| Probation as a Court Disposition |
| Q: |
What are the characteristics of cases placed on formal probation? |
| A: |
Property offenses constitute the largest share of the formal probation caseload. |
Characteristics of adjudicated cases ordered to probation, 1985-2005
| |
1985 |
1995 |
2000 |
2005 |
|
| Most serious offense |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
| Person |
17 |
|
22 |
|
23 |
|
26 |
|
| Property |
60 |
|
49 |
|
40 |
|
36 |
|
| Drugs |
7 |
|
10 |
|
13 |
|
13 |
|
| Public order |
16 |
|
18 |
|
24 |
|
26 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Sex |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
| Male |
86 |
|
81 |
|
78 |
|
76 |
|
| Female |
14 |
|
19 |
|
22 |
|
24 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Race |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
| White |
69 |
|
68 |
|
68 |
|
65 |
|
| Black |
29 |
|
30 |
|
29 |
|
32 |
|
| American Indian |
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
| Asian/NHPI |
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Age at referral |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
| Under 14 |
17 |
|
19 |
|
19 |
|
16 |
|
| Age 14 |
18 |
|
18 |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
| Age 15 |
24 |
|
24 |
|
23 |
|
24 |
|
| Age 16 |
25 |
|
23 |
|
24 |
|
25 |
|
| Age 17 & older |
17 |
|
16 |
|
17 |
|
19 |
|
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[ Excel file ]
- Compared with 1985, the offense profile of adjudicated delinquency cases ordered to formal probation showed greater proportions of person, drug, and public order cases in 2005.
- Males account for the largest share of the formal probation caseload (76% in 2005), but the female share has grown since 1985, from 14% to 24%.
- The age and race profiles of adjudicated cases ordered to formal probation changed little between 1985 and 2005.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/probation/qa07103.asp?qaDate=2005.
Released on September 12, 2008. Adapted from Puzzanchera, C. and Sickmund, M. (2008). Juvenile Court Statistics 2005. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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