crawford

14

3

0

4

0

2

1

0

1

1

2

Cumberland

39

8

0

5

1

3

14

0

6

0

2

Dauphin

323

107

18

78

1

9

16

24

41

5

24

Delaware

471

134

4

57

0

35

82

109

48

1

1

7

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

251

62

0

67

1

17

51

0

52

1

0

Fayette

25

14

1

3

0

2

3

0

2

0

0

Forest

4

0

0

2

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

66

19

1

10

4

1

1

8

7

0

15

Fulton

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

Greene

5

1

0

1

1

0

2

0

0

0

0

Huntingdon

8

3

0

1

0

0

3

0

0

0

1

Indiana

6

1

0

1

0

1

1

1

1

0

0

27

21

0

2

0

0

0

0

2

1

1

9

1

0

1

0

3

1

0

0

0

3

Clarion

Elk Erie

Franklin

Jefferson Juniata

† Placements to the Department of Public Welfare Youth Forestry Camps are included in either Wilderness-Based, Boot Camp, Drug & Alcohol, or Other category, depending upon the type of service reported.

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continued

Delinquency Placements by Type, 2007 Including Disposition Reviews

COUNTY Lackawanna

TOTAL PRIVATE DPW PLACEMENTS INSTITUTION OPEN YDC

GROUP HOME

FOSTER CARE

SECURITY

DRUG & WILDERNESS ALCOHOL BASED†

BOOT CAMP

INDEP. LIVING

OTHER TYPE

65

18

3

6

3

6

23

0

4

0

2

Lancaster

147

32

15

38

0

21

20

12

8

1

0

Lawrence

12

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Lebanon

32

13

0

1

1

4

5

1

7

0

0

Lehigh

265

31

4

10

0

46

22

97

50

0

5

Luzerne

314

80

0

2

0

26

35

125

34

7

5

Lycoming

85

39

0

0

9

3

4

9

21

0

0

McKean

8

3

0

0

1

0

1

0

3

0

0

Mercer

44

14

0

10

0

3

3

5

8

1

0

Mifflin

21

4

0

3

0

1

3

6

1

0

3

Monroe

170

42

0

3

0

12

11

44

58

0

0

Montgomery

299

148

5

76

8

4

20

29

2

1

6

8

1

0

1

2

0

0

0

3

0

1

114

70

2

9

0

2

12

10

6

0

3

28

2

0

3

7

0

2

7

5

0

2

9

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

2,144 1,072

75

55

10

178

345

100

209

18

82

Montour Northampton Northumberland Perry Philadelphia Pike

22

5

1

2

0

1

2

6

5

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Schuylkill

42

12

2

2

1

3

3

5

14

0

0

Snyder

10

3

0

1

0

0

1

1

1

0

3

Somerset

13

1

0

1

0

1

2

3

5

0

0

Sullivan

3

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Susquehanna

3

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Tioga

11

3

0

1

0

2

2

0

3

0

0

Union

5

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

Venango

7

4

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

17

17

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

100

33

0

15

0

28

8

1

10

1

4

10

3

0

3

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

103

34

3

22

2

6

27

3

5

0

1

16

4

0

3

0

1

3

0

4

0

1

210

60

13

24

1

11

32

28

18

11

12

7,525 2,704

217

918

134

552

979

860

872

88

201

1.8%

7.3%

13.0%

11.4% 11.6%

Potter

Warren Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York TOTAL % of Total

100.0% 35.9% 2.9%

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

12.2%

1.2% 2.7%

24

25

Butler 6.2%

Greene 2.8%

Clarion 6.0%

N

York 8.5%

Dauphin 17.7%

25.1% - 30.0%

Wayne 11.8%

Chester 14.6%

Bucks 20.0%

Pike 14.4%

Delaware 20.2%

PhiladelphiaN 7.2%

Montgomery 12.3%

30.1% - 35.0%

Lancaster 9.1%

Monroe 30.5%

Northampton 9.9% Lehigh 15.7%

Carbon 14.1%

Berks 13.4%

Luzerne 25.8%

Wyoming 12.0% Lackawanna 5.0%

Susquehanna 3.2%

Schuylkill 9.2%

Lebanon 7.1%

d

n rla

Columbia 8.1%

e mb hu .4% 5

rt No

Montour 11.4%

Sullivan 15.0%

Bradford 8.8%

20.1% - 25.0%

Adams 11.9%

Cumberland 4.2%

6.5%

NOTE: Does not include placement reviews. Please refer to the note on page 2 regarding Philadelphia dispositions.

15.1% - 20.0%

Franklin 10.2%

5.1% - 10.0%

Fulton 5.1%

10.1% - 15.0%

Somerset 6.6%

Snyder 5.3%

Union 8.2%

Lycoming 11.4%

Tioga 9.9%

lin iff % ta M 8.8 nia 1 Ju .0% 15 Perry

Clinton 26.3%

Centre 11.7%

Potter 1.4%

Huntingdon 9.2%

Cameron 33.3%

Blair 3.8%

Bedford 12.3%

Cambria 1.7%

Clearfield 8.7%

Elk 8.1%

McKean 5.3%

0.0% - 5.0%

Fayette 6.4%

Westmoreland 7.2%

Indiana 3.3%

Jefferson 13.6%

Forest 15.4%

Warren 10.9%

Armstrong 4.5%

Venango 3.8%

Allegheny 8.4%

Washington 10.1%

Beaver 8.5%

Lawrence 3.0%

Mercer 13.5%

Crawford 6.8%

Erie 21.7%

JUVENILE COURT JUDGES’ COMMISSION

Delinquency Placements as a % of Dispositions, 2007

Including Disposition Reviews

PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING & RESEARCH

Total Delinquency Placements by Type, 2007

This chart depicts the type of placement as a percent of total delinquency placements, including those resulting from disposition reviews. In general, these data correspond to the types of placement utilized in the disposition of new cases (see page 23). The reader is directed to pages 65 and 66 for a breakdown, by county, of the type of service ordered by courts following disposition reviews.

TOTAL DELINQUENCY PLACEMENTS, INCLUDING DISPOSITION REVIEWS NOTE: Includes disposition reviews.

35.9%

Private Institution 12.7%

Drug & Alcohol Group Home

12.2%

Boot Camp

11.6% 8.8%

Wilderness-Based 4.3%

Private Secure DPW Secure YDC

3.1%

DPW YFC

3.0%

DPW Open YDC

2.9%

Other Placement

2.7% 1.8%

Foster Care

1.2%

Independent Living 0

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

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Alleged Offenses by Type, 2007 COUNTY

Beginning with the 1997 juvenile court dispositions, the seven most serious charges per disposition were collected. This is an increase from four charges per disposition in previous years. For this reason, the reader is cautioned not to compare the 2007 charge information shown on pages 27, 28, 31 and 32 to reports prior to 1997. Property Offenses represented 33.3% of all alleged offenses in 2007. Offenses against persons comprised 24.6% of all alleged offenses, while drug offenses accounted for 13.7%. Other offenses accounted for 28.3% of all alleged offenses.

Adams

PROPERTY

DRUG

OTHER

TOTAL

240

486

141

293

1,160

Allegheny

3,644

3,399

1,641

4,106

12,790

Armstrong

100

248

70

194

612

1,693

532

96

397

2,718

52

68

41

50

211

Berks

706

816

401

1,302

3,225

Blair

271

412

98

508

1,289

75

204

39

68

386

Bucks

1,048

3,097

957

1,834

6,936

Butler

231

426

203

244

1,104

Cambria

393

495

188

528

1,604

5

10

5

3

23

Carbon

102

250

59

131

542

Centre

152

558

116

83

909

Chester

238

465

224

112

1,039

Clarion

146

153

22

77

398

Clearfield

85

163

40

82

370

Clinton

23

78

25

29

155

Columbia

63

237

94

266

660

Crawford

140

387

62

121

710

Cumberland

343

698

264

461

1,766

Dauphin

941

1,004

623

1,212

3,780

3,397

3,068

1,318

1,527

9,310

Elk

146

129

19

43

337

Erie

709

1,401

295

821

3,226

Fayette

245

273

83

314

915

Forest

32

11

4

24

71

428

763

172

385

1,748

Fulton

38

50

5

31

124

Greene

64

94

24

151

333

Huntingdon

57

115

37

68

277

Indiana

39

137

76

164

416

196

184

60

172

612

59

46

34

40

179

Beaver Bedford

Bradford

Cameron

Delaware

Franklin

Jefferson Juniata

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PERSON

PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING & RESEARCH

continued

Alleged Offenses by Type, 2007 COUNTY

PERSON

PROPERTY

DRUG

OTHER

TOTAL

Lackawanna

384

352

202

306

1,244

Lancaster

573

1,316

397

1,216

3,502

Lawrence

213

278

48

265

804

Lebanon

282

640

192

210

1,324

1,282

1,354

424

1,571

4,631

Luzerne

378

610

250

992

2,230

Lycoming

284

783

193

491

1,751

McKean

93

124

33

96

346

Mercer

140

310

117

178

745

Mifflin

42

40

21

66

169

292

1,092

143

401

1,928

1,522

2,088

932

2,165

6,707

67

93

11

44

215

Northampton

674

921

463

970

3,028

Northumberland

269

547

101

701

1,618

68

168

75

45

356

3,101

2,062

2,710

1,270

9,143

Pike

76

307

71

80

534

Potter

36

47

21

21

125

146

249

133

391

919

94

174

48

184

500

141

222

64

128

555

6

9

0

2

17

Susquehanna

30

112

17

45

204

Tioga

67

116

33

87

303

Union

34

62

38

27

161

117

190

73

150

530

77

129

39

103

348

489

617

173

915

2,194

43

107

50

71

271

586

798

409

1,613

3,406

52

49

22

84

207

490

1,763

642

1,758

4,653

28,249

38,186

15,681

32,487

114,603

24.6%

33.3%

13.7%

28.3%

100.0%

Lehigh

Monroe Montgomery Montour

Perry Philadelphia

Schuylkill Snyder Somerset Sullivan

Venango Warren Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York TOTAL % of Total

NOTE: Includes most serious seven offenses and counts reported on each case.

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

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Selected Alleged Charges, 2003-2007 The line chart below shows a selection of alleged charges. A disposition with an alleged drug charge and none of the other listed alleged charges (rape, robbery, aggravated assault) was counted in the drug category. A disposition with an alleged aggravated assault charge, and no alleged rape or robbery charges was counted in the aggravated assault category. A disposition with an alleged robbery charge and no alleged rape charge was counted in the robbery category. Any disposition with an alleged rape charge was counted in the rape category. For the reasons explained on page 27, the reader is again cautioned not to compare these figures to those reports prior to 1997. There were 315 alleged rape charges in 2007, representing a 16.7% increase from 2006. Also of interest, were the 2,064 alleged robbery charges in 2007, representing an 8.5% increase from 2006 and a 45.5% increase from 2003. Aggravated Assault charges decreased by 2.8% from 2006.


Please refer to the note on page 2 regarding Philadelphia dispositions.

SELECTED ALLEGED CHARGES

8000 7000

7,584

7,582

7,675

7,698

3,628

3,503

3,540

3,441

Drugs

7,036 6000

5000

4000

Aggravated Assault

3,154 3000

2000

1,688

1,903

2,064 Robbery

1,419

1,521

341

294

327

270

315

2004

2005

2006

2007

1000 0 2003N

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Rape

PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING & RESEARCH

Selected Substantiated Charges, 2003-2007 The line chart below shows a selection of substantiated charges. A disposition with a substantiated drug charge and none of the other listed substantiated charges (rape, robbery, aggravated assault) was counted in the drug category. A disposition with a substantiated aggravated assault charge, and no substantiated rape or robbery charges was counted in the aggravated assault category. A disposition with a substantiated robbery charge and no substantiated rape charge was counted in the robbery category. Any disposition with a substantiated rape charge was counted in the rape category. For the reasons explained on page 27, the reader is again cautioned not to compare these figures to those in reports prior to 1997. There were 51 substantiated rape charges in 2007, representing an 8.5% increase from 2006. Also of interest, there were 530 substantiated robbery charges representing a 9.1% decrease from 2006. Substantiated aggravated assault charges decreased 21.5% from 2006 and drug charges decreased 10.6%.


Please refer to the note on page 2 regarding Philadelphia dispositions.

SELECTED SUBSTANTIATED CHARGES

4000

3,728 3500

3,315 3,189

3,185

3000

2,846 Drugs

2500 2000

1500 1000

500

597

577

582

515 81

435 61

441 59

2003N

2004

2005

583 544

530

47

427 51

2006

2007

0

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

Robbery Aggravated Assault Rape

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JUVENILE COURT JUDGES’ COMMISSION

Substantiated Offenses by Type, 2007 Substantiated property offenses represented 36.2% of all substantiated offenses in 2007, followed by substantiated person offenses (23.7%), and substantiated drug offenses (15.1%). All other substantiated offenses accounted for 25% of the total substantiated offenses.

COUNTY

PERSON

PROPERTY

DRUG

OTHER

27

70

34

12

143

Allegheny

825

763

416

858

2,862

Armstrong

11

42

4

12

69

Beaver

25

44

14

38

121

Bedford

17

26

16

11

70

Berks

383

433

218

412

1,446

Blair

26

29

14

26

95

Bradford

21

24

6

13

64

Bucks

703

1,730

536

927

3,896

Butler

38

80

57

44

219

Cambria

82

124

52

158

416

Cameron

1

8

5

2

16

Carbon

24

45

13

30

112

Centre

48

220

36

29

333

Chester

222

398

217

119

956

Clarion

25

40

11

26

102

Clearfield

35

93

25

40

193

Clinton

16

40

15

17

88

Columbia

16

55

20

41

132

Crawford

56

197

30

51

334

Cumberland

52

123

27

42

244

514

609

380

712

2,215

Delaware

0

0

0

0

0

Elk

5

8

4

5

22

311

533

158

377

1,379

Fayette

71

56

23

57

207

Forest

15

9

1

3

28

104

207

53

56

420

Fulton

11

11

2

5

29

Greene

18

57

10

19

104

Huntingdon

34

50

25

33

142

3

20

7

12

42

Jefferson

18

34

9

25

86

Juniata

47

33

22

26

128

Adams

Dauphin

Erie

Franklin

Indiana

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TOTAL

PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING & RESEARCH

continued

Substantiated Offenses by Type, 2007 COUNTY

PERSON

PROPERTY

DRUG

OTHER

Lackawanna

158

102

111

118

489

Lancaster

391

773

249

507

1,920

Lawrence

40

34

4

10

88

Lebanon

179

325

123

140

767

Lehigh

526

560

208

664

1,958

Luzerne

266

379

146

309

1,100

Lycoming

110

410

118

152

790

McKean

59

87

30

74

250

Mercer

53

114

44

63

274

Mifflin

16

18

12

21

67

Monroe

71

133

41

80

325

493

563

322

257

1,635

15

16

3

14

48

231

262

143

212

848

Northumberland

62

162

41

78

343

Perry

23

53

22

14

112

772

454

433

613

2,272

Pike

26

158

21

26

231

Potter

28

29

15

3

75

Schuylkill

46

103

53

51

253

Snyder

36

30

13

33

112

Somerset

69

99

28

30

226

Sullivan

3

4

0

2

9

Susquehanna

7

26

4

10

47

Tioga

34

26

6

22

88

Union

5

10

17

8

40

Venango

40

67

28

28

163

Warren

24

45

8

12

89

137

178

48

71

434

17

72

37

35

161

105

130

93

277

605

16

22

12

28

78

159

575

220

259

1,213

TOTAL

8,021

12,230

5,113

8,459

33,823

% of Total

23.7%

36.2%

15.1%

25.0%

100.0%

Montgomery Montour Northampton

Philadelphia

Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York

TOTAL

NOTE: Includes most serious seven offenses and counts reported on each case.

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

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JUVENILE COURT JUDGES’ COMMISSION

Secure Detention The Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission’s “Standards Governing the Use of Secure Detention Under the Juvenile Act” were developed to guide decision making regarding juvenile detention usage in Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice system. Compliance with these standards is required for counties participating in the Commission’s Grant-in-Aid Program, with the exception of Philadelphia. Detention information appearing in this Disposition Report was extracted from the secure detention database at the Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research. In accordance with the Standards Governing Secure Detention, all counties, except Philadelphia, report their secure detention use to the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission. This is accomplished statewide through the detention centers. Each month, all juvenile detention centers, with the exception of the Youth Study Center in Philadelphia, report their detention admissions along with the Statement of Facts and Reasons that must accompany every probation-authorized admission to secure detention. Philadelphia County is not included in this reporting system. When interpreting the data contained in these tables, the reader should note the following: 1. The unit of count is the admission of a juvenile to a secure detention center; 2. A juvenile who is admitted to a secure detention center and subsequently transferred to another secure detention center without release is counted as two admissions.

Codes Related to Standards Governing the Use of Secure Detention Under The Juvenile Act

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100 Codes

Circumstances under which secure detention may be authorized on the basis of an alleged offense or on the basis of an alleged offense and the child’s current status with the court or prior record.

200 Codes

Circumstances under which secure detention may be authorized on the basis of a child’s status as an absconder or fugitive; on the basis of a child’s record of failing to appear at previous juvenile proceedings; or because of extraordinary circumstances which require secure detention to prevent a child from absconding.

300 Codes

Circumstances under which secure detention may be authorized on the written request of the child or child’s attorney.

400 Codes

Circumstances under which secure detention may be ordered pending disposition, subsequent to a finding that a child committed a delinquent act or is a delinquent child.

500 Codes

Circumstances under which secure detention may be ordered following disposition pending transfer to placement.

600 Codes

Circumstances under which secure detention may be authorized on the basis of the child’s status, pending or subsequent to a disposition review proceeding.

Code 701

Circumstances under which secure detention may be authorized on the basis of extraordinary and exceptional circumstances.

PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING & RESEARCH

Length of Stay in Secure Detention, 2007* This table reflects the median length of stay in secure detention. The median is defined as the value above and below which half the cases fall. In 2007, the median length of stay in secure detention was 11 days, which is a decrease of one day compared to 2006.

COUNTY Adams Allegheny Armstrong Beaver

NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS 65

MEDIAN LENGTH OF STAY IN DAYS 10.0

COUNTY Juniata

NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS 13

MEDIAN LENGTH OF STAY IN DAYS 11.0

3,117 6 205

7.0 7.5 16.0

Lackawanna Lancaster Lawrence

289 534 0

6.0 20.0 0.0

Bedford Berks Blair

5 712 64

7.0 19.5 8.5

Lebanon Lehigh Luzerne

65 678 406

4.0 14.0 6.0

Bradford Bucks Butler

14 665 3

18.0 15.0 16.0

Lycoming McKean Mercer

108 3 1

9.0 7.0 27.0

Cambria Cameron Carbon

111 2 13

12.0 6.5 11.0

Mifflin Monroe Montgomery

50 74 533

8.0 10.5 21.0

Centre Chester Clarion

60 357 0

17.0 21.0 0.0

Montour Northampton Northumberland

2 324 30

8.0 14.0 7.0

41 35 23

12.0 8.0 13.0

Perry Pike Potter

14 28 15

12.5 6.0 10.0

Crawford Cumberland Dauphin

0 95 1,527

0.0 14.0 7.0

Schuylkill Snyder Somerset

30 10 20

7.5 19.0 13.0

Delaware Elk Erie

1,247 5 423

13.0 11.0 9.0

Sullivan Susquehanna Tioga

5 2 22

11.0 11.0 13.0

Fayette Forest Franklin

65 0 79

15.0 0.0 11.0

Union Venango Warren

1 0 0

5.0 0.0 0.0

Fulton Greene Huntingdon

4 5 15

9.0 11.0 12.0

Washington Wayne Westmoreland

167 17 258

12.0 11.0 12.0

Indiana Jefferson

12 4

6.0 17.0

Wyoming York

9 249

50.0 20.0

12,936

11.0

Clearfield Clinton Columbia

TOTAL

NOTE: This table only includes those admissions for which a date of release was reported. * Includes 216 secure detention admissions to Jefferson Detention Center in Ohio by the following counties: Fayette (48); Washington (168).

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

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JUVENILE COURT JUDGES’ COMMISSION

Secure Detention Admissions by Standard Section Codes, 2007* COUNTY Adams

TOTAL ADMISSIONS

100

200

300

400

500

600

701

UNKNOWN

69

19

12

0

1

2

26

9

Allegheny

3,210

628

2,346

0

3

1

83

13

Armstrong

6

4

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

213

38

169

0

2

0

4

0

0

5

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

Berks

764

214

188

0

82

32

45

101

Blair

67

11

45

0

3

4

3

0

1

Bradford

14

6

3

0

1

0

1

0

3

Bucks

699

90

480

0

4

3

53

3

66

Butler

4

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

118

44

41

0

1

0

12

0

20

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Carbon

14

9

2

0

0

0

2

0

1

Centre

63

25

20

0

3

0

14

1

0

Chester

377

144

75

1

77

11

37

30

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Clearfield

41

4

22

0

2

2

3

1

7

Clinton

35

5

6

0

1

0

1

21

1

Columbia

25

2

17

0

0

0

2

0

4

Crawford

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

96

14

65

0

0

1

6

9

1

Dauphin

1,563

670

256

0

38

10

114

449

Delaware

1,277

498

403

0

34

18

315

1

8

7

3

1

0

0

0

0

1

2

441

154

149

0

2

88

34

13

1

Fayette

69

13

4

0

0

10

0

41

1

Forest

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

81

53

16

0

1

1

4

5

1

Fulton

4

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Greene

5

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Huntingdon

15

9

0

0

1

0

1

4

0

Indiana

12

4

2

0

0

0

0

2

4

4

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

13

4

3

0

1

0

3

0

2

299

59

139

0

8

7

10

12

64

Beaver Bedford

Cambria Cameron

Clarion

Cumberland

Elk Erie

Franklin

Jefferson Juniata Lackawanna

35

0 136

102

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continued

Secure Detention Admissions by Standard Section Codes, 2007* COUNTY

TOTAL ADMISSIONS

100

200

300

400

500

600

701

UNKNOWN

Lancaster

579

324

144

0

16

4

25

65

1

Lawrence

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Lebanon

67

29

34

0

0

0

2

2

0

Lehigh

705

340

95

0

17

7

36

210

0

Luzerne

417

107

117

0

137

5

46

1

4

Lycoming

109

40

62

0

0

1

3

1

2

McKean

3

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

Mercer

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mifflin

51

17

28

0

1

0

3

0

2

Monroe

75

15

44

0

2

6

2

4

2

565

188

59

1

6

2

16

237

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

336

108

175

0

12

7

32

1

1

Northumberland

30

14

9

0

0

1

5

0

1

Perry

15

4

1

0

7

2

0

0

1

Pike

28

13

5

0

3

3

4

0

0

Potter

15

2

4

0

4

0

0

1

4

Schuylkill

30

13

3

0

3

4

2

5

0

Snyder

10

4

3

0

0

0

2

0

1

Somerset

21

4

17

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sullivan

5

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

2

Susquehanna

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Tioga

23

11

6

0

2

0

3

1

0

Union

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Venango

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Warren

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

171

121

12

0

1

3

2

21

11

17

11

4

0

0

0

1

0

1

268

77

152

0

6

9

24

0

0

9

3

2

0

0

0

0

0

4

264

64

134

1

10

18

32

5

0

TOTAL

13,431

4,249

5,586

3

492

262

1,014

1,270

% of Total

100.0%

31.6%

41.6%

0.0%

3.7%

2.0%

Montgomery Montour Northampton

Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York

7.5%

9.5%

56

555 4.1%

NOTE: This table does not include Philadelphia County secure detention admissions. Philadelphia County is under a different reporting requirement for the use of secure detention and therefore does not report using the JCJC detention section codes. * Includes 216 secure detention admissions to Jefferson Detention Center in Ohio by the following counties: Fayette (48); Washington (168).

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Utilization Rates for Pennsylvania Juvenile Detention Centers, 2007 * A Center's utilization rate is equal to its average daily population (ADP) divided by the licensed bed capacity (CAP).

*ADP/CAP

104.6%

Allegheny (136/130) 52.0%

Beaver (13/25)

78.2%

Berks (61/78) 50.0%

Blair (4/8)

75.0%

Bucks (36/48) 50.0%

Cambria (6/12)

100.0%

Central Counties (14/14) Chester (25/48)

52.1%

Cornell-Abraxas (14/18)

77.8% 108.3%

Dauphin (39/36) Delaware (52/66)

78.8% 100%

Erie (20/20) 80.0%

Lackawanna (8/10)

69.4%

Lancaster (50/72)

68.8%

Lehigh (33/48) Luzerne (11/12)

91.7%

Montgomery (33/36)

91.7%

Northampton (20/24)

83.3%

16.7%

100.0%

Tioga (12/12) 62.5%

Westmoreland (15/24)

70.8%

York (17/24)

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

This table does not include Philadelphia County secure detention admissions.

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Detention Admissions, 2003-2007

In 2007, new admissions to secure detention totaled 13,431, which is a 4.8% decrease from the number of statewide detention center admissions in 2006.

DETENTION ADMISSIONS 15000 13,923

14,272 13,685

14,110 13,431

Statewide

12000 10,580

10,781

10,733

10,221

Remaining Counties

3,329

3,210

Allegheny County

2006

2007

10,039

9000

6000

3,343

3,539

3,646

2003

2004

2005

3000

NOTE: This table does not include Philadelphia County secure detention admissions. Philadelphia County is under a different reporting requirement.

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JUVENILE COURT JUDGES’ COMMISSION

Selected Dispositions by Gender, 2007

Juvenile court dispositions in Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice system primarily involved males. In 2007, males accounted for 76.2% of all juvenile court dispositions, 81.8% of probation dispositions, 87.9% of dispositions involving placement and 97.5% of transfers to criminal court.

PROBATION Male

N = 8,544

Female

PLACEMENTS Male

18.2%

Female

12.1%

81.8%

TRANSFER TO CRIMINAL COURT Male

N = 3,454

Female

87.9%

N = 157

ALL DISPOSITIONS Male

N = 45,573

Female

2.5% 23.8%

97.5%

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PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

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Total Dispositions by Age, 2006-2007

This table reflects total dispositions by age of the juvenile, at the time of disposition. Seventeen year olds accounted for 11,983 (26.3%) of the 45,573 juvenile delinquency dispositions in 2007, representing the most dispositions for any age group. Juveniles who were age 16 accounted for 10,067 (22.1%), and juveniles who were age 15 accounted for 8,000 (17.6%) of the dispositions in 2007. This data remains consistent with that of 2006, in which seventeen year olds accounted for 25.4%, sixteen year olds accounted for 21.8% and fifteen year olds accounted for 18.0% of juvenile delinquency dispositions.

TOTAL DISPOSITIONS BY AGE 2006

2007

12000

10000

8000

6000

4000

2000

0 10

11

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

12

13

14

15

16

17

18 & over

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JUVENILE COURT JUDGES’ COMMISSION

Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity for Males, 2007 COUNTY Adams

TOTAL DISPOS

White White White Hispanic Non-Hisp Unknown

Black Hisp

Black Black Non-Hisp Unknown

MultiRacial Hisp

MultiRacial Non-Hisp

Asian

Other/ Other/ Unknown Unknown Unknown Hisp Non-Hisp

328

25

275

0

0

27

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Allegheny

3,433

15

1,172

0

4 2,187

0

0

42

8

2

2

1

Armstrong

185

1

166

0

0

14

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

Beaver

417

1

295

0

0

114

0

0

5

0

1

0

1

Bedford

66

1

62

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1,413

401

629

0

118

219

0

4

6

5

5

0

26

Blair

401

2

309

0

0

41

0

5

19

0

0

4

21

Bradford

108

1

104

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

Bucks

1,305

55

1,001

4

5

205

6

7

6

7

0

0

9

Butler

270

0

246

0

0

22

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

Cambria

341

0

277

0

0

62

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

9

1

7

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Carbon

149

1

125

1

10

10

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

Centre

183

9

159

0

0

14

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Chester

856

86

497

0

6

262

0

0

0

5

0

0

0

Clarion

65

0

64

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

102

1

99

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

34

0

32

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Columbia

222

3

185

0

6

16

0

1

2

0

0

0

9

Crawford

169

1

147

0

0

19

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

Cumberland

479

13

334

0

0

61

2

1

1

6

0

1

60

Dauphin

1,092

67

362

0

11

633

0

0

9

3

2

1

4

Delaware

1,275

13

464

6

6

764

0

0

0

13

6

3

0

Elk

72

0

66

1

0

1

0

0

0

4

0

0

0

Erie

786

34

457

0

9

270

0

6

4

2

2

2

0

Fayette

296

0

209

0

0

85

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

Forest

21

4

10

0

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

471

25

336

0

0

89

1

0

5

1

5

3

6

Fulton

29

0

26

1

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Greene

132

2

106

0

0

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

21

69

1

66

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Indiana

142

5

122

0

0

4

0

1

7

0

1

0

2

Jefferson

116

0

115

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

38

1

35

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

344

11

268

0

17

45

0

0

1

1

0

0

1

Berks

Cameron

Clearfield Clinton

Franklin

Huntingdon

Juniata Lackawanna

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continued

Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity for Males, 2007 MultiRacial Hisp

MultiRacial Non-Hisp

Asian

0

1

3

12

0

0

0

113

0

0

1

1

0

0

2

11

40

0

1

1

0

0

0

1

0

81

239

0

3

2

6

3

1

6

497

1

49

143

0

1

4

2

0

0

1

4

278

0

0

142

0

1

5

1

0

0

1

76

1

70

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

3

Mercer

236

5

141

3

3

80

1

2

1

0

0

0

0

Mifflin

60

0

54

0

3

2

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

380

45

211

1

3

119

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1,591

82

701

7

6

760

1

0

7

12

4

2

9

42

2

28

0

2

9

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Northampton

831

187

448

0

1

190

0

0

0

5

0

0

0

Northumberland

370

10

313

0

11

26

0

1

2

0

1

2

4

Perry

103

0

100

0

0

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

7,108

699

619

73

93 5,388

101

30

32

60

1

0

12

112

7

80

0

0

13

0

2

3

1

1

1

4

64

0

61

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Schuylkill

337

9

288

0

6

33

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Snyder

126

5

113

0

0

4

0

0

1

0

0

0

3

Somerset

141

2

134

0

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Sullivan

10

0

10

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Susquehanna

67

0

58

0

0

5

0

1

1

0

2

0

0

Tioga

80

0

76

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Union

36

0

34

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Venango

139

58

52

4

9

10

2

0

0

0

1

0

3

Warren

117

0

116

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Washington

655

3

497

1

0

149

0

0

4

0

0

0

1

65

2

61

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Westmoreland

900

6

732

1

3

149

0

0

8

1

0

0

0

Wyoming

103

1

85

0

0

12

0

0

0

3

0

1

1

1,458

104

821

44

69

351

19

2

3

6

6

1

32

150

582 13,426

133

71

202

170

47

25

248

1.7% 38.7% 0.4%

0.2%

0.6%

0.5%

White White White Hispanic Non-Hisp Unknown

Black Hisp

Black Black Non-Hisp Unknown

COUNTY

TOTAL DISPOS

Lancaster

1,122

274

545

0

37

250

Lawrence

298

1

180

0

0

Lebanon

319

74

190

1

1,116

376

399

Luzerne

803

105

Lycoming

432

McKean

Lehigh

Monroe Montgomery Montour

Philadelphia Pike Potter

Wayne

York TOTAL

34,715

2,842 16,819

% of Total

100.0%

8.2%

48.4% 0.4%

Other/ Other/ Unknown Unknown Unknown Hisp Non-Hisp

0.1%

0.1% 0.7%

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

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Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity for Females, 2007 COUNTY Adams

TOTAL DISPOS

White White White Hispanic Non-Hisp Unknown

Black Hisp

Black Black Non-Hisp Unknown

MultiRacial Hisp

MultiRacial Non-Hisp

Asian

Other/ Other/ Unknown Unknown Unknown Hisp Non-Hisp

91

6

63

0

0

21

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Allegheny

1,259

4

375

0

0

848

1

2

26

1

1

1

0

Armstrong

51

1

46

1

0

1

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

131

0

88

0

0

40

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

8

0

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Berks

415

140

171

0

26

69

0

1

2

0

1

0

5

Blair

115

4

92

0

0

10

0

1

3

0

0

0

5

15

0

13

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Bucks

485

16

328

11

2

101

4

2

6

6

0

0

9

Butler

94

0

76

0

0

18

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

156

0

122

0

0

34

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Carbon

34

2

31

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Centre

66

0

60

0

0

5

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Chester

232

26

129

0

0

76

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Clarion

21

0

19

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Clearfield

31

0

31

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Clinton

12

0

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Columbia

64

0

55

0

0

5

0

0

0

1

0

0

3

Crawford

34

1

30

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cumberland

165

8

122

0

1

24

0

0

1

0

0

0

9

Dauphin

456

30

152

0

7

262

0

1

3

1

0

0

0

Delaware

356

1

124

2

3

221

1

0

0

2

0

2

0

Elk

10

0

9

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Erie

275

11

141

0

1

120

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

Fayette

87

0

66

1

0

20

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Forest

4

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

165

4

104

1

0

42

0

0

2

0

0

2

10

Fulton

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Greene

45

0

34

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

10

Huntingdon

18

0

12

0

0

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Indiana

37

0

33

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

2

Jefferson

62

0

61

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Juniata

15

0

15

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Lackawanna

81

1

57

0

1

21

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Beaver Bedford

Bradford

Cambria Cameron

Franklin

43

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continued

Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity for Females, 2007 MultiRacial Hisp

MultiRacial Non-Hisp

Asian

0

1

0

1

0

1

1

22

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

18

95

0

0

1

6

1

0

6

188

0

11

27

0

1

0

1

0

2

0

1

73

0

2

55

0

0

2

0

0

1

1

29

1

27

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Mercer

67

0

34

0

0

32

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Mifflin

25

0

23

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Monroe

101

16

55

0

0

29

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Montgomery

703

25

254

2

1

396

3

0

7

7

5

0

3

13

0

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Northampton

258

54

136

0

0

66

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

Northumberland

132

2

109

0

7

10

0

1

2

0

1

0

0

33

1

29

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

1,688

118

116

22

21 1,327

51

6

6

4

2

0

15

24

2

13

0

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

8

0

7

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

106

1

90

0

5

8

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

Snyder

48

1

41

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

Somerset

37

0

36

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

6

0

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Susquehanna

13

0

11

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

Tioga

23

3

19

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Union

12

0

10

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Venango

42

25

11

0

2

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Warren

27

0

26

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

256

0

185

0

0

69

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

15

1

14

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

319

5

250

0

1

62

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

13

0

13

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

423

12

255

21

21

79

10

2

1

1

3

1

17

TOTAL

10,858

813

5,169

64

143 4,330

70

19

79

36

19

12

104

% of Total

100.0%

1.3% 39.9% 0.6%

0.2%

0.7%

0.3%

White White White Hispanic Non-Hisp Unknown

Black Hisp

Black Black Non-Hisp Unknown

COUNTY

TOTAL DISPOS

Lancaster

372

84

196

0

11

77

Lawrence

84

0

61

0

0

Lebanon

83

21

55

0

Lehigh

405

150

128

Luzerne

263

33

Lycoming

135

McKean

Montour

Perry Philadelphia Pike Potter Schuylkill

Sullivan

Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York

7.5%

47.6% 0.6%

Other/ Other/ Unknown Unknown Unknown Hisp Non-Hisp

0.2%

0.1% 1.0%

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

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Delinquency Dispositions by Race, 2007

COUNTY Adams

TOTAL DISPOS.

WHITE

%

BLACK

%

MULTIRACIAL

%

ASIAN

%

OTHER

%

UNKNOWN

%

419

369

88.1

48

11.5

2

0.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Allegheny

4,692

1,566

33.4

3,040

64.8

70

1.5

9

0.2

5

0.1

2

0.0

Armstrong

236

215

91.1

15

6.4

6

2.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Beaver

548

384

70.1

154

28.1

8

1.5

0

0.0

1

0.2

1

0.2

Bedford

74

71

95.9

2

2.7

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

1.4

0

0.0

1,828

1,341

73.4

432

23.6

13

0.7

5

0.3

1

0.1

36

2.0

Blair

516

407

78.9

51

9.9

28

5.4

0

0.0

4

0.8

26

5.0

Bradford

123

118

95.9

2

1.6

2

1.6

0

0.0

1

0.8

0

0.0

Bucks

1,790

1,415

79.1

323

18.0

21

1.2

13

0.7

0

0.0

18

1.0

Butler

364

322

88.5

40

11.0

2

0.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Cambria

497

399

80.3

96

19.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

0.4

0

0.0

Cameron

12

11

91.7

1

8.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Carbon

183

160

87.4

21

11.5

1

0.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.5

Centre

249

228

91.6

19

7.6

0

0.0

2

0.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

1,088

738

67.8

344

31.6

0

0.0

6

0.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

86

83

96.5

2

2.3

1

1.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

133

131

98.5

2

1.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

46

44

95.7

2

4.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Columbia

286

243

85.0

27

9.4

3

1.0

1

0.3

0

0.0

12

4.2

Crawford

203

179

88.2

22

10.8

2

1.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Cumberland

644

477

74.1

88

13.7

3

0.5

6

0.9

2

0.3

68

10.6

Dauphin

1,548

611

39.5

913

59.0

13

0.8

4

0.3

3

0.2

4

0.3

Delaware

1,631

610

37.4

995

61.0

0

0.0

15

0.9

8

0.5

3

0.2

82

77

93.9

1

1.2

0

0.0

4

4.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

1,061

643

60.6

400

37.7

11

1.0

2

0.2

5

0.5

0

0.0

Fayette

383

276

72.1

105

27.4

0

0.0

2

0.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

Forest

25

18

72.0

4

16.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

3

12.0

636

470

73.9

132

20.8

7

1.1

1

0.2

11

1.7

15

2.4

Fulton

31

29

93.5

2

6.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Greene

177

142

80.2

3

1.7

1

0.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

31

17.5

87

79

90.8

7

8.0

1

1.1

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Indiana

179

160

89.4

5

2.8

9

5.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

5

2.8

Jefferson

178

176

98.9

1

0.6

0

0.0

1

0.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

53

51

96.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

3.8

0

0.0

0

0.0

Berks

Chester Clarion Clearfield Clinton

Elk Erie

Franklin

Huntingdon

Juniata

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CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING & RESEARCH

continued

Delinquency Dispositions by Race, 2007

COUNTY Lackawanna

TOTAL DISPOS.

WHITE

%

BLACK

%

MULTIRACIAL

%

ASIAN

%

OTHER

%

UNKNOWN

%

425

337

79.3

84

19.8

1

0.2

1

0.2

1

0.2

1

0.2

Lancaster

1,494

1,099

73.6

375

25.1

5

0.3

13

0.9

1

0.1

1

0.1

Lawrence

382

242

63.4

135

35.3

2

0.5

1

0.3

0

0.0

2

0.5

Lebanon

402

341

84.8

58

14.4

2

0.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.2

Lehigh

1,521

1,053

69.2

433

28.5

6

0.4

12

0.8

1

0.1

16

1.1

Luzerne

1,066

824

77.3

230

21.6

6

0.6

3

0.3

2

0.2

1

0.1

Lycoming

567

356

62.8

199

35.1

8

1.4

1

0.2

1

0.2

2

0.4

McKean

105

99

94.3

2

1.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

4

3.8

Mercer

303

183

60.4

116

38.3

3

1.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.3

Mifflin

85

79

92.9

5

5.9

1

1.2

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

481

328

68.2

151

31.4

2

0.4

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

2,294

1,071

46.7

1,167

50.9

14

0.6

19

0.8

2

0.1

21

0.9

55

42

76.4

11

20.0

1

1.8

0

0.0

1

1.8

0

0.0

1,089

825

75.8

257

23.6

0

0.0

7

0.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

Northumberland

502

434

86.5

54

10.8

6

1.2

0

0.0

4

0.8

4

0.8

Perry

136

130

95.6

3

2.2

1

0.7

0

0.0

1

0.7

1

0.7

8,796

1,647

18.7

6,981

79.4

74

0.8

64

0.7

0

0.0

30

0.3

136

102

75.0

18

13.2

5

3.7

1

0.7

2

1.5

8

5.9

72

68

94.4

4

5.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Schuylkill

443

388

87.6

52

11.7

2

0.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.2

Snyder

174

160

92.0

8

4.6

1

0.6

0

0.0

0

0.0

5

2.9

Somerset

178

172

96.6

6

3.4

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton

Philadelphia Pike Potter

Sullivan

16

16 100.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Susquehanna

80

69

86.3

5

6.3

4

5.0

0

0.0

2

2.5

0

0.0

Tioga

103

99

96.1

4

3.9

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Union

48

44

91.7

4

8.3

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Venango

181

150

82.9

26

14.4

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.6

4

2.2

Warren

144

142

98.6

1

0.7

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.7

0

0.0

Washington

911

686

75.3

218

23.9

6

0.7

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.1

80

78

97.5

2

2.5

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

1,219

994

81.5

215

17.6

9

0.7

1

0.1

0

0.0

0

0.0

116

99

85.3

12

10.3

0

0.0

3

2.6

1

0.9

1

0.9

1,881

1,257

66.8

549

29.2

8

0.4

7

0.4

3

0.2

57

3.0

56.7 18,684

41.0

371

0.8

206

0.5

68

0.1

387

0.8

Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York TOTAL

45,573 25,857

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

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Selected Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity, 2007 Hispanic

Non-Hispanic

ALL DISPOSITIONS

N = 45,573

14.1%

85.0%

12.8% 56.7%

3.9%

95.0%

INFORMAL ADJUSTMENT

0.9%

White

91.1%

36.0%

Multi- 0.9%* Racial

Asian 0.5%*

Asian 0.7%*

Other 0.1%*

Other 0.1%*

Unk 1.1%*

5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000

CONSENT DECREE

12.0%

N = 8,399

87.5%

PROBATION Includes Probation and Probation with Day Treatment

4.2%

95.7%

Multi- 0.6%* Racial

Asian 0.5%*

Asian 0.4%*

Other 0.2%*

Other 0.2%*

Unk 0.5%*

Unk 0.1%*

47

2000

3000

4000

5000

0.2%

0.0% 35.5%

Multi- 1.0%* Racial

1000

N = 8,544

63.1%

Black

40.8%

0

87.1%

White

0.2%

Black

500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000

12.7% 57.1%

97.4%

0

0.5%

White 2.5%

5.7%

Black

Unk 0.8%*

1.6% 61.2%

Multi- 0.8%* Racial

0

85.7%

3.2% 41.0%

N = 6,516

White

1.1%

Black

*Not broken out by ethnicity due to small numbers

Unknown

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING & RESEARCH

Selected Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity, 2007 Hispanic

Non-Hispanic

PLACEMENT

N = 3,454

18.8%

81.1%

10.3% 56.3%

94.4%

MultiRacial

49.7%

Asian 0.0%*

Other 0.1%*

Other 0.0%*

Unk 0.1%*

Unk 0.0%* 1500

0.0%

1.9%*

Asian 0.3%*

1000

97.4%

48.4%

MultiRacial

500

0.0%

Black

0.6%*

0

89.7%

2.6% 42.6%

N = 157

White

0.0%

Black

*Not broken out by ethnicity due to small numbers

TRANSFER TO CRIMINAL COURT

0.1%

White 5.6%

Unknown

2000

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

Selected Placements by Race and Ethnicity, 2007 PRIVATE

25.9%

N = 2,704

73.8%

13.5%

0.3%

White 96.6%

60.3%

Black Multi- 0.8%* Racial

Asian 0.6%*

Asian 0.4%*

Other 0.1%*

Other 0.1%*

Unk 0.0 %*

Unk 0.2%* 1000

0.0%

1500

2000

97.2%

0.0% 43.2%

Multi- 0.9%* Racial

500

N = 1,140

55.3% 2.8%

0.1%

Black

0

86.5%

White

38.1% 3.3%

COMMUNITY BASED Includes Probation and Probation with Day Treatment

0

100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 continued on next page

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48

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Selected Placements by Race and Ethnicity, 2007 continued from previous page

Hispanic

Non-Hispanic

ALL SECURE

22.5%

N = 552

77.5%

38.9% 39.5%

6.7%

DPW OPEN YDC

0.0%

White

*Not broken out by ethnicity due to small numbers

Unknown

93.3%

33.2%

0.0%

2.8% 59.8%

97.2%

66.4%

Multi- 0.5%* Racial

Asian 0.0%*

Asian 0.0%*

Other 0.0%*

Other 0.0%*

Unk 0.2%*

Unk 0.0%* 100

150

200

250

300

DPW YFC

350

N = 228

31.1%

68.9%

89.5%

120

150

N = 659

81.1%

0.0%

White

50.5% 4.1%

95.6%

0.3% 48.0%

Multi- 0.4%* Racial

Multi- 0.5%* Racial

Asian 0.0%*

Asian 0.5%*

Other 0.0%*

Other 0.2%*

Unk 0.5%*

Unk 0.0 %*

49

90

Black

41.7%

0

60

WILDERNESS

0.0%

Black

30

18.9% 57.9%

10.5%

0

0.0%

White

0.0%

Black

Multi- 0.5%* Racial

50

2.8%

White

Black

0

58.3%

N = 217

30

60

90

120

150

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING & RESEARCH

Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity, 2007 TOTAL

WH O WNH BH BNH A MR UNK W B

MALES

= = = = = = = = = =

White Hispanic Other White Non-Hispanic Black Hispanic Black Non-Hispanic Asian Multi-Racial Unknown White Black

8.0%

O

0.1%

BH BNH

FEMALES

N = 34,715

1.6% 39.0%

A

0.5%

MR

0.8%

UNK

1.8%

N = 10,858

WH

8.2%

WH

7.5%

O

0.1%

O

0.1%

WNH 48.4%

WNH 47.6%

BH

BH

1.7% 38.7%

BNH

1.3% 39.9%

A

0.5%

A

0.3%

MR

0.8%

MR

0.9%

UNK

1.6%

UNK

2.3%

NON-HISPANIC

N = 4,549

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

WH

WNH 48.2%

BNH

HISPANIC

N = 45,573

N = 40,389

W

80.3%

W

54.4%

B

15.9%

A

0.5%

A

0.3%

B

44.0%

O

0.6%

O

0.1%

MR

2.0%

MR

0.7%

UNK

0.8%

UNK

0.3%

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Age calculated at date of disposition

Delinquency Dispositions by Age, 2007 COUNTY Adams

10 N

11 %

N

12 %

N

13 %

N

%

419

1

0.2%

2

0.5%

11

2.6%

24

5.7%

Allegheny

4,692

12

0.3%

33

0.7%

117

2.5%

305

6.5%

Armstrong

236

1

0.4%

4

1.7%

11

4.7%

10

4.2%

Beaver

548

4

0.7%

4

0.7%

9

1.6%

49

8.9%

Bedford

74

0

0.0%

1

1.4%

1

1.4%

1

1.4%

1,828

11

0.6%

20

1.1%

47

2.6%

145

7.9%

Blair

516

2

0.4%

5

1.0%

8

1.6%

37

7.2%

Bradford

123

1

0.8%

1

0.8%

5

4.1%

6

4.9%

Bucks

1,790

2

0.1%

10

0.6%

30

1.7%

72

4.0%

Butler

364

1

0.3%

3

0.8%

17

4.7%

22

6.0%

Cambria

497

5

1.0%

8

1.6%

28

5.6%

33

6.6%

Cameron

12

0

0.0%

1

8.3%

0

0.0%

1

8.3%

Carbon

183

0

0.0%

2

1.1%

4

2.2%

11

6.0%

Centre

249

0

0.0%

4

1.6%

3

1.2%

9

3.6%

1,088

3

0.3%

6

0.6%

16

1.5%

30

2.8%

86

1

1.2%

0

0.0%

3

3.5%

5

5.8%

133

0

0.0%

2

1.5%

3

2.3%

15

11.3%

46

1

2.2%

0

0.0%

4

8.7%

2

4.3%

Columbia

286

0

0.0%

1

0.3%

18

6.3%

22

7.7%

Crawford

203

1

0.5%

1

0.5%

5

2.5%

13

6.4%

Cumberland

644

0

0.0%

10

1.6%

22

3.4%

53

8.2%

Dauphin

1,548

4

0.3%

22

1.4%

61

3.9%

140

9.0%

Delaware

1,631

6

0.4%

23

1.4%

41

2.5%

112

6.9%

82

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

5

6.1%

1,061

4

0.4%

15

1.4%

39

3.7%

88

8.3%

Fayette

383

1

0.3%

3

0.8%

8

2.1%

33

8.6%

Forest

25

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

2

8.0%

636

5

0.8%

6

0.9%

32

5.0%

41

6.4%

Fulton

31

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

4

12.9%

Greene

177

1

0.6%

2

1.1%

4

2.3%

17

9.6%

87

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

4

4.6%

9

10.3%

Indiana

179

2

1.1%

0

0.0%

4

2.2%

14

7.8%

Jefferson

178

0

0.0%

3

1.7%

6

3.4%

14

7.9%

53

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

2

3.8%

3

5.7%

Berks

Chester Clarion Clearfield Clinton

Elk Erie

Franklin

Huntingdon

Juniata

51

TOTAL DISPOSITIONS

PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING & RESEARCH

continued

Age calculated at date of disposition

Delinquency Dispositions by Age, 2007 14

COUNTY

15

16

N

%

N

N

%

36

8.6%

73

17.4%

90

21.5%

132

31.5%

50

11.9%

Allegheny

520

11.1%

835

17.8%

989

21.1% 1,134

24.2%

747

15.9%

Armstrong

24

10.2%

43

18.2%

52

22.0%

54

22.9%

37

15.7%

Beaver

56

10.2%

100

18.2%

118

21.5%

133

24.3%

75

13.7%

Bedford

7

9.5%

10

13.5%

14

18.9%

23

31.1%

17

23.0%

Berks

214

11.7%

336

18.4%

414

22.6%

488

26.7%

153

8.4%

Blair

63

12.2%

92

17.8%

121

23.4%

122

23.6%

66

12.8%

Bradford

19

15.4%

25

20.3%

20

16.3%

32

26.0%

14

11.4%

Bucks

142

7.9%

237

13.2%

393

22.0%

573

32.0%

331

18.5%

Butler

45

12.4%

70

19.2%

69

19.0%

98

26.9%

39

10.7%

Cambria

64

12.9%

85

17.1%

99

19.9%

122

24.5%

53

10.7%

Cameron

3

25.0%

3

25.0%

1

8.3%

1

8.3%

2

16.7%

Carbon

20

10.9%

27

14.8%

42

23.0%

54

29.5%

23

12.6%

Centre

35

14.1%

36

14.5%

62

24.9%

66

26.5%

34

13.7%

Chester

87

8.0%

181

16.6%

251

23.1%

311

28.6%

203

18.7%

Clarion

9

10.5%

13

15.1%

23

26.7%

22

25.6%

10

11.6%

15

11.3%

22

16.5%

27

20.3%

23

17.3%

26

19.5%

2

4.3%

13

28.3%

7

15.2%

13

28.3%

4

8.7%

Columbia

18

6.3%

51

17.8%

68

23.8%

78

27.3%

30

10.5%

Crawford

34

16.7%

42

20.7%

39

19.2%

45

22.2%

23

11.3%

Cumberland

75

11.6%

84

13.0%

145

22.5%

184

28.6%

71

11.0%

Dauphin

228

14.7%

233

15.1%

338

21.8%

337

21.8%

185

12.0%

Delaware

215

13.2%

288

17.7%

390

23.9%

420

25.8%

136

8.3%

9

11.0%

20

24.4%

21

25.6%

23

28.0%

4

4.9%

137

12.9%

197

18.6%

264

24.9%

230

21.7%

87

8.2%

Fayette

45

11.7%

68

17.8%

80

20.9%

102

26.6%

43

11.2%

Forest

0

0.0%

4

16.0%

9

36.0%

10

40.0%

0

0.0%

75

11.8%

87

13.7%

139

21.9%

167

26.3%

84

13.2%

Fulton

1

3.2%

11

35.5%

7

22.6%

3

9.7%

5

16.1%

Greene

27

15.3%

37

20.9%

35

19.8%

41

23.2%

13

7.3%

9

10.3%

10

11.5%

16

18.4%

25

28.7%

14

16.1%

Indiana

22

12.3%

43

24.0%

29

16.2%

39

21.8%

26

14.5%

Jefferson

19

10.7%

33

18.5%

28

15.7%

56

31.5%

19

10.7%

3

5.7%

8

15.1%

10

18.9%

22

41.5%

5

9.4%

Clearfield Clinton

Elk Erie

Franklin

Huntingdon

Juniata

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

N

18 & OVER

%

Adams

%

17

N

%

52

JUVENILE COURT JUDGES’ COMMISSION

continued Age calculated at date of disposition

Delinquency Dispositions by Age, 2007 COUNTY Lackawanna

10 N

11 %

N

12 %

N

13 %

N

%

425

0

0.0%

7

1.6%

13

3.1%

28

6.6%

Lancaster

1,494

3

0.2%

13

0.9%

43

2.9%

72

4.8%

Lawrence

382

0

0.0%

5

1.3%

11

2.9%

33

8.6%

Lebanon

402

4

1.0%

10

2.5%

19

4.7%

18

4.5%

Lehigh

1,521

7

0.5%

29

1.9%

65

4.3%

112

7.4%

Luzerne*(1)

1,066

8

0.8%

19

1.8%

23

2.2%

75

7.0%

Lycoming

567

4

0.7%

5

0.9%

15

2.6%

27

4.8%

McKean

105

0

0.0%

1

1.0%

7

6.7%

15

14.3%

Mercer

303

1

0.3%

4

1.3%

17

5.6%

25

8.3%

Mifflin

85

0

0.0%

1

1.2%

7

8.2%

5

5.9%

481

2

0.4%

3

0.6%

12

2.5%

34

7.1%

2,294

7

0.3%

26

1.1%

52

2.3%

123

5.4%

55

2

3.6%

0

0.0%

2

3.6%

3

5.5%

1,089

4

0.4%

11

1.0%

29

2.7%

40

3.7%

Northumberland

502

0

0.0%

9

1.8%

22

4.4%

33

6.6%

Perry

136

0

0.0%

2

1.5%

5

3.7%

8

5.9%

8,796

35

0.4%

130

1.5%

317

3.6%

679

7.7%

136

0

0.0%

1

0.7%

0

0.0%

2

1.5%

72

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

5

6.9%

Schuylkill

443

0

0.0%

9

2.0%

18

4.1%

30

6.8%

Snyder

174

1

0.6%

0

0.0%

7

4.0%

12

6.9%

Somerset

178

1

0.6%

2

1.1%

10

5.6%

6

3.4%

Sullivan

16

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

3

18.8%

3

18.8%

Susquehanna

80

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

1

1.3%

4

5.0%

Tioga

103

1

1.0%

1

1.0%

0

0.0%

8

7.8%

Union

48

0

0.0%

2

4.2%

0

0.0%

7

14.6%

Venango

181

0

0.0%

3

1.7%

2

1.1%

10

5.5%

Warren

144

3

2.1%

2

1.4%

7

4.9%

7

4.9%

Washington

911

5

0.5%

19

2.1%

36

4.0%

77

8.5%

80

0

0.0%

1

1.3%

3

3.8%

3

3.8%

1,219

5

0.4%

14

1.1%

30

2.5%

68

5.6%

116

0

0.0%

1

0.9%

5

4.3%

12

10.3%

York*(1)

1,881

3

0.2%

18

1.0%

45

2.4%

106

5.6%

TOTAL

45,573

165

0.4%

540

1.2%

1,389

3.0%

3,037

6.7%

Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton

Philadelphia Pike Potter

Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming

53

TOTAL DISPOSITIONS

PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING & RESEARCH

continued

Age calculated at date of disposition

Delinquency Dispositions by Age, 2007 14

COUNTY Lackawanna

N

15 %

16

N

%

N

17 %

N

18 & OVER %

N

%

55

12.9%

69

16.2%

90

21.2%

116

27.3%

47

11.1%

Lancaster

147

9.8%

242

16.2%

348

23.3%

429

28.7%

197

13.2%

Lawrence

63

16.5%

71

18.6%

87

22.8%

79

20.7%

33

8.6%

Lebanon

51

12.7%

79

19.7%

75

18.7%

111

27.6%

35

8.7%

Lehigh

217

14.3%

278

18.3%

314

20.6%

364

23.9%

135

8.9%

Luzerne*(1)

114

10.7%

194

18.2%

256

24.0%

294

27.6%

82

7.7%

Lycoming

61

10.8%

120

21.2%

131

23.1%

154

27.2%

50

8.8%

McKean

14

13.3%

16

15.2%

18

17.1%

28

26.7%

6

5.7%

Mercer

40

13.2%

45

14.9%

54

17.8%

79

26.1%

38

12.5%

Mifflin

17

20.0%

18

21.2%

17

20.0%

19

22.4%

1

1.2%

Monroe

60

12.5%

75

15.6%

112

23.3%

121

25.2%

62

12.9%

255

11.1%

404

17.6%

520

22.7%

656

28.6%

251

10.9%

4

7.3%

12

21.8%

11

20.0%

12

21.8%

9

16.4%

125

11.5%

183

16.8%

242

22.2%

352

32.3%

103

9.5%

Northumberland

71

14.1%

79

15.7%

110

21.9%

143

28.5%

35

7.0%

Perry

20

14.7%

24

17.6%

21

15.4%

37

27.2%

19

14.0%

19.3% 1,986

22.6% 2,256

25.6%

571

6.5%

Montgomery Montour Northampton

Philadelphia Pike

1,125

12.8% 1,697

12

8.8%

22

16.2%

37

27.2%

40

29.4%

22

16.2%

7

9.7%

12

16.7%

26

36.1%

14

19.4%

8

11.1%

Schuylkill

43

9.7%

88

19.9%

87

19.6%

127

28.7%

41

9.3%

Snyder

16

9.2%

24

13.8%

45

25.9%

50

28.7%

19

10.9%

Somerset

24

13.5%

28

15.7%

43

24.2%

38

21.3%

26

14.6%

1

6.3%

4

25.0%

1

6.3%

3

18.8%

1

6.3%

Susquehanna

12

15.0%

11

13.8%

18

22.5%

19

23.8%

15

18.8%

Tioga

15

14.6%

18

17.5%

22

21.4%

27

26.2%

11

10.7%

Union

1

2.1%

3

6.3%

11

22.9%

12

25.0%

12

25.0%

Venango

16

8.8%

28

15.5%

30

16.6%

53

29.3%

39

21.5%

Warren

20

13.9%

34

23.6%

38

26.4%

22

15.3%

11

7.6%

112

12.3%

134

14.7%

202

22.2%

223

24.5%

103

11.3%

11

13.8%

12

15.0%

18

22.5%

19

23.8%

13

16.3%

141

11.6%

212

17.4%

250

20.5%

292

24.0%

207

17.0%

Wyoming

13

11.2%

18

15.5%

25

21.6%

32

27.6%

10

8.6%

York*(1)

216

11.5%

329

17.5%

412

21.9%

579

30.8%

172

9.1%

26.3% 5,013

11.0%

Potter

Sullivan

Washington Wayne Westmoreland

TOTAL

5,377

11.8% 8,000

17.6% 10,067

22.1% 11,983

*There are a total of 2 dates of birth that were unavailable. NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

54

JUVENILE COURT JUDGES’ COMMISSION

Delinquency Dispositions by School Status, 2007 TOTAL DISPOSITIONS

IN SCHOOL

OUT OF SCHOOL

419

373

42

4

Allegheny

4,692

4,252

416

24

Armstrong

236

156

25

55

Beaver

548

495

45

8

Bedford

74

59

15

0

1,828

1,621

195

12

Blair

516

285

28

203

Bradford

123

106

17

0

Bucks

1,790

1,397

226

167

Butler

364

317

36

11

Cambria

497

486

10

1

Cameron

12

10

2

0

Carbon

183

162

20

1

Centre

249

224

25

0

1,088

761

327

0

86

76

10

0

133

108

21

4

46

44

2

0

Columbia

286

237

5

44

Crawford

203

187

11

5

Cumberland

644

593

50

1

Dauphin

1,548

1,381

142

25

Delaware

1,631

1,466

155

10

82

75

6

1

1,061

930

119

12

Fayette

383

316

61

6

Forest

25

19

1

5

636

457

50

129

Fulton

31

28

3

0

Greene

177

169

8

0

87

79

8

0

Indiana

179

132

9

38

Jefferson

178

153

12

13

53

46

4

3

COUNTY Adams

Berks

Chester Clarion Clearfield Clinton

Elk Erie

Franklin

Huntingdon

Juniata

55

NOT REPORTED

PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING & RESEARCH

continued

Delinquency Dispositions by School Status, 2007 TOTAL DISPOSITIONS

IN SCHOOL

OUT OF SCHOOL

425

380

39

6

Lancaster

1,494

1,069

212

213

Lawrence

382

325

37

20

Lebanon

402

336

43

23

Lehigh

1,521

1,275

246

0

Luzerne

1,066

554

38

474

Lycoming

567

536

30

1

McKean

105

99

6

0

Mercer

303

255

21

27

Mifflin

85

62

6

17

481

416

64

1

2,294

1,527

119

648

55

49

6

0

1,089

1,048

38

3

Northumberland

502

389

54

59

Perry

136

113

21

2

8,796

7,097

1,055

644

136

108

13

15

72

63

9

0

Schuylkill

443

214

37

192

Snyder

174

131

13

30

Somerset

178

153

24

1

Sullivan

16

16

0

0

Susquehanna

80

71

4

5

Tioga

103

98

5

0

Union

48

37

9

2

Venango

181

158

9

14

Warren

144

127

11

6

Washington

911

586

13

312

80

73

7

0

1,219

1,200

19

0

116

108

3

5

1,881

1,210

124

547

45,573

37,083

4,441

4,049

100.0%

81.4%

9.7%

8.9%

COUNTY Lackawanna

Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton

Philadelphia Pike Potter

Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York TOTAL % of Total

NOT REPORTED

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

56

JUVENILE COURT JUDGES’ COMMISSION

Delinquency Dispositions by Highest Grade Completed, 2007 COUNTY Adams

TOTAL DISPOSITIONS

UNDER 9TH

9TH

10TH

11TH

12TH

OTHER

NOT REPORTED

419

132

99

102

64

18

0

4

Allegheny

4,692

1,725

929

982

703

201

112

40

Armstrong

236

65

42

40

29

5

0

55

Beaver

548

197

135

100

62

18

28

8

Bedford

74

19

20

16

15

2

2

0

1,828

837

458

314

163

27

16

13

Blair

516

133

68

57

47

4

3

204

Bradford

123

50

29

19

19

1

4

1

Bucks

1,790

393

301

376

356

106

42

216

Butler

364

123

70

77

59

22

1

12

Cambria

497

200

97

103

85

10

1

1

Cameron

12

7

1

0

1

1

1

1

Carbon

183

69

35

56

19

3

0

1

Centre

249

76

47

63

42

15

6

0

1,088

128

175

245

264

241

4

31

86

36

22

18

9

1

0

0

133

51

35

21

20

2

0

4

46

15

12

7

10

2

0

0

Columbia

286

75

45

67

28

17

9

45

Crawford

203

80

31

35

23

6

21

7

Cumberland

644

176

101

88

76

4

199

0

Dauphin

1,548

576

341

292

253

56

5

25

Delaware

1,631

628

295

274

181

70

174

9

82

20

23

19

17

0

0

3

1,061

533

270

151

72

10

11

14

Fayette

383

127

79

84

65

11

2

15

Forest

25

7

7

3

2

0

1

5

636

213

76

99

87

17

15

129

Fulton

31

10

8

9

1

2

0

1

Greene

177

79

39

33

18

4

0

4

87

37

15

13

15

7

0

0

Indiana

179

34

34

26

30

13

2

40

Jefferson

178

71

28

22

29

5

0

23

53

12

6

15

13

1

3

3

425

149

91

79

40

11

46

9

Berks

Chester Clarion Clearfield Clinton

Elk Erie

Franklin

Huntingdon

Juniata Lackawanna

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continued

Delinquency Dispositions by Highest Grade Completed, 2007 COUNTY

TOTAL DISPOSITIONS

UNDER 9TH

9TH

10TH

11TH

12TH

OTHER

NOT REPORTED

Lancaster

1,494

527

281

222

161

49

41

213

Lawrence

382

169

86

66

38

3

0

20

Lebanon

402

151

80

69

63

10

6

23

Lehigh

1,521

296

392

323

262

214

0

34

Luzerne

1,066

251

111

121

89

20

0

474

Lycoming

567

186

141

102

111

19

7

1

McKean

105

59

20

17

8

1

0

0

Mercer

303

102

59

48

45

9

9

31

Mifflin

85

39

19

4

5

0

1

17

481

159

72

93

101

48

2

6

2,294

359

263

304

365

194

62

747

55

24

14

5

9

1

2

0

1,089

295

247

253

225

64

3

2

Northumberland

502

211

99

83

34

5

11

59

Perry

136

54

22

30

17

9

2

2

8,796

1,710

2,074

1,745

935

621

974

737

136

35

36

24

21

5

0

15

72

11

11

37

13

0

0

0

Schuylkill

443

106

54

47

38

5

0

193

Snyder

174

56

35

34

11

1

7

30

Somerset

178

62

39

33

30

10

3

1

Sullivan

16

9

4

0

2

0

0

1

Susquehanna

80

33

9

20

7

1

0

10

Tioga

103

39

13

17

19

12

1

2

Union

48

16

6

10

12

1

1

2

Venango

181

59

24

28

31

1

24

14

Warren

144

73

27

23

10

5

0

6

Washington

911

195

109

131

110

7

35

324

80

26

18

22

11

3

0

0

1,219

433

161

254

355

16

0

0

116

54

20

16

10

4

1

11

1,881

550

336

233

143

29

35

555

TOTAL

45,573

13,432

8,946

8,319

6,208

2,280

1,935

4,453

% of Total

100.0%

19.6%

18.3%

13.6%

5.0%

4.2%

9.8%

Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton

Philadelphia Pike Potter

Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York

29.5%

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

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Delinquency Dispositions by Family Status, 2007 FAMILY STATUS OF YOUTH’S BIOLOGICAL PARENTS BOTH PARENTS DECEASED

NEVER MARRIED

OTHER

28

1

110

9

4

147

196

9

3,094

92

33

96

10

8

1

21

9

55

115

120

29

16

1

207

52

8

74

25

33

1

6

0

5

4

0

1,828

370

400

132

102

5

794

11

14

Blair

516

76

74

25

24

1

118

2

196

Bradford

123

38

44

7

5

0

19

10

0

Bucks

1,790

540

438

88

100

5

360

89

170

Butler

364

122

169

12

16

6

26

1

12

Cambria

497

107

83

18

23

0

263

2

1

Cameron

12

2

6

0

1

0

0

3

0

Carbon

183

43

62

8

18

1

49

1

1

Centre

249

72

120

6

7

2

41

1

0

1,088

333

167

38

31

0

120

399

0

86

19

24

16

7

2

16

2

0

133

39

46

9

7

0

20

8

4

46

9

17

1

7

0

10

2

0

Columbia

286

55

76

17

8

1

57

20

52

Crawford

203

49

74

15

5

0

33

21

6

Cumberland

644

170

39

3

4

0

38

390

0

Dauphin

1,548

266

252

71

40

2

870

22

25

Delaware

1,631

378

231

79

87

7

822

9

18

82

28

41

0

1

0

9

1

2

1,061

176

200

101

63

1

479

29

12

Fayette

383

62

80

59

14

0

137

28

3

Forest

25

4

10

0

1

0

4

1

5

636

110

254

56

12

3

26

46

129

Fulton

31

12

7

3

1

0

3

5

0

Greene

177

90

61

3

1

0

18

1

3

87

26

26

4

6

0

24

1

0

Indiana

179

48

23

14

11

0

37

8

38

Jefferson

178

39

69

9

13

0

27

0

21

53

12

27

2

5

0

4

0

3

425

125

113

11

33

3

130

1

9

TOTAL DISPOSITIONS

MARRIED

DIVORCED

419

121

132

14

Allegheny

4,692

746

375

Armstrong

236

36

Beaver

548

Bedford

COUNTY Adams

Berks

Chester Clarion Clearfield Clinton

Elk Erie

Franklin

Huntingdon

Juniata Lackawanna

59

ONE PARENT SEPARATED DECEASED

NOT REPORTED

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CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING & RESEARCH

continued

Delinquency Dispositions by Family Status, 2007 FAMILY STATUS OF YOUTH’S BIOLOGICAL PARENTS BOTH PARENTS DECEASED

NEVER MARRIED

OTHER

NOT REPORTED

74

3

576

22

213

22

17

0

126

5

20

122

7

17

1

131

3

23

309

246

106

62

3

743

0

52

1,066

145

130

41

36

5

228

7

474

Lycoming

567

104

131

11

11

2

291

16

1

McKean

105

24

40

2

8

4

25

2

0

Mercer

303

47

91

12

14

1

92

13

33

Mifflin

85

11

27

4

7

0

18

1

17

481

249

96

11

22

2

90

5

6

2,294

395

303

65

84

2

433

272

740

55

13

18

3

3

0

17

1

0

1,089

279

43

681

45

1

7

32

1

Northumberland

502

137

173

15

17

1

96

4

59

Perry

136

43

58

4

6

1

18

4

2

8,796

781

463

331

772

29

5,736

10

674

136

54

33

7

9

0

17

1

15

72

11

45

1

4

1

5

5

0

Schuylkill

443

47

70

27

27

1

66

14

191

Snyder

174

36

68

11

8

0

17

2

32

Somerset

178

48

70

3

9

0

42

5

1

Sullivan

16

4

7

1

1

0

3

0

0

Susquehanna

80

27

27

6

5

0

6

0

9

Tioga

103

28

48

5

4

0

14

3

1

Union

48

6

25

2

1

0

10

2

2

Venango

181

51

53

6

17

0

32

9

13

Warren

144

39

47

13

5

0

31

3

6

Washington

911

136

101

28

20

0

208

91

327

80

33

25

8

4

2

7

1

0

1,219

344

397

17

42

5

293

121

0

116

24

49

3

5

1

20

7

7

1,881

311

263

72

49

7

424

213

542

TOTAL

45,573

8,636

7,657

2,593

2,312

123

17,813

2,154

4,285

% of Total

100.0%

18.9%

16.8%

5.7%

5.1%

39.1%

4.7%

9.4%

TOTAL DISPOSITIONS

MARRIED

DIVORCED

Lancaster

1,494

262

284

60

Lawrence

382

77

115

Lebanon

402

98

Lehigh

1,521

Luzerne

COUNTY

Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton

Philadelphia Pike Potter

Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York

ONE PARENT SEPARATED DECEASED

0.3%

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

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Delinquency Dispositions by Living Arrangement of Youth, 2007 FATHER/ STEPMOTHER

MOTHER/ STEPFATHER

TOTAL DISPOS.

BOTH PARENTS

MOTHER

FATHER

419

125

155

36

22

12

42

7

16

4

Allegheny

4,692

699

2,766

376

337

44

192

30

241

7

Armstrong

236

33

78

22

12

9

15

2

10

55

Beaver

548

119

251

48

27

13

33

7

42

8

Bedford

74

25

31

3

4

2

3

3

3

0

1,828

380

888

164

120

41

137

16

72

10

Blair

516

74

234

63

42

8

19

13

15

48

Bradford

123

38

32

12

4

3

19

3

12

0

Bucks

1,790

553

532

127

84

33

140

2

150

169

Butler

364

120

124

48

15

5

24

2

14

12

Cambria

497

104

245

58

34

5

25

0

25

1

Cameron

12

2

4

1

2

0

0

0

3

0

Carbon

183

41

87

28

13

3

6

1

3

1

Centre

249

74

80

22

26

6

25

2

14

0

1,088

331

432

120

62

17

60

0

66

0

86

18

35

8

11

2

8

2

2

0

133

37

36

15

12

4

19

0

6

4

46

12

12

5

8

2

5

0

2

0

Columbia

286

60

113

20

12

4

19

3

5

50

Crawford

203

49

78

21

8

2

6

0

33

6

Cumberland

644

186

253

84

18

8

38

6

51

0

Dauphin

1,548

278

799

117

119

20

97

15

78

25

Delaware

1,631

307

825

104

98

27

115

15

130

10

82

30

28

9

1

0

12

0

1

1

1,061

184

540

91

67

22

91

4

50

12

Fayette

383

71

178

22

34

9

32

7

27

3

Forest

25

3

5

3

1

0

6

1

1

5

636

106

269

44

4

7

27

10

40

129

Fulton

31

10

9

1

3

0

3

0

5

0

Greene

177

83

48

14

11

4

7

5

4

1

87

28

28

8

7

3

7

1

5

0

Indiana

179

50

44

15

3

6

15

4

4

38

Jefferson

178

39

74

20

3

1

12

1

9

19

53

13

15

4

8

2

7

0

1

3

425

128

181

44

20

7

28

3

10

4

COUNTY Adams

Berks

Chester Clarion Clearfield Clinton

Elk Erie

Franklin

Huntingdon

Juniata Lackawanna

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FOSTER FAMILY

OTHER

NOT REPORTED

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continued

Delinquency Dispositions by Living Arrangement of Youth, 2007 FATHER/ STEPMOTHER

MOTHER/ STEPFATHER

COUNTY

TOTAL DISPOS.

BOTH PARENTS

MOTHER

FATHER

Lancaster

1,494

261

563

97

68

40

159

7

84

215

Lawrence

382

77

180

40

19

4

30

6

6

20

Lebanon

402

102

155

40

21

10

30

3

18

23

Lehigh

1,521

308

710

118

126

34

122

15

67

21

Luzerne

1,066

156

254

56

44

9

49

5

20

473

Lycoming

567

112

279

86

30

5

15

20

19

1

McKean

105

26

38

7

3

2

7

9

13

0

Mercer

303

46

129

24

31

7

27

6

6

27

Mifflin

85

16

18

9

7

2

10

3

3

17

481

234

122

31

33

7

28

12

13

1

2,294

394

627

149

108

38

120

22

96

740

55

11

12

10

3

1

7

0

11

0

1,089

276

525

117

64

9

28

15

54

1

Northumberland

502

102

174

29

22

10

55

19

32

59

Perry

136

43

39

11

9

7

14

2

9

2

8,796

819

4,894

536

1,176

53

0

94

608

616

136

52

35

7

3

3

16

0

5

15

72

10

23

8

8

7

5

0

11

0

Schuylkill

443

58

99

31

14

4

29

4

13

191

Snyder

174

33

57

9

8

2

20

7

6

32

Somerset

178

52

70

16

6

3

14

1

16

0

Sullivan

16

4

7

2

1

0

1

0

1

0

Susquehanna

80

22

30

7

7

0

2

2

7

3

Tioga

103

33

30

17

8

3

7

2

3

0

Union

48

5

25

4

5

0

4

1

2

2

Venango

181

51

57

16

17

3

14

0

11

12

Warren

144

38

48

23

4

5

12

0

8

6

Washington

911

134

250

73

40

11

20

1

60

322

80

31

26

5

6

3

7

0

2

0

1,219

342

544

138

22

11

79

7

76

0

116

25

44

14

8

2

10

0

8

5

1,881

309

619

152

69

21

71

16

87

537

TOTAL

45,573

8,592

20,192

3,659

3,242

647

2,306

444

2,525

3,966

% of Total

100.0% 18.9%

44.3%

8.0%

7.1%

1.4%

5.1%

5.5%

8.7%

Monroe Montgomery Montour Northampton

Philadelphia Pike Potter

Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York

RELATIVE

FOSTER FAMILY

1.0%

OTHER

NOT REPORTED

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

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Dependency Dispositions, 2007 In 1991, the Commission began collecting information on dependency cases that are processed by juvenile probation departments. These figures do not reflect the total number of dependency cases in the Commonwealth, nor do they represent the total number of dependency cases handled by juvenile probation departments. A dependency case is defined as a new referral that is processed by the juvenile probation department and that does not have accompanying delinquency allegations. Only the counties that report dependency dispositions are shown in the tables in this section.

COUNTY Armstrong Beaver

TOTAL DISPOSITIONS 1

WARNED, DISMISSED, REFERRED TO COUNSELED, NOT ANOTHER CASE CLOSED SUBSTANTIATED AGENCY 0 1 0

CONSENT DECREE 0

OTHER 0

PLACEMENT 0

PROTECTIVE SUPERVISION 0

122

9

20

0

0

0

39

54

2

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

Berks

437

423

0

0

0

14

0

0

Butler

5

0

0

0

0

1

0

4

Cambria

78

12

2

3

1

3

0

57

Cameron

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Crawford

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Erie

3

0

0

0

1

0

1

1

Fayette

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

Franklin

4

2

0

0

0

1

0

1

Fulton

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Greene

13

0

0

0

0

0

0

13

Indiana

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Jefferson

4

0

0

0

0

1

0

3

173

7

13

3

0

20

10

120

67

43

0

0

0

11

0

13

2

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

64

0

0

64

0

0

0

0

Snyder

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Susquehanna

2

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

Venango

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

468

180

6

4

1

14

32

231

1,453

680

43

75

4

70

83

498

100.0%

46.8%

3.0%

5.2%

4.8%

5.7%

34.3%

Bedford

Montgomery Northumberland Philadelphia Schuylkill

Westmoreland TOTAL % of Total

0.3%

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

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Dependency Dispositions by Age, 2007

Age calculated at date of disposition COUNTY

TOTAL DISPOS.

Armstrong

1

10

11

1

0

0

122

37

2

14

15

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

6

9

6

13

14

15

0

16

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

Berks

437

0

1

3

9

29

52

127

142

64

10

0

Butler

5

0

3

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cambria

78

0

1

0

3

10

13

14

35

2

0

0

Cameron

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Crawford

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Erie

3

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

Fayette

2

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Franklin

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

1

0

Fulton

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Greene

13

0

0

0

0

1

1

4

2

4

1

0

Indiana

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Jefferson

4

0

2

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

173

1

0

0

6

9

24

51

54

26

2

0

67

7

3

8

6

1

5

22

12

3

0

0

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

64

2

1

0

8

6

11

16

19

1

0

0

Snyder

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Susquehanna

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Venango

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

468

7

2

9

22

36

84

115

116

69

6

2

1,453

57

16

28

61

102

198

367

398

187

20

19

100.0%

3.9%

1.1%

25.3%

27.4%

12.9%

1.4%

Bedford

Montgomery Northumberland Philadelphia Schuylkill

Westmoreland Total % of Total

1.9%

12

4.2%

7.0% 13.6%

16

17

18+

NOT REPORTED

13

Beaver

9 & UNDER

1.3%

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

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Outcomes of Delinquency Disposition Reviews, 2007 A disposition review is a hearing conducted by the court regarding a previous disposition which did not result in out-of-home placement.

COUNTY Adams

TOTAL DISPOSITIONS WITHDRAWN DISMISSED

REFERRED

CONSENT DECREE

CONTINUED ON PREVIOUS PROBATION DISPOSITION

OTHER

PLACEMENT

34

0

0

0

1

1

10

0

22

Allegheny

3,503

1,786

0

1

1

26

1,380

2

307

Armstrong

6

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

4

Beaver

65

2

12

0

0

20

9

0

22

Bedford

32

0

1

0

0

7

7

9

8

417

2

0

1

5

82

176

17

134

11

0

0

1

0

2

3

1

4

2

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

Bucks

401

35

1

5

1

65

76

28

190

Butler

229

0

0

5

1

48

145

2

28

Cambria

109

8

0

0

0

0

95

4

2

Cameron

6

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

4

Carbon

9

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

8

Centre

77

0

0

0

1

45

15

0

16

Chester

58

0

0

0

0

3

0

2

53

Clarion

30

0

1

0

1

2

19

1

6

Clearfield

17

0

0

0

0

8

3

2

4

Clinton

11

0

0

0

0

1

3

0

7

Columbia

12

0

0

1

0

2

7

0

2

Crawford

3

0

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

Cumberland

291

170

0

1

16

2

88

2

12

Dauphin

276

13

0

2

1

65

49

5

141

Delaware

706

55

5

6

1

14

357

0

268

Elk

4

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

2

Erie

95

1

0

1

0

23

2

5

63

Fayette

10

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

9

Forest

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Franklin

8

0

1

1

0

1

0

1

4

Fulton

8

0

0

0

0

1

6

0

1

Greene

4

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

1

Huntingdon

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Indiana

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

20

0

0

0

0

3

1

0

16

7

0

0

0

1

0

3

0

3

Berks Blair Bradford

Jefferson Juniata

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Outcomes of Delinquency Disposition Reviews, 2007 COUNTY

TOTAL DISPOSITIONS WITHDRAWN DISMISSED

REFERRED

CONSENT DECREE

CONTINUED ON PREVIOUS PROBATION DISPOSITION

OTHER

PLACEMENT

Lackawanna

868

0

0

0

0

1

807

31

29

Lancaster

127

1

2

2

0

82

0

0

40

Lawrence

14

0

1

0

0

0

4

0

9

Lebanon

50

1

0

0

5

8

26

4

6

Lehigh

163

21

0

0

0

3

74

5

60

Luzerne

149

0

0

2

0

9

39

5

94

Lycoming

176

6

4

2

18

29

38

25

54

McKean

46

0

0

0

0

6

35

2

3

Mercer

22

1

0

0

0

3

9

2

7

Mifflin

27

0

0

0

0

2

3

9

13

Monroe

76

1

0

2

0

4

10

0

59

132

0

0

0

0

13

19

11

89

Montour

15

0

0

1

0

1

3

4

6

Northampton

62

0

0

0

0

11

3

3

45

Northumberland

16

1

0

0

0

7

0

0

8

3

0

0

1

0

1

0

1

0

21,122

3,843

212

19

359

849

11,957

1,916

1,967

17

0

0

1

0

4

6

2

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Schuylkill

15

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

13

Snyder

14

0

0

0

0

1

5

1

7

Somerset

19

0

0

0

0

0

10

1

8

4

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

2

15

0

0

1

0

0

4

8

2

Tioga

8

0

0

0

0

3

3

0

2

Union

13

1

0

1

0

4

4

0

3

4

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

2

Warren

12

0

1

0

0

5

0

1

5

Washington

77

0

0

0

0

6

24

1

46

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

5

207

93

0

1

0

7

60

5

41

17

0

0

0

1

0

5

0

11

582

6

0

0

0

20

446

26

84

TOTAL

30,543

6,047

243

59

415

1,509

16,054

2,145

4,071

% of Total

100.0%

19.8%

0.8%

0.2%

1.4%

7.0%

13.3%

Montgomery

Perry Philadelphia Pike Potter

Sullivan Susquehanna

Venango

Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York

4.9%

52.6%

NOTE: Dispositional outcomes were combined for these tables. Informal Adjustment and Fines and Costs are included in the category titled Other. Transferred to Other Juvenile Court and Referred to Another Agency/Individual are included in the category Referred. Complaint Withdrawn and Warned, Counseled, Case Closed are included in the category Withdrawn. Protective Supervision and Probation with Day Treatment are included with Probation.

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

66

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Outcomes of Delinquency Placement Reviews, 2007 A placement review is a hearing conducted by the court regarding a previous disposition that resulted in outof-home placement.

CONTINUED

RELEASED

TRANSFERRED

77

34

27

16

Allegheny

1,584

757

702

125

Armstrong

17

9

5

3

Beaver

9

1

0

8

Bedford

30

17

12

1

Berks

470

142

285

43

Blair

44

21

12

11

1

0

0

1

Bucks

444

216

152

76

Butler

86

41

41

4

Cambria

29

12

12

5

Cameron

8

4

4

0

Carbon

40

16

18

6

Centre

44

9

30

5

Chester

429

222

174

33

Clarion

24

12

11

1

7

5

2

0

Clinton

33

16

10

7

Columbia

29

14

7

8

Crawford

35

14

19

2

Cumberland

79

42

29

8

Dauphin

550

281

181

88

Delaware

748

208

465

75

1

0

0

1

467

168

242

57

Fayette

45

19

14

12

Forest

4

3

1

0

116

63

37

16

Fulton

3

2

1

0

Greene

8

4

2

2

10

5

4

1

2

1

1

0

Jefferson

47

20

24

3

Juniata

12

7

4

1

COUNTY Adams

Bradford

Clearfield

Elk Erie

Franklin

Huntingdon Indiana

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TOTAL PLACEMENT REVIEWS

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CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING & RESEARCH

continued

Outcomes of Delinquency Placement Reviews, 2007

COUNTY

TOTAL PLACEMENT REVIEWS

OUTCOME CONTINUED

RELEASED

TRANSFERRED

Lackawanna

148

69

63

16

Lancaster

223

170

9

44

Lawrence

6

5

1

0

Lebanon

43

31

9

3

Lehigh

350

158

177

15

Luzerne

466

105

310

51

Lycoming

182

66

83

33

McKean

24

13

9

2

Mercer

39

20

16

3

Mifflin

24

9

14

1

Monroe

255

100

128

27

Montgomery

580

254

294

32

6

2

3

1

121

98

15

8

30

17

5

8

1

0

0

1

9,665

6,964

2,440

261

36

14

20

2

0

0

0

0

Schuylkill

54

46

2

6

Snyder

23

10

8

5

Somerset

15

11

2

2

0

0

0

0

Susquehanna

19

11

2

6

Tioga

35

20

12

3

Union

11

9

2

0

Venango

52

33

16

3

Warren

15

13

0

2

188

98

66

24

26

13

10

3

275

137

105

33

15

5

10

0

428

181

187

60

TOTAL

18,887

11,067

6,546

1,274

% of Total

100.0%

Montour Northampton Northumberland Perry Philadelphia Pike Potter

Sullivan

Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

58.6%

34.7%

6.7% 68

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Delinquency Placement Review Transfers by Type of Placement, 2007

COUNTY Adams

TOTAL PRIVATE DPW PLACEMENTS INSTITUTION OPEN YDC

GROUP HOME

FOSTER CARE

SECURITY

DRUG & WILDERNESS ALCOHOL BASED

BOOT CAMP

INDEP. LIVING

OTHER TYPE

16

4

2

2

3

0

2

0

0

2

1

Allegheny

125

28

8

30

0

23

6

15

2

12

1

Armstrong

3

1

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Beaver

8

3

0

0

0

3

0

0

0

2

0

Bedford

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Berks

43

20

1

2

0

7

2

3

0

4

4

Blair

11

0

0

4

3

2

1

0

0

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bucks

76

12

2

14

15

10

8

10

4

0

1

Butler

4

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

Cambria

5

2

0

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Carbon

6

2

0

0

1

1

0

1

1

0

0

Centre

5

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Chester

33

15

1

7

1

5

0

2

2

0

0

Clarion

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Clinton

7

3

1

1

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

Columbia

8

5

0

0

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

Crawford

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

Cumberland

8

3

0

1

2

1

0

0

1

0

0

Dauphin

88

30

4

22

4

4

3

0

4

7

10

Delaware

75

22

3

7

0

17

5

14

4

3

0

Elk

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Erie

57

15

0

18

0

10

2

0

5

7

0

Fayette

12

6

0

0

0

4

1

0

1

0

0

Franklin

16

5

0

0

4

1

0

2

1

1

2

Greene

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

Huntingdon

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Jefferson

3

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Juniata

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Bradford

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COUNTY

TOTAL PRIVATE DPW PLACEMENTS INSTITUTION OPEN YDC

GROUP HOME

FOSTER CARE

SECURITY

DRUG & WILDERNESS ALCOHOL BASED

BOOT CAMP

INDEP. LIVING

OTHER TYPE

Lackawanna

16

4

0

1

0

4

2

0

1

0

4

Lancaster

44

4

12

13

0

6

0

0

1

8

0

Lebanon

3

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

1

0

0

Lehigh

15

4

0

0

2

5

0

2

0

1

1

Luzerne

51

15

0

2

0

3

16

6

1

8

0

Lycoming

33

14

1

0

9

3

0

0

6

0

0

McKean

2

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

Mercer

3

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

Mifflin

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Monroe

27

3

0

4

0

14

0

0

5

1

0

Montgomery

32

14

1

6

4

2

3

1

0

1

0

Montour

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Northampton

8

3

1

0

1

2

0

1

0

0

0

Northumberland

8

2

0

0

1

4

0

0

0

0

1

Perry

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

261

62

10

45

7

60

21

9

15

17

15

Pike

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Schuylkill

6

2

0

1

1

1

0

0

0

1

0

Snyder

5

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

3

Somerset

2

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

Susquehanna

6

2

0

1

0

1

0

0

1

0

1

Tioga

3

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

Venango

3

1

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

Warren

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

24

6

0

5

1

3

1

0

0

4

4

3

1

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

Westmoreland

33

10

2

9

4

1

1

0

1

5

0

York

60

14

1

6

1

4

5

1

2

22

4

1,274

350

51

209

67

216

81

67

63

113

57

100.0%

27.5%

4.0%

16.4%

5.3%

17.0%

6.4%

4.9%

8.9%

4.5%

Philadelphia

Washington Wayne

TOTAL % of Total

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

5.3%

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Summary of all Delinquency and Dependency Dispositions, 2007 DELINQUENCY CASES COUNTY Adams

DEPENDENCY CASES

TOTAL NEW DISPOSITION PLACEMENT DISPOSITIONS SUBTOTAL ALLEGATIONS REVIEWS REVIEWS

NEW DISPOSITION PLACEMENT REVIEWS SUBTOTAL ALLEGATIONS REVIEWS

530

530

419

34

77

0

0

0

0

Allegheny

9,779

9,779

4,692

3,503

1,584

0

0

0

0

Armstrong

260

259

236

6

17

1

1

0

0

Beaver

763

622

548

65

9

141

122

1

18

Bedford

140

136

74

32

30

4

2

2

0

3,152

2,715

1,828

417

470

437

437

0

0

Blair

571

571

516

11

44

0

0

0

0

Bradford

126

126

123

2

1

0

0

0

0

Bucks

2,636

2,635

1,790

401

444

1

0

0

1

Butler

684

679

364

229

86

5

5

0

0

Cambria

774

635

497

109

29

139

78

60

1

Cameron

27

26

12

6

8

1

1

0

0

Carbon

232

232

183

9

40

0

0

0

0

Centre

370

370

249

77

44

0

0

0

0

1,575

1,575

1,088

58

429

0

0

0

0

Clarion

140

140

86

30

24

0

0

0

0

Clearfield

157

157

133

17

7

0

0

0

0

91

90

46

11

33

1

0

0

1

Columbia

327

327

286

12

29

0

0

0

0

Crawford

242

241

203

3

35

1

1

0

0

Cumberland

1,014

1,014

644

291

79

0

0

0

0

Dauphin

2,374

2,374

1,548

276

550

0

0

0

0

Delaware

3,085

3,085

1,631

706

748

0

0

0

0

87

87

82

4

1

0

0

0

0

1,630

1,623

1,061

95

467

7

3

1

3

Fayette

440

438

383

10

45

2

2

0

0

Forest

30

30

25

1

4

0

0

0

0

764

760

636

8

116

4

4

0

0

Fulton

43

42

31

8

3

1

1

0

0

Greene

202

189

177

4

8

13

13

0

0

98

97

87

0

10

1

0

0

1

Indiana

186

185

179

4

2

1

1

0

0

Jefferson

250

245

178

20

47

5

4

0

1

72

72

53

7

12

0

0

0

0

1,442

1,441

425

868

148

1

0

1

0

Berks

Chester

Clinton

Elk Erie

Franklin

Huntingdon

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Summary of all Delinquency and Dependency Dispositions, 2007 DELINQUENCY CASES COUNTY

DEPENDENCY CASES

TOTAL NEW DISPOSITION PLACEMENT DISPOSITIONS SUBTOTAL ALLEGATIONS REVIEWS REVIEWS

NEW DISPOSITION PLACEMENT SUBTOTAL ALLEGATIONS REVIEWS REVIEWS

Lancaster

1,844

1,844

1,494

127

223

0

0

0

0

Lawrence

402

402

382

14

6

0

0

0

0

Lebanon

495

495

402

50

43

0

0

0

0

Lehigh

2,034

2,034

1,521

163

350

0

0

0

0

Luzerne

1,682

1,681

1,066

149

466

1

0

1

0

Lycoming

925

925

567

176

182

0

0

0

0

McKean

176

175

105

46

24

1

0

0

1

Mercer

365

364

303

22

39

1

0

0

1

Mifflin

136

136

85

27

24

0

0

0

0

Monroe

812

812

481

76

255

0

0

0

0

3,222

3,006

2,294

132

580

216

173

14

29

76

76

55

15

6

0

0

0

0

1,272

1,272

1,089

62

121

0

0

0

0

Northumberland

617

548

502

16

30

69

67

0

2

Perry

140

140

136

3

1

0

0

0

0

39,587

39,583

8,796 21,122

9,665

4

2

2

0

189

189

136

17

36

0

0

0

0

72

72

72

0

0

0

0

0

0

Schuylkill

576

512

443

15

54

64

64

0

0

Snyder

214

211

174

14

23

3

1

0

2

Somerset

212

212

178

19

15

0

0

0

0

20

20

16

4

0

0

0

0

0

Susquehanna

116

114

80

15

19

2

2

0

0

Tioga

146

146

103

8

35

0

0

0

0

Union

73

72

48

13

11

1

0

0

1

Venango

238

237

181

4

52

1

1

0

0

Warren

171

171

144

12

15

0

0

0

0

1,176

1,176

911

77

188

0

0

0

0

111

111

80

5

26

0

0

0

0

2,481

1,701

1,219

207

275

780

468

146

166

148

148

116

17

15

0

0

0

0

2,893

2,891

1,881

582

428

2

0

0

2

96,914

95,003

45,573 30,543

18,887

1,911

1,453

228

230

100%

98.0%

Montgomery Montour Northampton

Philadelphia Pike Potter

Sullivan

Washington Wayne Westmoreland Wyoming York TOTAL

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN

2.0%

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Appendix County Class and Population

Class

Total Population

Juvenile Population 10-17

Philadelphia

1

1,453,212

163,899

Allegheny

2

1,224,993

121,747

Bucks Delaware Montgomery

2A 2A 2A

619,407 553,732 773,866

70,509 63,726 84,231

Berks Chester Dauphin Erie Lackawanna Lancaster Lehigh Luzerne Northampton Westmoreland York

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

398,749 478,990 254,068 279,686 209,146 493,849 333,833 311,626 289,884 363,480 414,505

44,531 55,582 27,891 31,161 20,747 57,462 36,906 30,215 31,074 36,191 45,494

Beaver Butler Cambria Cumberland Fayette Schuylkill Washington

4 4 4 4 4 4 4

174,021 181,179 146,080 225,772 144,919 147,037 205,297

17,652 19,874 13,462 22,167 14,533 13,698 20,443

Blair Centre Franklin Lawrence Lebanon Lycoming Mercer Monroe Northumberland

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

125,643 144,205 139,685 91,351 126,441 117,349 117,558 162,913 91,049

12,365 10,944 14,674 9,545 13,216 11,761 12,422 20,670 8,631

County

County

Class

Total Population

Juvenile Population 10-17

Adams Armstrong Bedford Bradford Carbon Clarion Clearfield Clinton Columbia Crawford Elk Greene Huntingdon Indiana Jefferson McKean Mifflin Pike Somerset Susquehanna Tioga Venango Warren Wayne

6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

100,050 69,325 49,700 61,594 62,152 40,194 81,897 37,277 64,668 88,887 32,869 39,609 45,487 87,924 45,132 44,009 46,891 57,252 78,206 41,425 40,741 55,167 41,167 51,561

10,963 6,962 5,074 6,870 6,187 3,829 8,151 3,490 5,803 9,420 3,380 3,878 4,216 7,775 4,509 4,544 4,943 7,272 7,464 4,578 4,188 5,984 4,318 5,384

Juniata Perry Snyder Union Wyoming

7 7 7 7 7

23,155 44,869 38,042 43,543 27,874

2,453 4,973 3,886 3,598 3,110

Cameron Forest Fulton Montour Potter Sullivan

8 8 8 8 8 8

5,399 7,028 14,756 17,848 17,365 6,229

584 693 1,583 1,940 1,955 676

NOTE: 2006 census data retrieved from the National Center for Health Statistics.

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