Juvenile Court Statistics, 1991: [United States]

This data collection describes in quantitative terms the
volume of juvenile cases disposed in 1991 by courts having jurisdiction
over juvenile matters (delinquency, status offense, and dependency
cases). Inaugurated in 1926 to furnish an index of the problems brought
before the juvenile courts, this series is the oldest continuous source
of information on the processing of delinquent and dependent youth by
juvenile courts. It is the most detailed information available on youth
who come in contact with the juvenile justice system and on the
activities of the nation's juvenile courts. Information is provided on
state, county, number of delinquency cases, number of status offense
cases, number of dependency cases, and total number of cases. The data
distinguish cases with and without the filing of a petition.