Juvenile courts employ a variety of dispositions for youth adjudicated as delinquent offenders.
This included placements in residential treatment centers, juvenile corrections facilities, foster homes, and group homes. The percentage for public order offense cases was relatively high because these cases included escapes from institutions along with probation and parole violations. Suggestions of court bias in assessing the home conditions of minority youth and the lack of available community resources to provide needed supports have been raised as possible factors contributing to disparities in placement practices. For further information This Fact Sheet is based on the Report Juvenile Court Statistics 1996. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office for Victims of Crime.