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PennsylvaniaJUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS
20152015
2015PENNSYLVANIA
Juvenile Court Dispositions
Commonwealth Of PennsylvaniaHon. Tom Wolf, Governor
Juvenile Court Judges’ CommissionChairman
Hon. Kim Berkeley Clark Allegheny County
Vice-ChairmanHon. Lori A. DumasPhiladelphia County
Secretary Hon. Carol L. Van Horn
Franklin/Fulton Counties
Hon. John M. ClelandMcKean County
Hon. J. Brian Johnson
Lehigh County
Hon. Margaret T. MurphyPhiladelphia County
Hon. Nathaniel C. NicholsDelaware County
Hon. Maureen A. SkerdaWarren/Forest Counties
Hon. David R. Workman
Lancaster County
Richard D. Steele Acting Executive Director
Members
2015PENNSYLVANIA
Juvenile Court Dispositions
JUVENILE COURT JUDGES’ COMMISSIONRichard D. Steele, Acting Executive DirectorRobert J. Tomassini, Acting Deputy Director
Rebecca AndersonHeather Armstrong-Shugart
Marlene BenedictSusan BlackburnSeth Bloomquist
Julie ByersSharon Chamberlin
Susan ConnerRobert DiehlRandy Fisher
Chris HeberligLanette Hutchison
Monica Iskric
Linda MillerBarbara Mull
Christy NailorDonna ReasnerJames Stewart
Michael TanTyler TomlinsonSherry VarnerSteve Varner
Jarrett VoightKelly Waltman-Spreha
Nancy WitterTim Wright
Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission Center for Juvenile Justice Training & Research 601 Commonwealth Avenue Shippensburg University Suite 9100 1871 Old Main Drive Harrisburg, PA 17106-2425 Shippensburg, PA 17257-2299
www.jcjc.pa.gov
Susan BarketBarbara BarnesJustine Fowler
Keith GraybillLeo J. Lutz
Nicole Mattern
CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING AND RESEARCH
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Foreword
This report provides an overview of juvenile court dispositions in Pennsylvania during 2015 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 depen-dency 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 pro-bation 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 Pennsylvania’s 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 attor-neys, defenders, service treatment providers, and other professionals who work on a daily basis in the Pennsylvania juvenile court system.
Respectfully submitted,
Richard D. Steele Honorable Kim Berkeley ClarkActing Executive Director Chairman
The format and presentation of the data in this report are intended to help summarize various trends in juvenile courts within the Commonwealth. In addition to the graphs and charts, narrative is included that is intended to help readers more quickly recognize various statewide trends, as well as highlight information not reflected in the visual displays.
Please note that some 2014 data have been updated since the initial release of the 2014 Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Disposition Report. Those updates are reflected in the current relevant charts and graphs, as well as in the narrative on year-to-year comparisons.
The data within this year’s report are generally organized in a manner that reflect the chronological processing of juvenile court delinquency cases, with the exception of pages 3-5 (Delinquency Dispositions through Frequencies of Statewide Delinquency Dispositions).
Within this report, some of the data are organized and presented in graphs by Class County to help readers make comparisons across counties of similar size and demographic composition.
While some county-specific data are presented within the body of the report, all of the raw data for each of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties remain available for viewing. For each section within the report, please reference the appendices to review county-specific data on that topic.
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Table of Contents
Terms ....................................................................................................................................................................... 1Highlights ................................................................................................................................................................ 2
Delinquency DispositionsDelinquency Dispositions (Map) ............................................................................................................................ 3Delinquency Dispositions, 2011-2015 ................................................................................................................... 4Frequency of Statewide Delinquency Dispositions ............................................................................................... 5Source of Allegation ................................................................................................................................................ 5Attorney Representation in Formal Delinquency Proceedings ............................................................................ 6Median Time Lapse for Formal vs. Informal Proceedings by Type of Disposition ............................................. 7Median Time Lapse for Formal vs. Informal Proceedings, 2011-2015 ................................................................ 8
Delinquency OffensesAlleged Offenses, 2011-2015 .................................................................................................................................. 9Substantiated Offenses, 2011-2015 ..................................................................................................................... 10Most Serious Offenses, 2011-2015 ...................................................................................................................... 11
Secure DetentionSecure Detention Overview ................................................................................................................................. 12Codes Related to JCJC Standards Governing the Use of Secure Detention Under The Juvenile Act .............. 12Secure Detention Admissions, 2011-2015 .......................................................................................................... 13Length of Stay in Secure Detention ..................................................................................................................... 14Secure Detention Admissions by Standard Section Codes ................................................................................. 15Utilization Rates for Pennsylvania Juvenile Detention Centers ........................................................................ 16
Delinquency PlacementsDelinquency Placements, 2011-2015 ................................................................................................................... 17Delinquency Placements as a Percent of Dispositions, 2011-2015 .................................................................... 17Delinquency Placements as a Percent of Dispositions (Map) ............................................................................ 18New Allegation Placements vs. Disposition Review Placements ....................................................................... 19Total Delinquency Placements by Type ............................................................................................................... 21
Disposition and Placement ReviewsOutcomes of Delinquency Disposition Reviews.................................................................................................. 22Outcomes of Delinquency Placement Reviews .................................................................................................... 22
DemographicsSelected Dispositions by Gender .......................................................................................................................... 23Total Dispositions by Age, 2014-2015 ................................................................................................................. 24Total Dispositions by Selected Variables ............................................................................................................. 25Educational Status ................................................................................................................................................ 25Family Status ........................................................................................................................................................ 26
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Demographics (Continued)Race and Ethnicity ................................................................................................................................................ 27Total Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity ...................................................................................... 28Selected Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity ................................................................................. 29Secure Detention by Race and Ethnicity ............................................................................................................. 31Transferred to Criminal Proceedings by Race and Ethnicity ............................................................................. 31
Dependency DispositionsDependency Dispositions .................................................................................................................................... 32Dependency Dispositions by Age ........................................................................................................................ 33
Appendices1: County Class and Population ........................................................................................................................ 352: Delinquency Dispositions, 2011-2015 .......................................................................................................... 363: Delinquency Dispositions as a Percent of Juvenile Population .................................................................. 384: Delinquency Dispositions by Type ................................................................................................................405: Delinquency Dispositions by Source of Allegation .......................................................................................446: Type of Attorney Representation in Delinquency Proceedings ...................................................................467: Time Lapse from Allegation to Disposition for Delinquency Cases ............................................................488: Alleged Offenses by Type ............................................................................................................................... 509: Substantiated Offenses by Type .................................................................................................................... 5210: Length of Stay in Secure Detention ..............................................................................................................5411: Secure Detention Admissions by Standard Section Codes .......................................................................... 5612: Secure Detention Admissions by Selected Codes and Class County ........................................................... 5813: Delinquency Placements, 2011-2015 ............................................................................................................6614: Delinquency Placements by Type ..................................................................................................................6815: Outcomes of Delinquency Disposition Reviews ........................................................................................... 7016: Outcomes of Delinquency Placement Reviews ............................................................................................. 7217: Delinquency Placement Review Transfers by Type of Placement ................................................................ 7418: Delinquency Dispositions by Age .................................................................................................................. 7619: Delinquency Dispositions by School Status ..................................................................................................8020: Delinquency Dispositions by Highest Grade Completed ............................................................................. 8221: Delinquency Dispositions by Family Status .................................................................................................8422: Delinquency Dispositions by Living Arrangement of Youth .......................................................................8623: Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity .........................................................................................8824: Out of Home Placement Relative Rate Indices (RRI) ...................................................................................9025: Secure Detention Admissions by Race and Ethnicity ................................................................................... 9226: Secure Detention Relative Rate Indices (RRI)...............................................................................................9427: Summary of All Delinquency and Dependency Dispositions .......................................................................96
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Terms
This report is a compilation of the data collected from the juvenile probation departments throughout 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 of delinquency 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 an allegation of delinquency. Therefore, one is cautioned NOT to attempt to interpret dispositions as the number of youth who are processed by the court or the number of offenses;
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;
4. The statistical system is constructed to collect up to the seven (7) most serious offenses per delinquency disposition;
5. The Juvenile Court Judges’ 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;
6. The data in the secure detention section of this report were collected in conjunction with the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission’s Secure Detention Monitoring Program; and
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.
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Highlights
We draw your attention to the following statistical highlights of 2015:
• There were 24,139 delinquency-related dispositions in Pennsylvania during 2015. This represents a 5.6% decrease from 2014 and a 25.8% decrease since 2011 (page 4).
• Statewide, secure detention admissions have declined 11.1% since 2014 (page 13) and 41.4% since 2011.
• Statewide, delinquency placements have declined each year since 2011 with an overall decrease of 32.1%, and a decrease of 12.9% since 2014 (page 17).
• Seventeen-year-olds accounted for the most dispositions of any age group in 2015, representing 26.4% of all dispositions, followed in descending order by sixteen-year-olds (20.9%) and fifteen-year-olds (17.2%) (page 24).
• Youth whose biological parents were reported as “never married” represented more than 48% of all delinquency dispositions, while youth whose parents were reported as “married” represented 16.5% (page 26).
• Statewide, 47.3% of youth were reported as residing only with their mother, while 17.2% of youth resided with both biological parents (page 26).
• The majority of all delinquency dispositions involved White Non-Hispanic youth (45.8%), followed in descending order by Black Non-Hispanic youth (36.7%) and Hispanic youth (12.8%) (page 28).
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Delinquency Dispositions
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Delinquency Dispositions
Delinquency Dispositions, 2011-2015
From 2014 to 2015, the Commonwealth’s largest jurisdictions, Allegheny and Philadelphia Counties, both reported decreases in delinquency dispositions. Allegheny County reported a decrease of 10.7%, and Philadelphia County reported a 22.7% decrease.
3,588 3,083 3,244 3,180 2,841
5,5305,769 5,366 4,005 3,094
23,42622,227
20,34718,383 18,204
32,544 31,07928,957
25,568 24,139
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Delinquency Dispositions, 2011-2015
Allegheny Philadelphia Remaining Counties State
3,5883,083 3,244 3,180 2,841
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Delinquency Dispositions, 2011-2015
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There were 24,139 delinquency-related dispositions in Pennsylvania during 2015. This represents a 5.6% decrease from 2014 and a 25.8% decrease since 2011. Almost half (42.9%) of the total dispositions occurred in the six jurisdictions reporting more than 1,000 dispositions (see map on page 3).
Note: Dispositions resulting from Disposition Reviews, Placement Reviews, and Dependency referrals are not included.
Appendices
2015 Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Dispositions Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission ƒ Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research Page 5
Police and Magisterial District Judges continued to be the primary sources of delinquency allegations – 75.3% and 16.3% respectively.
Note: The category “Other” includes delinquency allegations received from schools, social agencies, relatives, and cases transferred from criminal court.
Source of Allegation
Frequencies of Statewide Delinquency Dispositions
Dispositions of Consent Decree, Probation, and Informal Adjustment continued to represent over half (54.8%) of all dispositions. Placement dispositions resulting from new allegations of delinquency decreased slightly (7.5% to 7.0%) from 2014 to 2015.
Note: Does not include disposition reviews and placement reviews.
Police, 75.3%
Magisterial District Judge,
16.3%
Other Juvenile Court, 4.8%
Probation, 0.3%
Other, 3.3%
Source of Allegation, 2015
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Transferred To Criminal Proceedings
Referral To Agency/Individual
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Warned, Case Closed
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Complaint Withdrawn
Placement
Fines/Costs Ordered
*Other Dispositions
Informal Adjustment
Probation
Consent Decree
Frequencies of Statewide Delinquency Dispositions, 2015
Delinquency Dispositions
*The “Other Dispositions” category includes dispositions of Case Closed, Accepted Courtesy Supervision, Com-munity Service Only, Case Closed-Fines Paid, Other, Case Closed-Unable to Locate Juvenile, Restitution Only Ordered, Administrative Supervision Only/Collections, and Judgement Filed/Case Closed.
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Attorney Representation in Formal Delinquency Proceedings, 2015
Legal representation provided by Public Defenders continued to be the most common form of representation in delinquency proceedings (67.3% in 2015). Legal representation was provided by Court Appointed or Private Counsel in 32.6% of delinquency proceedings. (An entry of “Court Appointed” includes cases where counsel other than the public defender was appointed by the court.) Delinquency proceedings were conducted without defense counsel (waived or not present) in less than 1% of all delinquency proceedings.
Public Defender, 67.3%
Court Appointed, 21.9%
Private, 10.7%
Waived, < 1.0%No Attorney
Present, < 1.0%
Type of Attorney Representation, 2015
Delinquency Dispositions
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Median Time Lapse for Formal vs. Informal Proceedings by Type of Disposition, 2015
A formal proceeding is defined as a hearing held before a judge or master, after the filing of a petition. The time lapse is measured from the Date of Allegation to the Date of Disposition. An informal proceeding results in a decision being made without a formal appearance before a judge or master.
Statewide, cases handled through informal proceedings were typically disposed of more quickly than cases handled through formal proceedings (67 days vs. 98 days). The number of dispositions by disposition type are also indicated in the charts below.
Note: Does not include disposition reviews and placement reviews.
FORMAL DISPOSITIONS NUMBER OF MEDIANTYPE OF DISPOSITION DISPOSITIONS DAYS
PROTECTIVE SUPERVISION ............................................ 1 ..........................1.0PLACEMENT .................................................................1,692 ....................... 72.0REFERRED TO AGENCY/INDIVIDUAL ............................ 16 ........................74.0TRANSFER TO OTHER COURT .................................... 933 ....................... 83.0WARNED, CASE CLOSED ............................................181 ....................... 84.0CONSENT DECREE .................................................... 4,420 ....................... 86.0PROBATION ..................................................................4,138 ......................107.0TRANSFER TO CRIMINAL COURT ................................. 61 ......................109.0DISMISSED ..................................................................... 854 ......................110.0FINES/COSTS ORDERED .............................................. 193 ......................124.0*OTHER DISPOSITIONS ................................................ 682 ......................124.0COMPLAINT WITHDRAWN ............................................ 853 ......................149.0CONTINUED PREVIOUS DISPOSITION ....................... 343 ......................166.0
TOTAL .........................................................................14,367 ...................... 98.0
Formal Dispositions
INFORMAL DISPOSITIONS NUMBER OF MEDIANTYPE OF DISPOSITION DISPOSITIONS DAYS
PROBATION ........................................................................ 1 ......................... 4.0TRANSFER TO OTHER COURT ...................................... 92 ........................14.0FINES/COSTS ORDERED ........................................... 1,685 ........................21.0INFORMAL ADJUSTMENT ...........................................3,916 ....................... 59.0WARNED, CASE CLOSED ............................................. 652 ........................77.0CONSENT DECREE ....................................................... 765 ....................... 85.0COMPLAINT WITHDRAWN .............................................612 ......................101.5*OTHER DISPOSITIONS ............................................. 1,842 ......................160.5DISMISSED ....................................................................... 71 ......................169.0REFERRED TO AGENCY/INDIVIDUAL ............................ 59 ..................... 253.0CONTINUED PREVIOUS DISPOSITION ......................... 77 ..................... 306.0
TOTAL .......................................................................... 9,772 ........................67.0
Informal DispositionsNote: In the case resulting in a disposition of Probation (1), the disposition was reported to have been ordered by the Court without a post-petition hearing being held. The juvenile was already active with probation, and the adjudication on the new charge was handled via a signed court order; all parties were in agreement to proceed with disposition by court order and without a formal hearing.
Delinquency Dispositions
*The “Other Dispositions” category includes disposi-tions of Case Closed, Community Service Only, Other, Administrative Supervision Only/Collec-tions, Accepted Courtesy Supervision, Restitution Only Ordered, Case Closed-Fines Paid, Judgement Filed/Case Closed, and Case Closed-Unable to Locate Juvenile.
*The “Other Dispositions” category includes disposi-tions of Case Closed, Accepted Courtesy Supervision, Case Closed-Fines Paid, Community Service Only, Case Closed-Unable to Locate Juvenile, Other and Resitution Only Ordered.
Appendices
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Median Time Lapse for Formal vs. Informal Proceedings, 2011-2015
The time lapse for formal proceedings, as measured by the Date of Allegation to the Date of Disposition, has increased by 5.4% since 2014 (from 93 to 98 days). This slight increase is consistent with the median time lapse trend for the last five years. Since 2011, the median time lapse has increased 8.9%.
The time lapse for informal proceedings, also measured by the Date of Allegation to the Date of Disposition, increased by 15.5% since 2014 (from 58 to 67 days). This is also consistent with the median time lapse trend for the last five years. Since 2011, the median time lapse for informal proceedings has increased by 39.6%.
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Formal Proceedings Time Lapse, 2011-2015
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Informal Proceedings Time Lapse, 2011-2015
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Delinquency Dispositions
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Alleged Offenses, 2011-2015
Alleged offenses have decreased by less than 1% from 2014 to 2015 and have decreased by 28.7% since 2011. The Drug offense category has shown the largest decrease (5.3%) from 2014, however, Person offenses increased by 2.9%.
Since 2011, Drug offenses have shown the sharpest decline (33.5%). Property and “Other” offenses have also declined considerably, 30.1% and 30.3% respectively, with Person offenses decreasing 22.9% over the same period.
27,918 26,229 23,633 20,903 21,514
27,781 26,314 23,509
19,747 19,428
15,197 12,865
12,506 10,675 10,107
32,541 28,896
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Alleged Offenses by Type, 2011-2015
Person Property Drug Other
Delinquency Offenses
Note: The “Other” offenses category includes, but is not limited to: Public Order offenses, such as Disorderly Conduct or Weapon on School Property; Firearms offenses; and Certifications from the minor judiciary that a juvenile failed to comply with a lawful sentence imposed for a summary offense.
Appendices
2015 Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Dispositions Page 10 Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission ƒ Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research
Substantiated Offenses, 2011-2015
Substantiated offenses decreased (8.2%) from 2014 to 2015, with the largest decrease occurring in the “Other” offense category (10.4%). Property offenses decreased by 8.1%, Drug offenses decreased by 7.7%, and Person offenses decreased by 6.8%.
The total number of substantiated offenses remained well below 2011 levels. Similarly, each category of substantiated offenses (Person, Property, Drugs, and “Other”) remained below their respective 2011 levels.
7,219 7,306 5,204 4,881 4,547
7,563 8,871
5,737 5,143 4,728
3,861 4,202
3,174 2,861 2,641
5,807 5,609
4,269 3,901
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Substantiated Offenses by Type, 2011-2015
Person Property Drugs Other
Delinquency Offenses
Note: The “Other” offenses category includes, but is not limited to: Public Order offenses such as Disorderly Conduct or Weapon on School Property; Firearms offenses; and Certifications from the minor judiciary that a juvenile failed to comply with a lawful sentence imposed for a summary offense.
Appendices
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Most Serious Offenses, 2011-2015
The chart at the right shows the statewide total of the most serious alleged charges from 2011-2015. Only the most serious charge per disposition is depicted. For example, a disposition with an alleged robbery charge and an alleged drug charge was counted in the robbery category. The Crime Severity key below shows the crime severity ranking employed for coding purposes.
There were decreases in the most serious alleged charge categories of Robbery (11.5%), Aggravated Assault (8.5%), and Drug (7.6%) from 2014 to 2015, however, there was an increase of 14.8% for the most serious alleged charge of Rape.
CRIME SEVERITY1. Rape2. Robbery3. Aggravated Assault4. Drug
280 264 278 217 249
1,428 1,394 1,341 1,115 987
2,5242,245 1,983 1,780 1,629
5,505 5,668 5,4864,851
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Most Serious Alleged Charges, 2011-2015
Rape Robbery Agg. Assault Drugs
The chart at the left shows the most serious substantiated charges using the same Crime Severity Ranking methodology as noted above.
Substantiated Robbery charges decreased by 11.4%, Aggravated Assault by 8.4% and Drugs by 7.2%, from 2014 to 2015, however, the substantiated Rape charges increased by 56.3% from 2014 to 2015.
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Most Serious Substantiated Charges, 2011-2015
Rape Robbery Agg. Assault Drugs
Delinquency Offenses
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Secure Detention
In accordance with the Standards Governing Secure Detention, all counties report their secure detention admissions to the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission. Detention information was extracted from the Pennsylvania Juvenile Case Management System and secure detention database at the Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research. The secure detention database is populated with data reported directly from juvenile detention centers each month.
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.
Secure Detention Overview
Codes Related to JCJC Standards Governing the Use of Secure Detention Under The Juvenile ActEach month, all juvenile detention centers report a Statement of Facts and Reasons that must accompany every probation-authorized admission to secure detention. Below are the Section Codes related to this process.
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.
Appendices
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PERCENTAGE CHANGE OF DETENTION ADMISSIONS
2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015
STATEWIDE -9.4% -16.6% -12.8% -11.1%
ALLEGHENY COUNTY -11.7% -20.4% -13.6% -16.7%
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY -14.6% -23.6% -12.0% -11.7%
REMAINING COUNTIES -3.9% -9.6% -12.9% -8.5%
Secure Detention Admissions, 2011-2015
Statewide, detention admissions have declined each year since 2011, with a 41.4% overall decrease and an 11.1% decrease from 2014 to 2015. Allegheny County detention admissions decreased by 16.7% from 2014 to 2015, while Philadelphia County admissions declined by 11.7% during the same time period. Overall statewide admissions, excluding Allegheny and Philadelphia, decreased by 8.5% from 2014. Philadelphia County and Allegheny County account for 30.4% and 18.9%, respectively, of all secure detention admissions.
3,362 2,967 2,362 2,040 1,699
5,4034,612 3,525 3,101 2,738
6,586 6,328 5,7184,979 4,556
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Detention Admissions, 2011-2015
Allegheny County Philadelphia County Remaining Counties Statewide
Secure Detention
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COUNTY NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS
MEDIAN LENGTH OF STAY IN DAYS
TIOGA 6 9.5
LEBANON 58 9.0
MIFFLIN 31 9.0
CUMBERLAND 38 9.0
CLEARFIELD 24 9.0
WYOMING 7 8.0
JUNIATA 14 8.0
BLAIR 23 8.0
SCHUYLKILL 41 8.0
BUCKS 613 8.0
BEAVER 48 7.5
BEDFORD 8 7.5
LACKAWANNA 142 7.0
LUZERNE 49 7.0
NORTHUMBERLAND 12 7.0
CARBON 10 7.0
GREENE 2 7.0
CENTRE 26 6.5
JEFFERSON 2 6.5
CLINTON 28 6.5
ALLEGHENY 1,699 6.0
DAUPHIN 259 5.0
BRADFORD 5 5.0
FAYETTE 34 5.0
INDIANA 13 4.0
PHILADELPHIA 2,723 4.0
FULTON 5 2.0
SULLIVAN 0 0.0
CLARION 0 0.0
FOREST 0 0.0
LAWRENCE 0 0.0
SUSQUEHANNA 0 0.0
VENANGO 0 0.0
*TOTAL 8,931 9.0
Length of Stay in Secure Detention, 2015
COUNTY NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS
MEDIAN LENGTH OF STAY IN DAYS
ARMSTRONG 1 83.0
UNION 4 27.0
WARREN 1 27.0
WAYNE 12 24.0
CHESTER 195 21.0
CAMBRIA 32 21.0
PIKE 19 21.0
LANCASTER 134 20.5
ELK 2 20.0
YORK 106 19.0
NORTHAMPTON 168 19.0
HUNTINGDON 14 19.0
BUTLER 16 18.0
MONTOUR 2 16.5
POTTER 8 16.0
CAMERON 1 16.0
LEHIGH 170 15.5
MCKEAN 1 15.0
FRANKLIN 15 15.0
BERKS 321 14.0
MONROE 87 14.0
SNYDER 10 14.0
PERRY 10 13.0
ADAMS 4 13.0
MONTGOMERY 365 12.0
WASHINGTON 147 12.0
DELAWARE 775 12.0
LYCOMING 45 12.0
ERIE 208 11.5
COLUMBIA 9 11.0
WESTMORELAND 118 11.0
CRAWFORD 3 11.0
MERCER 2 11.0
SOMERSET 6 10.0
*Includes 220 secure detention admissions to the Jefferson Detention Center in Ohio by the following counties: Beaver (49); Butler (17); Fayette (6); and Washington (148).
Secure Detention
In 2015, the statewide median length of stay in secure detention was 9 days, which is an increase of one day from 2014. The table below shows the median length of stay by county, from greatest to least number of days. Multiple counties with identical length of stay are listed alphabetically. This data, sorted by greatest to least number of admissions, can be found in the appendix.
Appendices
2015 Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Dispositions Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission ƒ Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research Page 15
Code 206 - The child presents extraordinary circumstances requiring secure detention to prevent him/her from absconding. (Such circumstances may include, but are not limited to: the child’s age, character, mental condition, ties to the community, the nature of the child’s family relationships, drug or alcohol addiction, and substance abuse.)
Code 701 - Circumstances under which secure detention may be authorized on the basis of extraordinary and exceptional circumstances.
The Unreported category, as shown in this report, indicates that a code was not reported to the JCJC. Secure detention admissions that are authorized without codes are not in compliance with JCJC Standards.
The utilization of Codes 206, 701, and admissions with an Unreported code accounted for 45.2% of all secure detention admissions in 2015. The utilization of Code 206 increased from 24% in 2014 to 25.5% in 2015, as did the use of 701 from 5.4% to 6.1%. The percentage of Unreported codes decreased from 14.6% in 2014 to 13.6% in 2015.
Secure Detention Admissions by Standard Section Codes
In 2015, the overwhelming majority of secure detention admissions were authorized under the 100 and 200 Codes – 28.8% and 37.3%, respectively. This trend has remained constant since 2011.
Special attention is given to the utilization of Codes 206, 701, and Unreported. In instances where secure detention is authorized under Codes 206 or 701, the juvenile probation officer is required to provide a detailed written explanation of the reasons that necessitate secure detention. These codes were intended to be utilized in limited circumstances where the other codes are not applicable.
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Detention Section Codes as a % of Total Admissions, 2015
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206
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Detention Section Codes 206, 701 and Unreported as a % of Total Admissions, 2011-2015
206 701 Unreported
Secure Detention
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Utilization Rates for Pennsylvania Juvenile Detention Centers, 2015
72.4%
61.2%
63.4%
57.9%
38.1%
57.3%
40.6%
53.1%
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Westmoreland (8.7/12)
Philadelphia (112.6/184)
Northampton (22.8/36)
Montgomery (20.8/36)
Lancaster (22.8/60)
Lackawanna (5.7/10)
Erie (8.1/20)
Delaware (35.1/66)
Cornell-Abraxas (12.8/18)
Chester (13.2/48)
Central Counties (9.7/14)
Cambria (3.6/12)
Bucks (25.3/36)
Allegheny (51.6/120)
Abraxas-Morgantown (29.0/54)
Utilization Rate Detention Center (ADP/CAP)*
Secure Detention
*A center’s utilization rate is equal to its average daily population (ADP) divided by the licensed bed capacity (CAP). Average Daily Population (ADP) is calculated by the sum of all utilized bed days divided by the number of days in the reporting period.
Appendices
2015 Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Dispositions Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission ƒ Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research Page 17
Delinquency Placements including Disposition Reviews, 2011-2015
Statewide, delinquency placements have declined each year since 2011, with an overall decrease of 32.1%. Placements in all counties other than Allegheny and Philadelphia decreased each year since 2011, representing an overall decrease of 33.6% in these jurisdictions. Delinquency placements in Allegheny County decreased 8.3% and placements in Philadelphia decreased 19.3% from 2014 to 2015.
Delinquency Placements as a Percent of Dispositions, 2011-2015
Delinquency placements as a percentage of total dispositions, including disposition reviews, decreased from 2014 (7.7%) to 2015 (7.1%). Philadelphia County placements, as a percentage of total dispositions, also decreased from 7.3% in 2014 to 6.8% in 2015. Allegheny County placements decreased slightly from 6.0% in 2014 to 5.9% in 2015. In all counties other than Allegheny and Philadelphia, the percentage decreased from 8.2% in 2014 to 7.4% in 2015.
See the map on the next page for individual county delinquency placements as a percentage of total dispositions.
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Delinquency Placements as a Percent of Dispositions, 2011-2015
Allegheny Philadelphia Remaining Counties All Counties
524 387 404 412 378
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Delinquency Placements
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2015 Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Dispositions Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission ƒ Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research Page 19
The following chart depicts the relative percentage of placements that resulted from new allegations versus disposition review proceedings. A disposition review is a hearing conducted by the court regarding a previous disposition which did not result in out-of-home placement.
The percentage of placements resulting from both new allegations and disposition reviews is shown for each county by County Class.
Statewide, over half of delinquency placements (53.2%) were ordered as a result of a disposition review. This figure, however, was notably influenced by Philadelphia, which accounted for 28.8% of all delinquency placements statewide, and where 66.9% of all delinquency placements were ordered as a result of a disposition review.
Across all other County Class groups, the average distribution of delinquency placements was 52.2% from new allegations and 47.8% from disposition reviews. Philadelphia, Allegheny, Class 2A, and Class 7 are the County Class groups with a majority of delinquency placements originating from disposition reviews. Class 5 had a 50% even distribution.
New Allegation Placements vs. Disposition Review Placements
Delinquency Placements
COUNTY NEW ALLEGATION PLACEMENTS
DISPOSITION REVIEW PLACEMENTS
TOTAL PLACEMENTS
CLASS 1PHILADELPHIA 33.1% 66.9% 1,041
CLASS 2ALLEGHENY 36.8% 63.2% 378
CLASS 2A (AVERAGE) 43.6% 56.4%BUCKS 42.4% 57.6% 132
DELAWARE 36.3% 63.7% 226
MONTGOMERY 59.0% 41.0% 117
CLASS 3 (AVERAGE) 59.1% 40.9%BERKS 37.7% 62.3% 106
CHESTER 87.8% 12.2% 74
CUMBERLAND 52.2% 47.8% 23
DAUPHIN 15.0% 85.0% 107
ERIE 92.7% 7.3% 179
LACKAWANNA 47.1% 52.9% 34
LANCASTER 72.3% 27.7% 47
LEHIGH 77.9% 22.1% 95
LUZERNE 46.2% 53.8% 52
NORTHAMPTON 59.6% 40.4% 57
WESTMORELAND 38.4% 61.6% 73
YORK 53.2% 46.8% 139
CLASS 4 (AVERAGE) 60.1% 39.9%BEAVER 70.4% 29.6% 27
BUTLER 42.3% 57.7% 52
CAMBRIA 80.0% 20.0% 20
CENTRE 100.0% 0.0% 3
FAYETTE 85.7% 14.3% 14
FRANKLIN 75.0% 25.0% 28
MONROE 61.3% 38.8% 80
SCHUYLKILL 63.3% 36.7% 30
WASHINGTON 48.6% 51.4% 72
CLASS 5 (AVERAGE) 50.0% 50.0%ADAMS 11.1% 88.9% 9
BLAIR 55.6% 44.4% 18
LAWRENCE 50.0% 50.0% 6
LEBANON 55.8% 44.2% 52
LYCOMING 42.9% 57.1% 35
MERCER 64.7% 35.3% 34
NORTHUMBERLAND 31.3% 68.8% 16
Appendices
2015 Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Dispositions Page 20 Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission ƒ Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research
New Allegation Placements vs. Disposition Review Placements continued
Delinquency Placements
COUNTY NEW ALLEGATION PLACEMENTS
DISPOSITION REVIEW PLACEMENTS
TOTAL PLACEMENTS
CLASS 6 (AVERAGE) 59.2% 40.8%ARMSTRONG 100.0% 0.0% 5
BEDFORD 62.5% 37.5% 8
BRADFORD 55.6% 44.4% 9
CARBON 35.0% 65.0% 20
CLARION 33.3% 66.7% 3
CLEARFIELD 54.5% 45.5% 11
CLINTON 57.1% 42.9% 7
COLUMBIA 50.0% 50.0% 4
CRAWFORD 80.0% 20.0% 15
ELK 100.0% 0.0% 4
GREENE 100.0% 0.0% 1
HUNTINGDON 66.7% 33.3% 9
INDIANA 100.0% 0.0% 5
JEFFERSON 64.7% 35.3% 17
MCKEAN 33.3% 66.7% 3
MIFFLIN 25.0% 75.0% 8
PERRY 44.4% 55.6% 9
PIKE 75.0% 25.0% 16
SOMERSET 75.0% 25.0% 4
SUSQUEHANNA 66.7% 33.3% 3
TIOGA 75.0% 25.0% 8
VENANGO 16.7% 83.3% 12
WARREN 81.8% 18.2% 11
WAYNE 44.4% 55.6% 9
CLASS 7 (AVERAGE) 25.0% 75.0%JUNIATA 14.3% 85.7% 7
SNYDER 44.4% 55.6% 9
UNION 0.0% 100.0% 1
WYOMING 18.2% 81.8% 11
CLASS 8 (AVERAGE) 78.6% 21.4%
CAMERON 100.0% 0.0% 2
FOREST 100.0% 0.0% 1
FULTON 100.0% 0.0% 3
MONTOUR 60.0% 40.0% 5
POTTER 100.0% 0.0% 2
SULLIVAN 0.0% 100.0% 1
STATEWIDE TOTALS 46.8% 53.2% 3,619
Appendices
2015 Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Dispositions Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission ƒ Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research Page 21
Total Delinquency Placements by Type, 2015 Including Disposition Reviews
Delinquency placements to private institutions continued to represent the most frequent type of delinquency placements in 2015 - representing 57.5% of all placements. Commitments to drug and alcohol programs and group homes represented 21.5% of all delinquency placements, while all secure programs comprised 11.9%. Delinquency placements to private institutions demonstrated a slight decrease from 2014 to 2015 (58.5% - 57.5%), as did drug and alcohol placements from 12.7% in 2014 to 11.7% in 2015. Group home placements demonstrated an increase from 7.8% in 2014 to 9.8% in 2015.
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Delinquency Placements by Type, 2015
Delinquency Placements
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2015 Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Dispositions Page 22 Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission ƒ Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research
Outcomes of Delinquency Disposition Reviews, 2015 Although the majority of delinquency placements resulted from disposition reviews (see page 19), less than 1 in 10 disposition review proceedings resulted in a delinquency placement. The vast majority of disposition reviews resulted in an order of Continued on Previous Disposition.
Outcomes of Delinquency Placement Reviews, 2015A placement review is a hearing conducted by the court regarding a previous disposition which resulted in out-of-home placement.
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Outcomes of Delinquency Disposition Reviews as a % of Total, 2015
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Transferred Placements By Type, 2015
CONTINUED, 64.3%
RELEASED, 28.8%
TRANSFERRED, 6.9%
Outcomes of DelinquencyPlacement Reviews, 2015
Disposition and Placement Reviews
In the small percentage of placement reviews in which a transfer to another placement was ordered, most transfers were to a private institution.
The majority of delinquency placement review proceedings resulted in an order of Continued in Previous Placement.
*The “Other” category includes dispositions of Case Closed, Case Closed-Fines Paid, Administrative Supervision Only/Collections, Judgement Filed/Case Closed,Other, Fines and/or Costs Ordered, Restitution Only Ordered, Infor-mal Adjustment, Transferred to Criminal Court, Accepted Courtesy Supervision, Case Closed-Unable to Locate Juve-nile, and Community Service Only.
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2015 Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Dispositions Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission ƒ Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research Page 23
Male80.4%
Female19.6%
Probation
Male87.6%
Female12.4%
Placement
Male66.5%
Female33.5%
Informal Adjustment
Demographics
Selected Dispositions by Gender, 2015
SELECTED DISPOSITIONS TOTAL MALE FEMALE
ALL DISPOSITIONS 24,139 73.8% 26.2%INFORMAL ADJUSTMENT 3,916 66.5% 33.5% CONSENT DECREE 5,185 74.0% 26.0% PROBATION 4,139 80.4% 19.6% PLACEMENT 1,692 87.6% 12.4% TRANSFERRED TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS 61 93.4% 6.6%
Male93.4%
Female6.6%
Transferred to Criminal Proceedings
Male74.0%
Female26.0%
Consent Decree
Male73.8%
Female26.2%
All Dispositions
Juvenile Court dispositions in Pennsylvania continued to primarily involve males. As reflected in the charts below, the proportion of males receiving delinquency dispositions related to new allegations of delinquency increases as a case advances through different stages of the juvenile justice system.
Appendices
2015 Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Dispositions Page 24 Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission ƒ Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research
Total Dispositions by Age, 2014-2015
This table reflects the age of the juvenile at the time of disposition.Note: The data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
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Total Dispositions by Age 2014 2015
Demographics
Seventeen-year-olds accounted for 6,369 (26.4%) of all juvenile delinquency dispositions in 2015, representing the most dispositions for any age group. Juveniles aged 16 accounted for 5,039 (20.9%), while 15-year-olds accounted for 4,150 (17.2%) of the dispositions. While these percentages remained consistent with that of 2014, all age groups decreased in the number of dispositions from 2014 to 2015.
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2015 Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Dispositions Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission ƒ Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research Page 25
Total Dispositions by Selected Variables, 2015
The following charts reflect the distribution of all juvenile delinquency dispositions in 2015 by the selected variables.
Educational Status The vast majority (86.5%) of delinquency dispositions in 2015 reflected youth who were reported as In School at the time of disposition. Sixty-nine percent of youth were reported as having completed grades 9, 10, 11, or 12, or as being in an “Other” educational program.
UNDER 9TH25.2%
9TH18.1%
10TH19.7%
11TH15.2%
12TH10.5%
OTHER5.1%
NOT REPORTED
6.1%
Highest Grade Completed, 2015
IN SCHOOL86.5%
OUT OF SCHOOL
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NOT REPORTED
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School Status, 2015
Demographics
Note: The data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
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Total Dispositions by Selected Variables, 2015
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SEPARATED
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Family Status, 2015
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5.6%5.7%5.8%6.8%9.0%
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Family StatusIn juvenile delinquency dispositions, youth whose biological parents were reported as Never Married represented the largest group – more than 48%. In only 16.5% of cases, the biological parents were reported as Married at the time of disposition.
Demographics
Note: The data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
In 2015, 47.3% of youth resided only with their mother, while only 17.2% of juveniles resided with both biological parents.
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2015 Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Dispositions Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission ƒ Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research Page 27
Demographics
Race and Ethnicity
OJJDP defined decision points Base used for RRI Calculation Pennsylvania Unit of Count/Source of Data
1. Population at risk (age 10 through 17) US Census data estimates
2. Juvenile Arrests Per 1000 youth Pa State Police UCR report arrests
3. Refer to Juvenile Court Per 100 arrestsJuvenile Court dispositions/Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission disposition database
4. Cases Diverted Per 100 referrals Juvenile Court dispositions diverted/JCJC
5. Cases Involving Secure Detention Per 100 referrals Secure Detention Admissions/Pa detention center admission logs
6. Cases Petitioned (Charge Filed) Per 100 referrals Juvenile Court dispositions formally processed/JCJC
7. Cases Resulting in Delinquent Findings Per 100 petitioned Juvenile Court dispositions adjudicated delinquent/JCJC
8. Cases Resulting in ProbationPer 100 found
delinquentJuvenile Court dispositions resulting in probation /JCJC
9. Cases Resulting in Out of Home Residential Placement
Per 100 found delinquent
Juvenile Court dispositions resulting in out of home placement in a residential setting/JCJC
10. Cases Resulting in Confinement in Secure Juvenile Correctional Facilities
Per 100 found delinquent
Juvenile Court dispositions resulting in out of home placement in a secure setting/JCJC
11. Cases Transferred to Adult Court Per 100 petitionedJuvenile Court dispositions resulting in Transfer for Criminal Pro-ceedings/JCJC
On the following pages, data on race and ethnicity trends related to Juvenile Court dispositions are provided. A few points of clarification regarding the reading and interpretation of this data should be noted.
The Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission’s Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research collects data on race and ethnicity from each of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties. The collection of this data is done in concert with the protocols outlined in Guidelines for Collecting & Recording the Race and Ethnicity of Juveniles in Conjunction with Juvenile Delinquency Disposition Reporting to the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission (National Center for Juvenile Justice, 2006). As such, race and ethnicity are collected and recorded as two separate and distinct sets of data.
Relative Rate Index (RRI) data, which is a federally defined measure of Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC), is included in this section. The RRI calculates, at specific decision points in juvenile court processing, a rate of occurrence for various racial and ethnic groups, and compares the rates between groups. In short, the RRI measures the rate of juvenile justice occurrences for racial and ethnic minorities as compared to White Non-Hispanic youth.
For example, if the rate of admission to secure detention is 8 per 100 White Non-Hispanic youth and 32 per 100 Black Non-Hispanic youth, the RRI (32/8) would be 4.0. In this example, an RRI of 4.0 would suggest that African-American youth were placed in secure detention at 4 times the rate of White Non-Hispanic youth. This RRI is then evaluated to determine if it is statistically significant, meaning if it deviates from what is expected by more than chance. An index value of 1.00 would indicate that the rates are the same.
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71.9%
14.0%10.2%
3.9%0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2015 Pennsylvania Population Ages 10 to 17N = 1,239,195
Total Delinquency Dispositions by Race and EthnicityIn 2015, White Non-Hispanic youth represented the largest racial/ethnic category for all delinquency dispositions. However, in comparison to the racial/ethnic distribution of all youth in Pennsylvania ages 10-17 the representation of Black Non-Hispanic youth is disproportionate: 14.0% of the total population versus 36.7% of all delinquency dispositions. When excluding Philadelphia County and Allegheny County, Black Non-Hispanic youth represent 8.2% of the youth population, but 27.3% of all delinquency dispositions. Please see Appendix 23 for the number of delinquency dispositions by race and ethnicity for each county.
45.8%36.7%
12.8%4.6%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2015 Delinquency DispositionsN = 24,139
Trends related to both race and ethnicity are presented within the following charts, graphs, and tables. References to racial or ethnic groups are defined as follows:
White Non-Hispanic reported as Non-Hispanic for ethnicity and White for race
Black Non-Hispanic reported as Non-Hispanic for ethnicity and Black for race
Hispanic reported as Hispanic for ethnicity regardless of reported race
Other and Unknown reported as Non-Hispanic for ethnicity and one of the following races: Asian, Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian, Native Alaskan, Native American, or Multi-Racial; or race and ethnicity was reported as unknown
Note: 2015 Population Estimates retrieved from The Centers for Disease Control available online at: http://wonder.cdc.gov/bridged-race-population.html
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Demographics
Selected Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity
The following charts show the distribution of various dispositions by race and ethnicity.
For some delinquency dispositions that did not result in out-of-home placement (Informal Adjustment, Consent Decree, and Probation), Black Non-Hispanic youth comprised a smaller proportion of cases, while White Non-Hispanic youth comprised a larger proportion of cases than what is reflected in all delinquency dispositions.
3.6%
13.3%
34.6%
48.5%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Other/Unknown
Hispanic
Black Non-Hispanic
White Non-Hispanic
Consent Decree N = 5,185
3.9%
13.0%
36.3%
46.8%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Other/Unknown
Hispanic
Black Non-Hispanic
White Non-Hispanic
Probation N = 4,139
The RRI for Diverted Cases (number of dispositions not petitioned to court) and Cases Petitioned was consistent with the distribution of delinquency dispositions for Informal Adjustment, Consent Decree, and Probation. In 2015, Black Non-Hispanic youth were diverted at ⅔ the rate of White Non-Hispanic youth, and these youth were petitioned for juvenile court at almost 1¼ the rate of White Non-Hispanic youth. Hispanic youth were diverted and petitioned for court at similar rates as White Non-Hispanic youth.
0.72
0.84
1.08
0 1 2
Black Non-Hispanic
Hispanic
Other/ Unknown
Cases Diverted RRI
1.24
1.13
0.93
0 1 2
Black Non-Hispanic
Hispanic
Other/ Unknown
Cases Petitioned RRI
7.8%
10.4%
31.7%
50.1%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Other/Unknown
Hispanic
Black Non-Hispanic
White Non-Hispanic
Informal AdjustmentN = 3,916
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In 2015, the representation of Black Non-Hispanic youth (57.3%) for all secure placement settings was disproportionate to what was reflected among all placement dispositions (47.7%).
Black Non-Hispanic youth were committed to secure placement facilities at 1½ times the rate of White Non-Hispanic youth. Hispanic youth were committed at 2⅓ times the rate of White Non-Hispanic youth.
For dispositions that resulted in an out-of-home placement (not including disposition reviews and placement reviews), the propor-tion of both Hispanic (15.3%) and Black Non-Hispanic (47.7%) youth exceeded the representation of all delinquency disposi-tions.
Selected Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity continued
1.52
1.36
1.29
0 1 2
Black Non-Hispanic
Hispanic
Other/ Unknown
Out of Home Placement RRI
1.56
2.37
0.67
0 1 2 3 4
Black Non-Hispanic
Hispanic
Other/ Unknown
Secure Confinement RRI
The RRI for Out-of-Home Placement for Black Non-Hispanic youth was over 1½ the rate of White Non-Hispanic youth, and for Hispanic youth at 1⅓ the rate of White Non-Hispanic youth.
As in 2014, the data reported on community-based dispositions, out-of-home placements, and secure detention by race and ethnicity indicated that, in 2015, Hispanic and Black Non-Hispanic youth were removed from their homes for services at a higher rate, and received community-based interventions at a lower rate, than White Non-Hispanic youth.
4.1%
15.3%
47.7%
32.9%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Other/Unknown
Hispanic
Black Non-Hispanic
White Non-Hispanic
Placement N = 1,692
1.7%
17.1%
57.3%
23.9%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Other/Unknown
Hispanic
Black Non-Hispanic
White Non-Hispanic
All SecureN = 351
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Transferred to Criminal Proceedings by Race and EthnicityStatewide, Black Non-Hispanic youth com-prised a greater propor-tion of cases transferred to criminal proceedings than what was reflected in all delinquency dispo-sitions. Both Black Non-Hispanic and Hispanic youth were transferred to Adult Court at 1¾ the rate of White Non-Hispanic youth.
Secure Detention by Race and Ethnicity
For secure detention, the statewide rate of disproportionality was more substantial, with Black Non-Hispanic youth comprising 57.8% of all secure detention admissions in 2015. When exclud-ing Philadelphia and Allegheny Counties, Hispanic youth and Black Non-Hispanic youth represent ap-proximately 16.9% and 41.7%, respectively, of all secure detention admissions. In Philadelphia County, 73.0% of secure detention admis-sions involved Black Non-Hispanic youth. In Allegheny County, 76.3% of secure detention admissions involved Black Non-Hispanic youth. Please see Appendix 25 for the number of secure detention admissions by race and ethnicity for each county.
Demographics
The statewide RRI for secure detention indicated that Black Non-Hispanic youth were admitted to secure deten-tion at more than 2¾ times the rate of White Non-Hispanic youth, and Hispanic youth were admitted at almost 2 times the rate of White Non-Hispanic youth.
2.83
1.94
0.97
0 1 2 3
Black Non-Hispanic
Hispanic
Other/ Unknown
Secure Detention RRI
1.79
1.75
1.18
0 1 2
Black Non-Hispanic
Hispanic
Other/ Unknown
Transferred to Adult Court RRI
4.1%
14.6%
57.8%
23.6%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Other/Unknown
Hispanic
Black Non-Hispanic
White Non-Hispanic
Secure DetentionN = 8,993
3.3%
16.4%
50.8%
29.5%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Other/Unknown
Hispanic
Black Non-Hispanic
White Non-Hispanic
Transferred to Criminal ProceedingsN = 61
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Dependency Dispositions
COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS
WARNED, COUNSELED,
CASE CLOSED
DISMISSED
REFERRED TO
ANOTHER AGENCY
INFORMAL ADJUSTMENT
CONSENT DECREE OTHER PLACEMENT PROTECTIVE
SUPERVISION
BEAVER 64 2 12 0 5 0 1 16 28
BEDFORD 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
BRADFORD 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAMBRIA 131 8 8 5 71 0 2 0 37
LEHIGH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
SNYDER 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
WESTMORELAND 66 0 0 0 61 0 5 0 0
TOTAL 268 11 20 5 141 0 10 16 65% OF TOTAL 100.0% 4.1% 7.5% 1.9% 52.6% 0.0% 3.7% 6.0% 24.3%
Dependency Dispositions, 2015
Note: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
Since 1991, the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission collects information on dependency cases processed by juvenile probation departments. These figures do not reflect the total number of dependency cases in the Commonwealth. 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 reported dependency dispositions are shown in the tables in this section.
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Dependency Dispositions
COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS
9 & UNDER 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18+ NOT
REPORTEDBEAVER 64 33 3 3 2 3 6 5 4 5 0 0
BEDFORD 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BRADFORD 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAMBRIA 131 0 4 2 10 16 38 27 31 3 0 0
LEHIGH 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SNYDER 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
WESTMORELAND 66 0 0 0 3 11 12 19 12 6 3 0
TOTAL 268 33 7 5 19 30 58 51 47 14 4 0% OF TOTAL 100.0% 12.3% 2.6% 1.9% 7.1% 11.2% 21.6% 19.0% 17.5% 5.2% 1.5% 0.0%
Dependency Dispositions by Age, 2015
Note: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
Age calculated at date of disposition.
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Population Statistics
County Class and Population
Note: 2015 Population Estimates retrieved from The Centers for Disease Control available online at: http://wonder.cdc.gov/bridged-race-population.html
COUNTY CLASS TOTAL POPULATION
JUVENILE POPULATION
10-17Philadelphia 1 1,567,442 141,550
Allegheny 2 1,230,459 104,949
Bucks 2A 627,367 65,864
Delaware 2A 563,894 57,599
Montgomery 2A 819,264 83,831
Berks 3 415,271 44,344
Chester 3 515,939 57,471
Cumberland 3 246,338 22,990
Dauphin 3 272,983 27,591
Erie 3 278,045 27,698
Lackawanna 3 211,917 19,683
Lancaster 3 536,624 57,674
Lehigh 3 360,685 38,365
Luzerne 3 318,449 29,545
Northampton 3 300,813 30,027
Westmoreland 3 357,956 32,262
York 3 442,867 46,274
Beaver 4 168,871 15,371
Butler 4 186,818 18,663
Cambria 4 136,411 12,466
Centre 4 160,580 11,187
Fayette 4 133,628 12,275
Franklin 4 153,638 15,806
Monroe 4 166,397 18,031
Schuylkill 4 144,590 13,419
Washington 4 208,261 19,373
Adams 5 102,295 10,158
Blair 5 125,593 11,751
Lawrence 5 88,082 8,504
Lebanon 5 137,067 14,272
Lycoming 5 116,048 10,669
Mercer 5 114,234 11,234
Northumberland 5 93,246 8,424
COUNTY CLASS TOTAL POPULATION
JUVENILE POPULATION
10-17Armstrong 6 67,052 6,073
Bedford 6 48,586 4,878
Bradford 6 61,281 6,128
Carbon 6 63,960 6,078
Clarion 6 39,498 3,358
Clearfield 6 80,994 7,116
Clinton 6 39,441 3,592
Columbia 6 66,672 5,487
Crawford 6 86,484 8,663
Elk 6 30,872 2,966
Greene 6 37,519 3,382
Huntingdon 6 45,668 4,018
Indiana 6 86,966 7,262
Jefferson 6 44,430 4,302
McKean 6 42,412 4,007
Mifflin 6 46,500 4,811
Perry 6 45,685 4,682
Pike 6 55,949 5,883
Somerset 6 75,522 6,692
Susquehanna 6 41,666 3,900
Tioga 6 41,877 3,766
Venango 6 53,119 4,995
Warren 6 40,396 3,841
Wayne 6 51,198 4,524
Juniata 7 24,737 2,648
Snyder 7 40,444 4,168
Union 7 44,954 3,969
Wyoming 7 27,800 2,723
Cameron 8 4,732 382
Forest 8 7,410 292
Fulton 8 14,629 1,481
Montour 8 18,557 1,729
Potter 8 17,093 1,717
Sullivan 8 6,328 362
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COUNTY 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 % CHANGE 2014-2015
ADAMS 293 255 251 207 174 -15.9%
ALLEGHENY 3,588 3,083 3,244 3,180 2,841 -10.7%
ARMSTRONG 110 95 93 87 123 41.4%
BEAVER 410 442 427 326 366 12.3%
BEDFORD 36 81 85 53 44 -17.0%
BERKS 1,353 1,202 1,319 1,027 765 -25.5%
BLAIR 337 354 358 273 303 11.0%
BRADFORD 142 117 126 128 141 10.2%
BUCKS 982 878 677 605 733 21.2%
BUTLER 278 266 240 226 235 4.0%
CAMBRIA 361 322 301 252 282 11.9%
CAMERON 11 9 12 9 15 66.7%
CARBON 123 156 124 117 91 -22.2%
CENTRE 127 61 118 90 97 7.8%
CHESTER 961 774 773 676 759 12.3%
CLARION 56 59 53 47 62 31.9%
CLEARFIELD 96 72 72 52 53 1.9%
CLINTON 108 126 98 83 94 13.3%
COLUMBIA 114 132 132 96 84 -12.5%
CRAWFORD 220 193 145 207 170 -17.9%
CUMBERLAND 592 564 569 480 505 5.2%
DAUPHIN 854 759 689 550 659 19.8%
DELAWARE 1,438 1,451 1,216 1,183 1,039 -12.2%
ELK 73 78 77 52 45 -13.5%
ERIE 798 823 710 663 599 -9.7%
FAYETTE 331 398 361 427 420 -1.6%
FOREST 18 5 10 6 3 -50.0%
FRANKLIN 393 485 475 508 479 -5.7%
FULTON 29 28 20 30 24 -20.0%
GREENE 75 69 64 40 28 -30.0%
HUNTINGDON 77 48 56 53 53 0.0%
INDIANA 146 134 107 104 106 1.9%
JEFFERSON 94 102 98 60 65 8.3%
JUNIATA 30 29 19 27 20 -25.9%
Delinquency Dispositions, 2011-2015
The information in this section includes those cases referred to juvenile probation with alleged delinquent offenses. Disposition reviews and Placement reviews, and dispositions involving children alleged to be dependent, are not included.
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COUNTY 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 % CHANGE 2014-2015
LACKAWANNA 324 302 283 280 308 10.0%
LANCASTER 1,031 1,134 1,031 862 821 -4.8%
LAWRENCE 352 249 261 164 166 1.2%
LEBANON 295 249 239 233 221 -5.2%
LEHIGH 1,429 1,231 1,059 1,074 1,109 3.3%
LUZERNE 675 542 506 583 610 4.6%
LYCOMING 446 495 423 349 343 -1.7%
MCKEAN 77 87 76 140 112 -20.0%
MERCER 351 296 235 264 261 -1.1%
MIFFLIN 84 77 66 60 74 23.3%
MONROE 377 320 249 245 239 -2.4%
MONTGOMERY 1,699 1,461 1,215 1,136 1,071 -5.7%
MONTOUR 23 28 30 19 24 26.3%
NORTHAMPTON 773 725 655 559 663 18.6%
NORTHUMBERLAND 448 369 296 318 248 -22.0%
PERRY 100 93 71 73 66 -9.6%
PHILADELPHIA 5,530 5,769 5,366 4,005 3,094 -22.7%
PIKE 105 119 102 97 96 -1.0%
POTTER 45 27 26 25 25 0.0%
SCHUYLKILL 347 325 356 262 269 2.7%
SNYDER 113 182 149 123 66 -46.3%
SOMERSET 112 122 81 69 56 -18.8%
SULLIVAN 3 2 2 8 5 -37.5%
SUSQUEHANNA 72 51 60 45 50 11.1%
TIOGA 77 91 93 69 85 23.2%
UNION 35 57 54 43 30 -30.2%
VENANGO 144 200 180 158 210 32.9%
WARREN 93 103 83 68 93 36.8%
WASHINGTON 508 462 450 429 382 -11.0%
WAYNE 87 112 86 52 105 101.9%
WESTMORELAND 626 582 610 576 518 -10.1%
WYOMING 68 60 58 68 46 -32.4%
YORK 1,441 1,507 1,387 1,188 1,196 0.7%
TOTAL 32,544 31,079 28,957 25,568 24,139 -5.6%
NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
Delinquency Dispositions, 2011-2015continued
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS
% OF STATEWIDE
DISPOSITIONS
AGE 10-17 POPULATION
JUVENILE POPULATION
RANK
DISPOSITION RANK PER
100,000
DISPOSITIONS AS A % OF JUV. POP.
ADAMS 174 0.7% 10,158 31 34 1.7%
ALLEGHENY 2,841 11.8% 104,949 2 9 2.7%
ARMSTRONG 123 0.5% 6,073 40 26 2.0%
BEAVER 366 1.5% 15,371 22 15 2.4%
BEDFORD 44 0.2% 4,878 44 61 0.9%
BERKS 765 3.2% 44,344 9 33 1.7%
BLAIR 303 1.3% 11,751 27 12 2.6%
BRADFORD 141 0.6% 6,128 38 18 2.3%
BUCKS 733 3.0% 65,864 4 59 1.1%
BUTLER 235 1.0% 18,663 19 58 1.3%
CAMBRIA 282 1.2% 12,466 25 19 2.3%
CAMERON 15 0.1% 382 65 2 3.9%
CARBON 91 0.4% 6,078 39 46 1.5%
CENTRE 97 0.4% 11,187 29 62 0.9%
CHESTER 759 3.1% 57,471 7 54 1.3%
CLARION 62 0.3% 3,358 58 31 1.8%
CLEARFIELD 53 0.2% 7,116 36 67 0.7%
CLINTON 94 0.4% 3,592 56 10 2.6%
COLUMBIA 84 0.3% 5,487 42 43 1.5%
CRAWFORD 170 0.7% 8,663 32 29 2.0%
CUMBERLAND 505 2.1% 22,990 16 22 2.2%
DAUPHIN 659 2.7% 27,591 15 14 2.4%
DELAWARE 1,039 4.3% 57,599 6 32 1.8%
ELK 45 0.2% 2,966 59 44 1.5%
ERIE 599 2.5% 27,698 14 24 2.2%
FAYETTE 420 1.7% 12,275 26 3 3.4%
FOREST 3 0.0% 292 67 60 1.0%
FRANKLIN 479 2.0% 15,806 21 5 3.0%
FULTON 24 0.1% 1,481 64 37 1.6%
GREENE 28 0.1% 3,382 57 64 0.8%
HUNTINGDON 53 0.2% 4,018 50 55 1.3%
INDIANA 106 0.4% 7,262 35 47 1.5%
JEFFERSON 65 0.3% 4,302 48 45 1.5%
JUNIATA 20 0.1% 2,648 61 66 0.8%
Delinquency Dispositions as a Percent of Juvenile Population, 2015
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NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS
% OF STATEWIDE
DISPOSITIONS
AGE 10-17 POPULATION
JUVENILE POPULATION
RANK
DISPOSITION RANK PER
100,000
DISPOSITIONS AS A % OF JUV. POP.
LACKAWANNA 308 1.3% 19,683 17 40 1.6%
LANCASTER 821 3.4% 57,674 5 49 1.4%
LAWRENCE 166 0.7% 8,504 33 30 2.0%
LEBANON 221 0.9% 14,272 23 41 1.5%
LEHIGH 1,109 4.6% 38,365 10 7 2.9%
LUZERNE 610 2.5% 29,545 13 25 2.1%
LYCOMING 343 1.4% 10,669 30 4 3.2%
MCKEAN 112 0.5% 4,007 51 8 2.8%
MERCER 261 1.1% 11,234 28 16 2.3%
MIFFLIN 74 0.3% 4,811 45 42 1.5%
MONROE 239 1.0% 18,031 20 53 1.3%
MONTGOMERY 1,071 4.4% 83,831 3 57 1.3%
MONTOUR 24 0.1% 1,729 62 51 1.4%
NORTHAMPTON 663 2.7% 30,027 12 21 2.2%
NORTHUMBERLAND 248 1.0% 8,424 34 6 2.9%
PERRY 66 0.3% 4,682 46 50 1.4%
PHILADELPHIA 3,094 12.8% 141,550 1 23 2.2%
PIKE 96 0.4% 5,883 41 36 1.6%
POTTER 25 0.1% 1,717 63 48 1.5%
SCHUYLKILL 269 1.1% 13,419 24 27 2.0%
SNYDER 66 0.3% 4,168 49 39 1.6%
SOMERSET 56 0.2% 6,692 37 63 0.8%
SULLIVAN 5 0.0% 362 66 52 1.4%
SUSQUEHANNA 50 0.2% 3,900 53 56 1.3%
TIOGA 85 0.4% 3,766 55 20 2.3%
UNION 30 0.1% 3,969 52 65 0.8%
VENANGO 210 0.9% 4,995 43 1 4.2%
WARREN 93 0.4% 3,841 54 13 2.4%
WASHINGTON 382 1.6% 19,373 18 28 2.0%
WAYNE 105 0.4% 4,524 47 17 2.3%
WESTMORELAND 518 2.1% 32,262 11 38 1.6%
WYOMING 46 0.2% 2,723 60 35 1.7%
YORK 1,196 5.0% 46,274 8 11 2.6%
TOTALS 24,139 100.0% 1,239,195 1.9%
NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
Delinquency Dispositions as a Percent of Juvenile Population, 2015
continued
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOS.
TRANSFERRED TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
TRANSFER TO OTHER
COURT
COMPLAINT WITHDRAWN
WARNED, CASE
CLOSED
INFORMAL ADJUSTMENT
FINES/ COSTS
ORDEREDDISMISSED
ADAMS 174 0 6 11 5 38 5 5
ALLEGHENY 2,841 2 13 535 173 840 0 130
ARMSTRONG 123 0 6 6 2 33 12 4
BEAVER 366 0 4 29 5 89 0 72
BEDFORD 44 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
BERKS 765 1 33 54 12 140 75 29
BLAIR 303 0 11 20 0 31 82 15
BRADFORD 141 2 1 7 29 16 1 7
BUCKS 733 0 61 48 4 86 67 4
BUTLER 235 1 58 14 4 27 0 3
CAMBRIA 282 3 13 2 0 8 23 36
CAMERON 15 1 0 1 0 4 0 0
CARBON 91 1 17 5 18 0 2 5
CENTRE 97 0 14 3 2 10 1 0
CHESTER 759 1 44 19 12 135 44 9
CLARION 62 0 3 2 2 2 2 1
CLEARFIELD 53 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
CLINTON 94 0 5 4 0 23 0 4
COLUMBIA 84 0 8 1 5 38 1 0
CRAWFORD 170 1 10 2 0 37 3 1
CUMBERLAND 505 0 83 18 2 88 24 10
DAUPHIN 659 10 41 20 12 169 7 6
DELAWARE 1,039 4 41 35 0 122 11 24
ELK 45 0 1 8 0 10 2 1
ERIE 599 3 4 37 60 109 8 4
FAYETTE 420 0 3 15 145 57 0 2
FOREST 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FRANKLIN 479 0 12 46 15 13 98 5
FULTON 24 1 4 1 0 0 1 0
GREENE 28 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
HUNTINGDON 53 0 9 1 1 0 0 1
INDIANA 106 0 7 1 0 35 15 5
JEFFERSON 65 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
JUNIATA 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 3
Delinquency Dispositions by Type, 2015
NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
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COUNTY PROTECTIVE SUPERVISION
REFERRAL TO AGENCY/ INDIVIDUAL
CONSENT DECREE* PROBATION
CONTINUED PREVIOUS
DISPOSITION
OTHER DISPOSITIONS PLACEMENT
ADAMS 0 0 41 37 0 25 1
ALLEGHENY 0 0 438 222 9 340 139
ARMSTRONG 0 0 29 17 0 9 5
BEAVER 0 0 95 45 1 7 19
BEDFORD 0 0 29 6 0 1 5
BERKS 0 2 221 62 22 74 40
BLAIR 0 1 96 15 8 14 10
BRADFORD 0 1 51 20 1 0 5
BUCKS 0 0 192 170 24 21 56
BUTLER 0 0 40 57 0 9 22
CAMBRIA 0 0 105 51 25 0 16
CAMERON 0 0 4 2 0 1 2
CARBON 0 0 17 16 0 3 7
CENTRE 0 1 44 13 0 6 3
CHESTER 0 1 228 122 11 68 65
CLARION 0 0 20 14 3 12 1
CLEARFIELD 0 0 11 34 1 0 6
CLINTON 0 0 20 20 2 12 4
COLUMBIA 0 0 8 8 0 13 2
CRAWFORD 0 0 38 60 0 6 12
CUMBERLAND 0 1 91 48 9 119 12
DAUPHIN 0 0 132 85 3 158 16
DELAWARE 0 0 166 412 32 110 82
ELK 0 0 12 7 0 0 4
ERIE 0 0 46 151 2 9 166
FAYETTE 0 6 69 15 0 96 12
FOREST 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
FRANKLIN 0 2 147 61 8 51 21
FULTON 0 0 5 9 0 0 3
GREENE 1 0 6 10 0 7 1
HUNTINGDON 0 0 14 18 0 3 6
INDIANA 0 0 19 13 0 6 5
JEFFERSON 0 0 39 7 0 2 11
JUNIATA 0 0 11 2 0 1 1
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NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOS.
TRANSFERRED TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
TRANSFER TO OTHER
COURT
COMPLAINT WITHDRAWN
WARNED, CASE
CLOSED
INFORMAL ADJUSTMENT
FINES/ COSTS
ORDEREDDISMISSED
LACKAWANNA 308 5 6 24 0 95 1 11
LANCASTER 821 1 39 53 145 208 2 6
LAWRENCE 166 0 1 3 0 55 0 20
LEBANON 221 0 13 9 0 5 2 0
LEHIGH 1,109 0 49 46 8 62 200 17
LUZERNE 610 2 5 33 10 98 85 9
LYCOMING 343 1 13 29 20 59 0 18
MCKEAN 112 0 3 2 3 7 39 0
MERCER 261 0 14 17 5 42 1 13
MIFFLIN 74 0 1 1 0 6 0 3
MONROE 239 2 22 19 1 6 5 28
MONTGOMERY 1,071 1 71 39 5 143 267 54
MONTOUR 24 0 1 0 0 12 0 0
NORTHAMPTON 663 2 68 30 50 155 55 5
NORTHUMBERLAND 248 3 16 4 16 62 56 3
PERRY 66 1 3 1 4 13 0 1
PHILADELPHIA 3,094 3 13 57 0 384 0 300
PIKE 96 0 6 2 0 0 19 1
POTTER 25 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
SCHUYLKILL 269 1 8 16 4 41 39 5
SNYDER 66 0 4 8 0 6 7 0
SOMERSET 56 0 1 24 1 0 0 0
SULLIVAN 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
SUSQUEHANNA 50 0 4 2 0 7 5 2
TIOGA 85 1 2 10 0 0 11 2
UNION 30 1 0 0 0 6 1 4
VENANGO 210 0 8 4 1 8 0 0
WARREN 93 0 6 5 0 4 5 0
WASHINGTON 382 0 18 31 19 47 87 5
WAYNE 105 0 9 1 1 4 25 1
WESTMORELAND 518 0 58 11 5 23 50 18
WYOMING 46 1 9 3 0 0 3 0
YORK 1,196 5 29 33 27 196 429 10
TOTAL 24,139 61 1,025 1,465 833 3,916 1,878 925% OF TOTAL 100.0% 0.3% 4.2% 6.1% 3.5% 16.2% 7.8% 3.8%
NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
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COUNTY PROTECTIVE SUPERVISION
REFERRAL TO AGENCY/ INDIVIDUAL
CONSENT DECREE* PROBATION
CONTINUED PREVIOUS
DISPOSITION
OTHER DISPOSITIONS PLACEMENT
LACKAWANNA 0 0 71 64 3 12 16
LANCASTER 0 0 45 245 5 38 34
LAWRENCE 0 0 45 29 6 4 3
LEBANON 0 0 102 52 1 8 29
LEHIGH 0 43 159 301 6 144 74
LUZERNE 0 0 53 39 15 237 24
LYCOMING 0 0 128 45 1 14 15
MCKEAN 0 0 25 31 0 1 1
MERCER 0 9 51 60 3 24 22
MIFFLIN 0 0 25 36 0 0 2
MONROE 0 0 26 76 0 5 49
MONTGOMERY 0 0 133 251 1 37 69
MONTOUR 0 0 0 8 0 0 3
NORTHAMPTON 0 3 103 102 14 42 34
NORTHUMBERLAND 0 1 34 38 6 4 5
PERRY 0 0 24 9 3 3 4
PHILADELPHIA 0 2 1,158 308 154 370 345
PIKE 0 0 13 36 1 6 12
POTTER 0 0 13 6 0 1 2
SCHUYLKILL 0 2 12 65 15 42 19
SNYDER 0 0 9 14 0 14 4
SOMERSET 0 0 20 7 0 0 3
SULLIVAN 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
SUSQUEHANNA 0 0 8 17 0 3 2
TIOGA 0 0 24 8 4 17 6
UNION 0 0 9 8 0 1 0
VENANGO 0 0 17 40 0 130 2
WARREN 0 0 28 28 2 6 9
WASHINGTON 0 0 31 87 0 22 35
WAYNE 0 0 26 26 0 8 4
WESTMORELAND 0 0 110 138 0 77 28
WYOMING 0 0 6 11 4 7 2
YORK 0 0 191 124 15 63 74
TOTAL 1 75 5,185 4,139 420 2,524 1,692% OF TOTAL 0.0% 0.3% 21.5% 17.1% 1.7% 10.5% 7.0%
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*The following counties had a total of 1,354 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. (Adams-2, Bedford-1, Bucks-30, Butler-5, Cambria-1, Chester-166, Clarion-1, Clinton-1, Columbia-1, Crawford-6, Erie-7, Franklin-34, Fulton-3, Lackawanna-15, Luzerne-11, Lycoming-40, McKean-4, Mercer-26, Mifflin-1, Montgomery-2, Philadelphia-938, Somerset-1, Sullivan-1, Tioga-4, Warren-1, Washington-4, Wayne-15, Westmoreland-2, Wyoming-2, York-29).
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOS.
POLICEMAGISTERIAL
DISTRICT JUDGE
OTHER JUVENILE
COURTPROBATION OTHER
N % N % N % N % N %ADAMS 174 96 55.2% 60 34.5% 18 10.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
ALLEGHENY 2,841 1,885 66.3% 413 14.5% 92 3.2% 3 0.1% 448 15.8%
ARMSTRONG 123 91 74.0% 20 16.3% 12 9.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
BEAVER 366 250 68.3% 97 26.5% 13 3.6% 0 0.0% 6 1.6%
BEDFORD 44 44 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
BERKS 765 632 82.6% 70 9.2% 48 6.3% 2 0.3% 13 1.7%
BLAIR 303 205 67.7% 71 23.4% 4 1.3% 1 0.3% 22 7.3%
BRADFORD 141 111 78.7% 11 7.8% 1 0.7% 17 12.1% 1 0.7%
BUCKS 733 614 83.8% 95 13.0% 18 2.5% 2 0.3% 4 0.5%
BUTLER 235 222 94.5% 0 0.0% 12 5.1% 0 0.0% 1 0.4%
CAMBRIA 282 232 82.3% 47 16.7% 1 0.4% 0 0.0% 2 0.7%
CAMERON 15 15 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CARBON 91 78 85.7% 7 7.7% 6 6.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CENTRE 97 96 99.0% 1 1.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CHESTER 759 661 87.1% 69 9.1% 26 3.4% 1 0.1% 2 0.3%
CLARION 62 50 80.6% 11 17.7% 1 1.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CLEARFIELD 53 52 98.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1.9% 0 0.0%
CLINTON 94 65 69.1% 1 1.1% 0 0.0% 2 2.1% 26 27.7%
COLUMBIA 84 39 46.4% 32 38.1% 12 14.3% 0 0.0% 1 1.2%
CRAWFORD 170 127 74.7% 37 21.8% 4 2.4% 1 0.6% 1 0.6%
CUMBERLAND 505 435 86.1% 35 6.9% 33 6.5% 0 0.0% 2 0.4%
DAUPHIN 659 536 81.3% 86 13.1% 35 5.3% 2 0.3% 0 0.0%
DELAWARE 1,039 888 85.5% 92 8.9% 53 5.1% 1 0.1% 5 0.5%
ELK 45 35 77.8% 8 17.8% 1 2.2% 0 0.0% 1 2.2%
ERIE 599 512 85.5% 48 8.0% 13 2.2% 15 2.5% 11 1.8%
FAYETTE 420 220 52.4% 169 40.2% 11 2.6% 2 0.5% 18 4.3%
FOREST 3 3 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
FRANKLIN 479 232 48.4% 121 25.3% 23 4.8% 4 0.8% 99 20.7%
FULTON 24 23 95.8% 1 4.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
GREENE 28 22 78.6% 5 17.9% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 3.6%
HUNTINGDON 53 47 88.7% 0 0.0% 4 7.5% 0 0.0% 2 3.8%
INDIANA 106 83 78.3% 11 10.4% 11 10.4% 0 0.0% 1 0.9%
JEFFERSON 65 55 84.6% 0 0.0% 8 12.3% 2 3.1% 0 0.0%
JUNIATA 20 20 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Delinquency Dispositions by Source of Allegation, 2015
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NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOS.
POLICEMAGISTERIAL
DISTRICT JUDGE
OTHER JUVENILE
COURTPROBATION OTHER
N % N % N % N % N %LACKAWANNA 308 280 90.9% 0 0.0% 25 8.1% 3 1.0% 0 0.0%
LANCASTER 821 633 77.1% 155 18.9% 32 3.9% 1 0.1% 0 0.0%
LAWRENCE 166 109 65.7% 50 30.1% 7 4.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
LEBANON 221 209 94.6% 0 0.0% 12 5.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
LEHIGH 1,109 719 64.8% 310 28.0% 74 6.7% 0 0.0% 6 0.5%
LUZERNE 610 286 46.9% 245 40.2% 28 4.6% 0 0.0% 51 8.4%
LYCOMING 343 234 68.2% 91 26.5% 13 3.8% 0 0.0% 5 1.5%
MCKEAN 112 100 89.3% 4 3.6% 1 0.9% 0 0.0% 7 6.3%
MERCER 261 212 81.2% 29 11.1% 16 6.1% 2 0.8% 2 0.8%
MIFFLIN 74 66 89.2% 0 0.0% 7 9.5% 0 0.0% 1 1.4%
MONROE 239 189 79.1% 31 13.0% 18 7.5% 0 0.0% 1 0.4%
MONTGOMERY 1,071 747 69.7% 289 27.0% 32 3.0% 0 0.0% 3 0.3%
MONTOUR 24 22 91.7% 0 0.0% 1 4.2% 1 4.2% 0 0.0%
NORTHAMPTON 663 514 77.5% 86 13.0% 61 9.2% 0 0.0% 2 0.3%
NORTHUMBERLAND 248 152 61.3% 79 31.9% 15 6.0% 2 0.8% 0 0.0%
PERRY 66 65 98.5% 0 0.0% 1 1.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
PHILADELPHIA 3,094 2,918 94.3% 0 0.0% 173 5.6% 2 0.1% 1 0.0%
PIKE 96 73 76.0% 13 13.5% 8 8.3% 1 1.0% 1 1.0%
POTTER 25 24 96.0% 1 4.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
SCHUYLKILL 269 189 70.3% 57 21.2% 22 8.2% 0 0.0% 1 0.4%
SNYDER 66 53 80.3% 12 18.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1.5%
SOMERSET 56 34 60.7% 20 35.7% 0 0.0% 1 1.8% 1 1.8%
SULLIVAN 5 3 60.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 40.0% 0 0.0%
SUSQUEHANNA 50 36 72.0% 5 10.0% 7 14.0% 1 2.0% 1 2.0%
TIOGA 85 73 85.9% 9 10.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 3.5%
UNION 30 29 96.7% 1 3.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
VENANGO 210 67 31.9% 138 65.7% 5 2.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
WARREN 93 76 81.7% 13 14.0% 4 4.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
WASHINGTON 382 210 55.0% 105 27.5% 24 6.3% 0 0.0% 43 11.3%
WAYNE 105 65 61.9% 23 21.9% 15 14.3% 0 0.0% 2 1.9%
WESTMORELAND 518 369 71.2% 115 22.2% 29 5.6% 0 0.0% 5 1.0%
WYOMING 46 37 80.4% 7 15.2% 2 4.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
YORK 1,196 712 59.5% 418 34.9% 65 5.4% 1 0.1% 0 0.0%
TOTAL 24,139 18,181 75.3% 3,924 16.3% 1,157 4.8% 73 0.3% 804 3.3%
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NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
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Type of Attorney Representation in Delinquency Proceedings, 2015
COUNTY NUMBER OF PROCEEDINGS
PUBLIC DEFENDER % COURT
APPOINTED % PRIVATE % WAIVED %NO
ATTORNEY PRESENT
%
ADAMS 99 97 98.0% 0 0.0% 2 2.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
ALLEGHENY 1,534 1,125 73.3% 271 17.7% 138 9.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
ARMSTRONG 58 38 65.5% 13 22.4% 7 12.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
BEAVER 154 115 74.7% 23 14.9% 16 10.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
BEDFORD 44 38 86.4% 2 4.5% 4 9.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
BERKS 490 341 69.6% 126 25.7% 23 4.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
BLAIR 188 105 55.9% 63 33.5% 20 10.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
BRADFORD 51 34 66.7% 9 17.6% 8 15.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
BUCKS 542 416 76.8% 42 7.7% 84 15.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
BUTLER 193 123 63.7% 46 23.8% 24 12.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CAMBRIA 193 152 78.8% 32 16.6% 9 4.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CAMERON 6 6 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CARBON 44 29 65.9% 9 20.5% 6 13.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CENTRE 77 46 59.7% 0 0.0% 31 40.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CHESTER 518 398 76.8% 49 9.5% 71 13.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CLARION 52 48 92.3% 0 0.0% 4 7.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CLEARFIELD 47 36 76.6% 6 12.8% 5 10.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CLINTON 59 59 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
COLUMBIA 27 23 85.2% 2 7.4% 2 7.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CRAWFORD 126 73 57.9% 52 41.3% 1 0.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CUMBERLAND 211 147 69.7% 43 20.4% 21 10.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
DAUPHIN 378 306 81.0% 0 0.0% 72 19.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
DELAWARE 837 626 74.8% 48 5.7% 161 19.2% 0 0.0% 2 0.2%
ELK 14 10 71.4% 3 21.4% 1 7.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
ERIE 360 248 68.9% 98 27.2% 14 3.9% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
FAYETTE 39 37 94.9% 0 0.0% 2 5.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
FOREST 3 3 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
FRANKLIN 152 30 19.7% 40 26.3% 82 53.9% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
FULTON 21 20 95.2% 1 4.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
GREENE 16 15 93.8% 1 6.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
HUNTINGDON 48 45 93.8% 0 0.0% 3 6.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
INDIANA 50 46 92.0% 0 0.0% 4 8.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
JEFFERSON 64 58 90.6% 0 0.0% 6 9.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
JUNIATA 17 14 82.4% 1 5.9% 2 11.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
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NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
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Type of Attorney Representation in Delinquency Proceedings, 2015
continued
NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
COUNTY NUMBER OF PROCEEDINGS
PUBLIC DEFENDER % COURT
APPOINTED % PRIVATE % WAIVED %NO
ATTORNEY PRESENT
%
LACKAWANNA 186 134 72.0% 32 17.2% 20 10.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
LANCASTER 410 272 66.3% 95 23.2% 43 10.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
LAWRENCE 95 95 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
LEBANON 200 148 74.0% 34 17.0% 18 9.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
LEHIGH 569 441 77.5% 100 17.6% 28 4.9% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
LUZERNE 180 127 70.6% 44 24.4% 9 5.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
LYCOMING 239 231 96.7% 5 2.1% 3 1.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
MCKEAN 64 51 79.7% 0 0.0% 13 20.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
MERCER 175 112 64.0% 50 28.6% 13 7.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
MIFFLIN 68 44 64.7% 17 25.0% 7 10.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
MONROE 204 153 75.0% 31 15.2% 20 9.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
MONTGOMERY 650 470 72.3% 0 0.0% 180 27.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
MONTOUR 12 7 58.3% 5 41.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
NORTHAMPTON 345 252 73.0% 56 16.2% 37 10.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
NORTHUMBERLAND 95 47 49.5% 42 44.2% 6 6.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
PERRY 46 40 87.0% 0 0.0% 6 13.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
PHILADELPHIA 2,549 1,062 41.7% 1,332 52.3% 155 6.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
PIKE 80 60 75.0% 0 0.0% 20 25.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
POTTER 23 21 91.3% 1 4.3% 1 4.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
SCHUYLKILL 129 93 72.1% 26 20.2% 9 7.0% 1 0.8% 0 0.0%
SNYDER 38 23 60.5% 15 39.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
SOMERSET 22 21 95.5% 0 0.0% 1 4.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
SULLIVAN 3 1 33.3% 2 66.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
SUSQUEHANNA 32 23 71.9% 5 15.6% 4 12.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
TIOGA 58 45 77.6% 1 1.7% 12 20.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
UNION 23 13 56.5% 9 39.1% 1 4.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
VENANGO 69 8 11.6% 53 76.8% 8 11.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
WARREN 58 36 62.1% 19 32.8% 3 5.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
WASHINGTON 193 134 69.4% 42 21.8% 17 8.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
WAYNE 68 60 88.2% 0 0.0% 8 11.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
WESTMORELAND 412 290 70.4% 71 17.2% 48 11.7% 0 0.0% 3 0.7%
WYOMING 41 36 87.8% 0 0.0% 5 12.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
YORK 319 213 66.8% 80 25.1% 26 8.2% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
TOTAL 14,367 9,670 67.3% 3,147 21.9% 1,544 10.7% 1 0.0% 5 0.0%
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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, other than a detention hearing, following the filing of a petition.
COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS
FORMAL DISPOSITIONS
INFORMAL DISPOSITIONS
TOTAL MEDIAN IN DAYS TOTAL MEDIAN
IN DAYSADAMS 174 99 84.0 75 78.0
ALLEGHENY 2,841 1,534 119.0 1,307 97.0
ARMSTRONG 123 58 110.0 65 42.0
BEAVER 366 154 120.5 212 41.5
BEDFORD 44 44 114.5 0 0.0
BERKS 765 490 138.0 275 62.0
BLAIR 303 188 85.5 115 1.0
BRADFORD 141 51 144.0 90 99.0
BUCKS 733 542 82.0 191 62.0
BUTLER 235 193 63.0 42 39.0
CAMBRIA 282 193 159.0 89 144.0
CAMERON 15 6 141.5 9 48.0
CARBON 91 44 168.5 47 142.0
CENTRE 97 77 135.0 20 145.0
CHESTER 759 518 185.0 241 131.0
CLARION 62 52 97.0 10 45.5
CLEARFIELD 53 47 112.0 6 117.5
CLINTON 94 59 138.0 35 88.0
COLUMBIA 84 27 86.0 57 86.0
CRAWFORD 170 126 127.0 44 1.0
CUMBERLAND 505 211 88.0 294 103.0
DAUPHIN 659 378 120.0 281 111.0
DELAWARE 1,039 837 141.0 202 135.0
ELK 45 14 77.5 31 50.0
ERIE 599 360 170.5 239 101.0
FAYETTE 420 39 97.0 381 149.0
FOREST 3 3 61.0 0 0.0
FRANKLIN 479 152 91.5 327 62.0
FULTON 24 21 83.0 3 92.0
GREENE 28 16 104.0 12 70.0
HUNTINGDON 53 48 98.0 5 179.0
INDIANA 106 50 107.0 56 43.0
JEFFERSON 65 64 32.0 1 1.0
JUNIATA 20 17 68.0 3 465.0
Time Lapse from Allegation to Disposition for Delinquency Cases, 2015
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NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
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Time Lapse from Allegation to Disposition for Delinquency Cases, 2015
continued
COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS
FORMAL DISPOSITIONS
INFORMAL DISPOSITIONS
TOTAL MEDIAN IN DAYS TOTAL MEDIAN
IN DAYSLACKAWANNA 308 186 97.0 122 70.5
LANCASTER 821 410 111.0 411 49.0
LAWRENCE 166 95 58.0 71 129.0
LEBANON 221 200 131.5 21 151.0
LEHIGH 1,109 569 60.0 540 49.0
LUZERNE 610 180 158.5 430 176.0
LYCOMING 343 239 34.0 104 40.0
MCKEAN 112 64 152.0 48 170.0
MERCER 261 175 91.0 86 71.0
MIFFLIN 74 68 70.5 6 48.5
MONROE 239 204 110.0 35 122.0
MONTGOMERY 1,071 650 113.0 421 1.0
MONTOUR 24 12 70.0 12 29.0
NORTHAMPTON 663 345 85.0 318 39.0
NORTHUMBERLAND 248 95 104.0 153 77.0
PERRY 66 46 77.0 20 74.5
PHILADELPHIA 3,094 2,549 55.0 545 3.0
PIKE 96 80 104.5 16 8.0
POTTER 25 23 93.0 2 43.5
SCHUYLKILL 269 129 120.0 140 22.0
SNYDER 66 38 126.5 28 104.5
SOMERSET 56 22 143.5 34 76.0
SULLIVAN 5 3 31.0 2 187.0
SUSQUEHANNA 50 32 78.0 18 50.0
TIOGA 85 58 85.5 27 56.0
UNION 30 23 203.0 7 161.0
VENANGO 210 69 92.0 141 1.0
WARREN 93 58 84.5 35 23.0
WASHINGTON 382 193 57.0 189 82.0
WAYNE 105 68 108.0 37 1.0
WESTMORELAND 518 412 98.0 106 54.5
WYOMING 46 41 78.0 5 309.0
YORK 1,196 319 148.0 877 55.0
TOTAL 24,139 14,367 98.0 9,772 67.0
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COUNTY PERSON PROPERTY DRUG OTHER* TOTALADAMS 94 52 63 163 372
ALLEGHENY 2,326 1,674 1,044 2,888 7,932
ARMSTRONG 70 98 57 93 318
BEAVER 286 248 107 329 970
BEDFORD 26 40 24 29 119
BERKS 983 703 222 764 2,672
BLAIR 177 338 128 210 853
BRADFORD 89 73 82 67 311
BUCKS 408 737 637 552 2,334
BUTLER 151 172 123 234 680
CAMBRIA 428 224 84 261 997
CAMERON 10 8 9 6 33
CARBON 79 182 45 43 349
CENTRE 90 206 111 53 460
CHESTER 1,272 1,605 517 868 4,262
CLARION 36 71 10 28 145
CLEARFIELD 41 60 13 34 148
CLINTON 42 32 57 62 193
COLUMBIA 15 18 41 76 150
CRAWFORD 158 170 64 165 557
CUMBERLAND 278 365 326 314 1,283
DAUPHIN 281 367 302 451 1,401
DELAWARE 1,849 1,163 566 1,331 4,909
ELK 16 60 31 35 142
ERIE 569 696 161 499 1,925
FAYETTE 177 190 91 536 994
FOREST 17 4 1 0 22
FRANKLIN 246 273 176 421 1,116
FULTON 115 28 5 8 156
GREENE 21 18 10 15 64
HUNTINGDON 51 29 22 108 210
INDIANA 52 57 66 104 279
JEFFERSON 37 71 31 25 164
JUNIATA 22 9 0 10 41
Alleged Offenses by Type, 2015
Appendix 8
NOTE: Includes most serious seven offenses and counts reported on each case.
*The “Other” offenses category includes, but is not limited to: Public Order offenses such as Disorderly Conduct or Weapon on School Property; Firearms offenses; and Certifications from the minor judiciary that a juvenile failed to comply with a lawful sentence imposed for a summary offense.
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COUNTY PERSON PROPERTY DRUG OTHER* TOTALLACKAWANNA 286 238 131 221 876
LANCASTER 365 576 317 575 1,833
LAWRENCE 69 135 47 165 416
LEBANON 118 173 122 135 548
LEHIGH 642 721 322 1,021 2,706
LUZERNE 246 307 162 679 1,394
LYCOMING 222 257 133 313 925
MCKEAN 100 119 25 106 350
MERCER 285 119 110 203 717
MIFFLIN 64 29 66 71 230
MONROE 192 138 127 239 696
MONTGOMERY 1,048 837 537 1,339 3,761
MONTOUR 12 28 4 16 60
NORTHAMPTON 613 331 316 616 1,876
NORTHUMBERLAND 141 170 58 246 615
PERRY 69 47 24 34 174
PHILADELPHIA 4,717 2,804 1,098 2,958 11,577
PIKE 39 69 78 51 237
POTTER 23 13 15 5 56
SCHUYLKILL 184 331 93 228 836
SNYDER 51 67 44 48 210
SOMERSET 44 35 6 69 154
SULLIVAN 13 0 0 13 26
SUSQUEHANNA 48 48 21 37 154
TIOGA 58 53 46 56 213
UNION 23 19 13 17 72
VENANGO 58 181 29 186 454
WARREN 61 55 32 59 207
WASHINGTON 247 168 127 385 927
WAYNE 113 135 30 183 461
WESTMORELAND 343 312 263 469 1,387
WYOMING 28 34 13 33 108
YORK 480 838 472 1,136 2,926
TOTAL 21,514 19,428 10,107 22,694 73,743% OF TOTAL 29.2% 26.3% 13.7% 30.8% 100.0%
NOTE: Includes most serious seven offenses and counts reported on each case.
Alleged Offenses by Type, 2015 continued
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*The “Other” offenses category includes, but is not limited to: Public Order offenses such as Disorderly Conduct or Weapon on School Property; Firearms offenses; and Certifications from the minor judiciary that a juvenile failed to comply with a lawful sentence imposed for a summary offense.
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COUNTY PERSON PROPERTY DRUG OTHER* TOTALADAMS 22 9 16 12 59
ALLEGHENY 366 255 117 344 1,082
ARMSTRONG 16 11 9 4 40
BEAVER 35 34 14 28 111
BEDFORD 57 7 5 7 76
BERKS 203 151 74 123 551
BLAIR 68 119 38 41 266
BRADFORD 13 11 7 5 36
BUCKS 192 279 274 137 882
BUTLER 23 40 40 57 160
CAMBRIA 29 15 10 37 91
CAMERON 0 1 2 1 4
CARBON 12 18 12 4 46
CENTRE 41 91 48 20 200
CHESTER 136 170 86 81 473
CLARION 13 16 7 5 41
CLEARFIELD 31 35 8 26 100
CLINTON 8 9 23 2 42
COLUMBIA 6 4 11 8 29
CRAWFORD 60 62 40 37 199
CUMBERLAND 53 53 49 29 184
DAUPHIN 96 235 110 206 647
DELAWARE 387 234 110 146 877
ELK 1 13 5 1 20
ERIE 200 215 48 202 665
FAYETTE 38 39 12 29 118
FOREST 2 2 1 0 5
FRANKLIN 68 70 42 67 247
FULTON 32 4 1 4 41
GREENE 5 10 1 5 21
HUNTINGDON 19 20 15 26 80
INDIANA 8 14 16 22 60
JEFFERSON 8 7 8 9 32
JUNIATA 16 7 0 9 32
Substantiated Offenses by Type, 2015
Appendix 9
NOTE: Includes most serious seven offenses and counts reported on each case.
*The “Other” offenses category includes, but is not limited to: Public Order offenses such as Disorderly Conduct or Weapon on School Property; Firearms offenses; and Certifications from the minor judiciary that a juvenile failed to comply with a lawful sentence imposed for a summary offense.
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COUNTY PERSON PROPERTY DRUG OTHER* TOTALLACKAWANNA 42 65 23 36 166
LANCASTER 219 333 138 154 844
LAWRENCE 13 27 3 14 57
LEBANON 49 92 56 51 248
LEHIGH 237 275 112 182 806
LUZERNE 63 79 43 68 253
LYCOMING 59 88 51 55 253
MCKEAN 26 48 6 6 86
MERCER 57 33 47 48 185
MIFFLIN 32 12 51 30 125
MONROE 53 44 38 61 196
MONTGOMERY 286 256 121 150 813
MONTOUR 2 6 1 5 14
NORTHAMPTON 99 94 67 59 319
NORTHUMBERLAND 30 38 14 24 106
PERRY 8 8 5 2 23
PHILADELPHIA 458 276 239 215 1,188
PIKE 18 30 26 14 88
POTTER 9 2 2 0 13
SCHUYLKILL 46 120 34 59 259
SNYDER 11 11 14 4 40
SOMERSET 7 4 1 8 20
SULLIVAN 0 0 0 1 1
SUSQUEHANNA 7 13 4 5 29
TIOGA 10 4 9 6 29
UNION 6 4 4 3 17
VENANGO 17 38 10 19 84
WARREN 30 18 13 26 87
WASHINGTON 97 68 56 94 315
WAYNE 34 22 18 34 108
WESTMORELAND 88 89 75 118 370
WYOMING 10 9 3 5 27
YORK 160 262 98 205 725
TOTAL 4,547 4,728 2,641 3,495 15,411% OF TOTAL 29.5% 30.7% 17.1% 22.7% 100.0%
NOTE: Includes most serious seven offenses and counts reported on each case.
Substantiated Offenses by Type, 2015 continued
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*The “Other” offenses category includes, but is not limited to: Public Order offenses such as Disorderly Conduct or Weapon on School Property; Firearms offenses; and Certifications from the minor judiciary that a juvenile failed to comply with a lawful sentence imposed for a summary offense.
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COUNTY NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS
MEDIAN LENGTH OF STAY IN DAYS
PHILADELPHIA 2,723 4.0
ALLEGHENY 1,699 6.0
DELAWARE 775 12.0
BUCKS 613 8.0
MONTGOMERY 365 12.0
BERKS 321 14.0
DAUPHIN 259 5.0
ERIE 208 11.5
CHESTER 195 21.0
LEHIGH 170 15.5
NORTHAMPTON 168 19.0
WASHINGTON 147 12.0
LACKAWANNA 142 7.0
LANCASTER 134 20.5
WESTMORELAND 118 11.0
YORK 106 19.0
MONROE 87 14.0
LEBANON 58 9.0
LUZERNE 49 7.0
BEAVER 48 7.5
LYCOMING 45 12.0
SCHUYLKILL 41 8.0
CUMBERLAND 38 9.0
FAYETTE 34 5.0
CAMBRIA 32 21.0
MIFFLIN 31 9.0
CLINTON 28 6.5
CENTRE 26 6.5
CLEARFIELD 24 9.0
BLAIR 23 8.0
PIKE 19 21.0
BUTLER 16 18.0
FRANKLIN 15 15.0
HUNTINGDON 14 19.0
JUNIATA 14 8.0
Number of Admissions and Length of Stay in Secure Detention, 2015
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 2014, the median length of stay in secure detention was 8 days.
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Number of Admissions and Length of Stay in Secure Detention, 2015 continued
COUNTY NUMBER OF ADMISSIONS
MEDIAN LENGTH OF STAY IN DAYS
INDIANA 13 4.0
NORTHUMBERLAND 12 7.0
WAYNE 12 24.0
SNYDER 10 14.0
CARBON 10 7.0
PERRY 10 13.0
COLUMBIA 9 11.0
BEDFORD 8 7.5
POTTER 8 16.0
WYOMING 7 8.0
TIOGA 6 9.5
SOMERSET 6 10.0
BRADFORD 5 5.0
FULTON 5 2.0
ADAMS 4 13.0
UNION 4 27.0
CRAWFORD 3 11.0
ELK 2 20.0
JEFFERSON 2 6.5
GREENE 2 7.0
MERCER 2 11.0
MONTOUR 2 16.5
ARMSTRONG 1 83.0
CAMERON 1 16.0
MCKEAN 1 15.0
WARREN 1 27.0
SULLIVAN 0 0.0
CLARION 0 0.0
FOREST 0 0.0
LAWRENCE 0 0.0
SUSQUEHANNA 0 0.0
VENANGO 0 0.0
*TOTAL 8,931 9.0
*Includes 220 secure detention admissions to the Jefferson Detention Center in Ohio by the following counties: Beaver (49); Butler (17); Fayette (6); and Washington (148).
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COUNTY TOTAL ADMISSIONS 100 201-205 206 300 400 500 600 701 UNREPORTED
ADAMS 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALLEGHENY 1,699 221 66 1,297 0 3 3 19 45 45
ARMSTRONG 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
BEAVER 49 15 4 22 0 1 0 1 0 6
BEDFORD 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
BERKS 325 150 21 62 0 15 3 8 37 29
BLAIR 23 5 3 13 0 0 1 0 0 1
BRADFORD 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
BUCKS 614 50 38 188 0 3 3 53 11 268
BUTLER 17 2 1 5 1 0 0 1 2 5
CAMBRIA 32 25 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5
CAMERON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
CARBON 10 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
CENTRE 26 14 2 4 0 0 0 5 1 0
CHESTER 195 65 15 35 0 56 3 7 7 7
CLARION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLEARFIELD 24 6 0 8 0 0 1 3 4 2
CLINTON 28 6 15 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
COLUMBIA 9 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
CRAWFORD 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
CUMBERLAND 40 10 0 24 0 3 0 0 2 1
DAUPHIN 262 134 38 5 0 2 1 4 30 48
DELAWARE 795 221 6 3 0 4 1 497 1 62
ELK 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
ERIE 208 68 40 33 0 9 14 18 1 25
FAYETTE 34 19 7 2 0 1 1 0 3 1
FOREST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FRANKLIN 16 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
FULTON 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GREENE 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
HUNTINGDON 14 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 3
INDIANA 13 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
JEFFERSON 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JUNIATA 14 4 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 2
Secure Detention Admissions by Standard Section Codes, 2015
Appendix 11
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COUNTY TOTAL ADMISSIONS 100 201-205 206 300 400 500 600 701 UNREPORTED
LACKAWANNA 142 54 5 18 0 2 1 11 5 46
LANCASTER 136 72 23 18 0 1 0 10 9 3
LAWRENCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LEBANON 58 15 9 31 0 0 1 1 0 1
LEHIGH 170 75 10 28 0 4 1 6 28 18
LUZERNE 51 12 9 9 0 2 0 3 1 15
LYCOMING 45 17 3 13 0 0 3 5 4 0
MCKEAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
MERCER 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
MIFFLIN 31 6 2 16 0 0 1 4 0 2
MONROE 87 29 6 33 0 0 2 9 0 8
MONTGOMERY 367 74 9 3 1 0 1 8 81 190
MONTOUR 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NORTHAMPTON 169 58 12 85 0 4 2 5 0 3
NORTHUMBERLAND 13 6 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
PERRY 10 4 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
PHILADELPHIA 2,738 965 623 249 1 10 331 8 177 374
PIKE 19 7 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 0
POTTER 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
SCHUYLKILL 41 17 4 2 0 2 0 2 8 6
SNYDER 10 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 3
SOMERSET 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
SULLIVAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SUSQUEHANNA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TIOGA 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
UNION 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
VENANGO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WARREN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
WASHINGTON 148 37 23 3 0 1 4 2 63 15
WAYNE 12 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 1
WESTMORELAND 121 33 22 11 0 7 12 26 0 10
WYOMING 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
YORK 107 24 19 43 0 2 1 10 6 2
*TOTAL 8,993 2,586 1,063 2,292 4 138 397 737 553 1,223% OF TOTAL 100.0% 28.8% 11.8% 25.5% 0.0% 1.5% 4.4% 8.2% 6.1% 13.6%
*Includes 220 secure detention admissions to the Jefferson Detention Center in Ohio by the following counties: Beaver (49); Butler (17); Fayette (6); and Washington (148).
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Secure Detention Admissions by Selected Codes and Class County, 2015
The following charts display the utilization of selected codes as a percentage of total secure detention admissions. Counties reporting zero percent utilization of a selected code are not displayed.
Appendix 12
Code 206 The child presents extraordinary circumstances requiring secure detention to prevent him/her from absconding. (Such circumstances may include, but are not limited to: the child’s age, character, mental condition, ties to the community, the nature of the child’s family relationships, drug or alcohol addiction and substance abuse.)
76.3%
30.6%
0.4%
0.8%
9.1%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
ALLEGHENY
BUCKS
DELAWARE
MONTGOMERY
PHILADELPHIA
Secure Detention Admissions % - Section 206 Class 1,2,2a
19.1%
17.9%
60.0%
1.9%
15.9%
12.7%
13.2%
16.5%
17.6%
50.3%
9.1%
40.2%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
BERKS
CHESTER
CUMBERLAND
DAUPHIN
ERIE
LACKAWANNA
LANCASTER
LEHIGH
LUZERNE
NORTHAMPTON
WESTMORELAND
YORK
Secure Detention Admissions % - Section 206 Class 3
NOTE: Counties that did not use Section Codes 206, 701 or did not have Unreported codes are not included.
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Secure Detention Admissions by Selected Codes and Class County, 2015
continued
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44.9%
29.4%
15.4%
5.9%
6.3%
37.9%
4.9%
2.0%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
BEAVER
BUTLER
CENTRE
FAYETTE
FRANKLIN
MONROE
SCHUYLKILL
WASHINGTON
Secure Detention Admissions % - Section 206 Class 4
NOTE: Counties that did not use Section Codes 206, 701 or did not have Unreported codes are not included.
56.5%
53.4%
28.9%
30.8%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
BLAIR
LEBANON
LYCOMING
NORTHUMBERLAND
Secure Detention Admissions % - Section 206 Class 5
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10.0%
33.3%
11.1%
33.3%
50.0%
7.7%
51.6%
31.6%
33.3%
33.3%
25.0%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
CARBON
CLEARFIELD
COLUMBIA
CRAWFORD
GREENE
INDIANA
MIFFLIN
PIKE
SOMERSET
TIOGA
WAYNE
Secure Detention Admissions % - Section 206 Class 6
14.3%
20.0%
25.0%
14.3%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
JUNIATA
SNYDER
UNION
WYOMING
Secure Detention Admissions % - Section 206 Class 7 & 8
NOTE: Counties that did not use Section Codes 206, 701 or did not have Unreported codes are not included.
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Secure Detention Admissions by Selected Codes and Class County, 2015
continued
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2.6%
1.8%
0.1%
22.1%
6.5%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
ALLEGHENY
BUCKS
DELAWARE
MONTGOMERY
PHILADELPHIA
Secure Detention Admissions % - Section 701 Class 1,2,2a
11.4%
3.6%
5.0%
11.5%
0.5%
3.5%
6.6%
16.5%
2.0%
5.6%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
BERKS
CHESTER
CUMBERLAND
DAUPHIN
ERIE
LACKAWANNA
LANCASTER
LEHIGH
LUZERNE
YORK
Secure Detention Admissions % - Section 701 Class 3
NOTE: Counties that did not use Section Codes 206, 701 or did not have Unreported codes are not included.
Code 701 Circumstances under which secure detention may be authorized on the basis of extraordinary and exceptional circumstances.
The following charts display the utilization of selected codes as a percentage of total secure detention admissions. Counties reporting zero percent utilization of a selected code are not displayed.
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8.9%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
LYCOMING
Secure Detention Admissions % - Section 701 Class 5
10.0%
16.7%
17.9%
57.1%
23.1%
16.7%
41.7%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
CARBON
CLEARFIELD
CLINTON
HUNTINGDON
INDIANA
SOMERSET
WAYNE
Secure Detention Admissions % - Section 701 Class 6
NOTE: Counties that did not use Section Codes 206, 701 or did not have Unreported codes are not included.
11.8%
3.8%
8.8%
19.5%
42.6%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
BUTLER
CENTRE
FAYETTE
SCHUYLKILL
WASHINGTON
Secure Detention Admissions % - Section 701 Class 4
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Secure Detention Admissions by Selected Codes and Class County, 2015
continued
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2.6%
43.6%
7.8%
51.8%
13.7%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
ALLEGHENY
BUCKS
DELAWARE
MONTGOMERY
PHILADELPHIA
Secure Detention Admissions % - Unreported Class 1,2,2a Class 1,2,2a
NOTE: Counties that did not use Section Codes 206, 701 or did not have Unreported codes are not included.
Unreported The Unreported category, as shown in this report, indicates that a code was not reported to the JCJC.
The following charts display the utilization of selected codes as a percentage of total secure detention admissions. Counties reporting zero percent utilization of a selected code are not displayed.
100.0%
12.5%
10.0%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
CAMERON
POTTER
SNYDER
Secure Detention Admissions % - Section 701 Class 7 & 8
NOTE: Counties that did not use Section Codes 206, 701 or did not have Unreported codes are not included.
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12.2%
29.4%
15.6%
2.9%
18.8%
9.2%
14.6%
10.1%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
BEAVER
BUTLER
CAMBRIA
FAYETTE
FRANKLIN
MONROE
SCHUYLKILL
WASHINGTON
Secure Detention Admissions % - Unreported Class 4
NOTE: Counties that did not use Section Codes 206, 701 or did not have Unreported codes are not included.
8.9%
3.6%
2.5%
18.3%
12.0%
32.4%
2.2%
10.6%
29.4%
1.8%
8.3%
1.9%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
BERKS
CHESTER
CUMBERLAND
DAUPHIN
ERIE
LACKAWANNA
LANCASTER
LEHIGH
LUZERNE
NORTHAMPTON
WESTMORELAND
YORK
Secure Detention Admissions % - Unreported Class 3
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Secure Detention Admissions by Selected Codes and Class County, 2015
continued
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4.3%
1.7%
7.7%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
BLAIR
LEBANON
NORTHUMBERLAND
Secure Detention Admissions % - Unreported Class 5
100.0%
33.3%
20.0%
10.0%
8.3%
3.6%
11.1%
50.0%
21.4%
100.0%
6.5%
8.3%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
ARMSTRONG
BEDFORD
BRADFORD
CARBON
CLEARFIELD
CLINTON
COLUMBIA
ELK
HUNTINGDON
MCKEAN
MIFFLIN
WAYNE
Secure Detention Admissions % - Unreported Class 6
14.3%
30.0%
28.6%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
JUNIATA
SNYDER
WYOMING
Secure Detention Admissions % - Unreported Class 7 & 8
NOTE: Counties that did not use Section Codes 206, 701 or did not have Unreported codes are not included.
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COUNTY 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015PERCENT CHANGE
2014-2015
PLACEMENT AS A % OF
DISPOSITIONADAMS 17 19 9 15 9 -40.0% 3.8%
ALLEGHENY 524 387 404 412 378 -8.3% 5.9%
ARMSTRONG 8 9 8 3 5 66.7% 3.6%
BEAVER 45 37 47 32 27 -15.6% 6.9%
BEDFORD 12 14 6 8 8 0.0% 12.7%
BERKS 111 118 96 97 106 9.3% 9.2%
BLAIR 17 17 14 13 18 38.5% 4.8%
BRADFORD 9 6 5 3 9 200.0% 5.8%
BUCKS 261 203 192 162 132 -18.5% 10.0%
BUTLER 50 38 44 38 52 36.8% 12.2%
CAMBRIA 20 16 16 15 20 33.3% 4.1%
CAMERON 2 1 5 1 2 100.0% 11.1%
CARBON 13 22 16 18 20 11.1% 14.5%
CENTRE 12 2 8 4 3 -25.0% 2.4%
CHESTER 128 116 113 69 74 7.2% 6.9%
CLARION 18 13 12 7 3 -57.1% 2.6%
CLEARFIELD 15 15 10 8 11 37.5% 17.7%
CLINTON 11 13 9 5 7 40.0% 4.6%
COLUMBIA 14 12 8 4 4 0.0% 2.8%
CRAWFORD 20 9 14 15 15 0.0% 5.7%
CUMBERLAND 28 19 28 25 23 -8.0% 2.8%
DAUPHIN 206 174 158 116 107 -7.8% 7.5%
DELAWARE 349 384 363 273 226 -17.2% 6.5%
ELK 6 10 10 5 4 -20.0% 8.7%
ERIE 221 184 155 177 179 1.1% 24.6%
FAYETTE 21 14 10 13 14 7.7% 3.1%
FOREST 2 0 0 2 1 50.0% 20.0%
FRANKLIN 58 61 50 43 28 -34.9% 3.1%
FULTON 4 4 3 3 3 0.0% 8.8%
GREENE 5 8 4 2 1 -50.0% 3.4%
HUNTINGDON 8 4 6 3 9 200.0% 15.0%
INDIANA 5 5 3 2 5 150.0% 4.3%
JEFFERSON 24 17 13 15 17 13.3% 21.8%
JUNIATA 8 8 3 8 7 -12.5% 18.4%
Delinquency Placements, 2011-2015 Including Disposition Reviews
Appendix 13
NOTE: This data does not include placement reviews resulting from a placement review hearing.
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COUNTY 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015PERCENT CHANGE
2014-2015
PLACEMENT AS A % OF
DISPOSITIONLACKAWANNA 34 37 33 31 34 9.7% 5.3%
LANCASTER 96 89 70 54 47 -13.0% 4.0%
LAWRENCE 21 11 8 7 6 -14.3% 3.2%
LEBANON 28 38 59 48 52 8.3% 17.0%
LEHIGH 196 138 134 124 95 -23.4% 6.2%
LUZERNE 78 94 96 70 52 -25.7% 5.4%
LYCOMING 83 75 48 49 35 -28.6% 6.3%
MCKEAN 5 4 3 4 3 -25.0% 1.4%
MERCER 63 45 36 48 34 -29.2% 10.6%
MIFFLIN 13 10 10 9 8 -11.1% 7.1%
MONROE 118 124 93 97 80 -17.5% 15.9%
MONTGOMERY 219 250 170 163 117 -28.2% 6.6%
MONTOUR 4 4 5 3 5 66.7% 14.3%
NORTHAMPTON 88 82 76 76 57 -25.0% 7.3%
NORTHUMBERLAND 22 26 13 20 16 -20.0% 6.0%
PERRY 14 9 9 6 9 50.0% 12.0%
PHILADELPHIA 1,497 1,630 1,546 1,290 1,041 -19.3% 6.8%
PIKE 21 23 23 12 16 33.3% 11.7%
POTTER 2 2 3 2 2 0.0% 4.3%
SCHUYLKILL 46 46 38 44 30 -31.8% 9.8%
SNYDER 6 12 10 16 9 -43.8% 8.7%
SOMERSET 3 13 1 1 4 300.0% 5.1%
SULLIVAN 0 1 2 0 1 100.0% 9.1%
SUSQUEHANNA 1 2 5 2 3 50.0% 5.3%
TIOGA 8 5 10 6 8 33.3% 7.0%
UNION 4 8 3 5 1 -80.0% 2.9%
VENANGO 21 25 23 17 12 -29.4% 4.3%
WARREN 11 14 15 6 11 83.3% 9.2%
WASHINGTON 87 105 112 70 72 2.9% 12.2%
WAYNE 2 10 13 7 9 28.6% 6.6%
WESTMORELAND 97 89 80 83 73 -12.0% 7.2%
WYOMING 2 6 2 5 11 120.0% 13.1%
YORK 191 181 171 162 139 -14.2% 6.8%
TOTAL 5,333 5,167 4,762 4,153 3,619 -12.9% 7.1%
NOTE: This data does not include placement reviews resulting from a placement review hearing.
Delinquency Placements, 2011-2015 Including Disposition Reviews
continued
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COUNTY TOTAL PLACEMENTS
PRIVATE INSTITUTION
GROUP HOME
FOSTER CARE SECURE DRUG &
ALCOHOLWILDERNESS
BASEDBOOT CAMP
INDEP LIVING
OTHER TYPE
DHS YFC
ADAMS 9 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
ALLEGHENY 378 220 71 0 29 47 2 0 1 1 7
ARMSTRONG 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BEAVER 27 15 4 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
BEDFORD 8 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0
BERKS 106 55 2 6 10 23 0 8 2 0 0
BLAIR 18 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
BRADFORD 9 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 2
BUCKS 132 80 10 2 10 10 4 2 1 0 13
BUTLER 52 23 14 1 4 3 0 0 2 4 1
CAMBRIA 20 10 2 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
CAMERON 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CARBON 20 10 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 1
CENTRE 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
CHESTER 74 52 6 1 6 5 0 0 3 1 0
CLARION 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLEARFIELD 11 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
CLINTON 7 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
COLUMBIA 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
CRAWFORD 15 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
CUMBERLAND 23 8 0 0 1 8 0 4 2 0 0
DAUPHIN 107 38 4 1 54 2 0 0 0 3 5
DELAWARE 226 155 34 0 7 20 1 0 4 5 0
ELK 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ERIE 179 93 35 0 25 26 0 0 0 0 0
FAYETTE 14 9 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
FOREST 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FRANKLIN 28 18 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 2
FULTON 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
GREENE 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
HUNTINGDON 9 3 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
INDIANA 5 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
JEFFERSON 17 11 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
JUNIATA 7 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Delinquency Placements by Type, 2015 Including Disposition Reviews
Note: Placements to the Department of Human Services Youth Forestry Camps are included in either Wilderness-Based, Boot Camp, Drug and Alcohol, DHS YFC, or Other Category, depending upon the type of service reported.
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COUNTY TOTAL PLACEMENTS
PRIVATE INSTITUTION
GROUP HOME
FOSTER CARE SECURE DRUG &
ALCOHOLWILDERNESS
BASEDBOOT CAMP
INDEP LIVING
OTHER TYPE
DHS YFC
LACKAWANNA 34 29 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
LANCASTER 47 14 22 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 0
LAWRENCE 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LEBANON 52 27 0 2 2 11 0 1 5 4 0
LEHIGH 95 28 3 0 32 6 1 0 0 2 23
LUZERNE 52 42 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 2
LYCOMING 35 20 1 0 3 2 0 2 4 3 0
MCKEAN 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MERCER 34 6 12 1 2 5 0 2 1 0 5
MIFFLIN 8 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0
MONROE 80 51 1 0 3 10 0 15 0 0 0
MONTGOMERY 117 57 9 9 6 6 13 0 1 12 4
MONTOUR 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
NORTHAMPTON 57 10 29 1 1 15 0 0 0 1 0
NORTHUMBERLAND 16 5 1 2 0 3 0 3 0 2 0
PERRY 9 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
PHILADELPHIA 1,041 746 34 1 126 95 0 0 10 3 26
PIKE 16 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 6
POTTER 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
SCHUYLKILL 30 17 0 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 3
SNYDER 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0
SOMERSET 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
SULLIVAN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SUSQUEHANNA 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TIOGA 8 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
UNION 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
VENANGO 12 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
WARREN 11 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
WASHINGTON 72 39 15 0 4 11 0 0 1 1 1
WAYNE 9 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
WESTMORELAND 73 37 4 0 6 25 0 1 0 0 0
WYOMING 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
YORK 139 40 5 2 48 25 0 0 2 0 17
TOTAL 3,619 2,081 356 37 429 425 23 47 47 54 120% OF TOTAL 100.0% 57.5% 9.8% 1.0% 11.9% 11.7% 0.6% 1.3% 1.3% 1.5% 3.3%
Delinquency Placements by Type, 2015 Including Disposition Reviews
continued
Appendix 14
Note: Placements to the Department of Human Services Youth Forestry Camps are included in either Wilderness-Based, Boot Camp, Drug and Alcohol, DHS YFC, or Other Category, depending upon the type of service reported.
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS WITHDRAWN DISMISSED REFERRED CONSENT
DECREE PROBATIONCONTINUED
ON PREVIOUS DISPOSITION
OTHER PLACEMENT
ADAMS 60 0 0 0 0 0 37 15 8
ALLEGHENY 3,541 32 4 2 8 35 2,458 763 239
ARMSTRONG 16 0 0 0 0 1 9 6 0
BEAVER 24 0 0 0 0 4 12 0 8
BEDFORD 19 0 0 0 0 9 0 7 3
BERKS 387 2 0 1 6 52 178 82 66
BLAIR 69 1 0 0 0 0 34 26 8
BRADFORD 14 0 3 0 0 2 5 0 4
BUCKS 587 0 0 0 5 97 341 68 76
BUTLER 192 0 0 0 0 2 143 17 30
CAMBRIA 206 0 11 1 0 4 70 116 4
CAMERON 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
CARBON 47 0 0 1 0 0 27 6 13
CENTRE 26 0 0 0 5 7 6 8 0
CHESTER 306 6 0 1 15 61 189 25 9
CLARION 52 0 0 0 0 2 35 13 2
CLEARFIELD 9 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5
CLINTON 58 0 0 0 0 1 52 2 3
COLUMBIA 58 0 0 7 0 8 35 6 2
CRAWFORD 95 0 0 0 0 3 76 13 3
CUMBERLAND 307 0 1 0 5 2 147 141 11
DAUPHIN 769 0 0 4 118 119 191 246 91
DELAWARE 2,459 0 0 1 7 7 1,994 306 144
ELK 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
ERIE 128 0 1 0 0 4 110 0 13
FAYETTE 32 0 0 0 0 0 27 3 2
FOREST 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
FRANKLIN 427 3 0 49 18 2 72 276 7
FULTON 10 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 0
GREENE 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
HUNTINGDON 7 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3
INDIANA 10 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0
JEFFERSON 13 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 6
JUNIATA 18 0 0 1 0 3 5 3 6
Outcomes of Delinquency Disposition Reviews, 2015
A disposition review is a hearing conducted by the court regarding a previous disposition which did not result in out-of-home placement.
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS WITHDRAWN DISMISSED REFERRED CONSENT
DECREE PROBATIONCONTINUED
ON PREVIOUS DISPOSITION
OTHER PLACEMENT
LACKAWANNA 330 1 0 2 3 2 244 60 18
LANCASTER 349 2 0 3 2 24 303 2 13
LAWRENCE 22 0 2 0 0 1 8 8 3
LEBANON 85 0 0 0 0 5 49 8 23
LEHIGH 424 0 0 0 0 8 344 51 21
LUZERNE 361 0 2 1 2 4 201 123 28
LYCOMING 213 6 1 3 7 15 115 46 20
MCKEAN 107 1 0 0 0 0 93 11 2
MERCER 60 5 0 1 0 4 20 18 12
MIFFLIN 38 0 0 0 0 2 25 5 6
MONROE 264 0 0 0 0 1 129 103 31
MONTGOMERY 712 0 0 0 0 8 276 380 48
MONTOUR 11 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 2
NORTHAMPTON 123 0 0 0 0 2 62 36 23
NORTHUMBERLAND 17 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 11
PERRY 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5
PHILADELPHIA 12,168 2 45 8 2,218 150 7,449 1,600 696
PIKE 41 0 0 0 0 0 15 22 4
POTTER 22 0 0 0 1 0 20 1 0
SCHUYLKILL 36 0 0 1 0 1 17 6 11
SNYDER 37 1 0 0 0 2 6 23 5
SOMERSET 22 0 0 0 0 1 17 3 1
SULLIVAN 6 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1
SUSQUEHANNA 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1
TIOGA 29 0 0 0 0 0 14 13 2
UNION 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
VENANGO 70 0 0 1 0 0 55 4 10
WARREN 27 0 0 1 0 0 22 2 2
WASHINGTON 207 0 0 0 2 8 143 17 37
WAYNE 31 0 0 0 0 0 5 21 5
WESTMORELAND 496 0 0 1 0 7 229 214 45
WYOMING 38 0 0 0 0 0 17 12 9
YORK 842 0 2 0 4 13 590 168 65
TOTAL 27,162 62 73 93 2,427 694 16,765 5,121 1,927% OF TOTAL 100.0% 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 8.9% 2.6% 61.7% 18.9% 7.1%
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.
Outcomes of Delinquency Disposition Reviews, 2015 continued
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COUNTYTOTAL
PLACEMENT REVIEWS
OUTCOME
CONTINUED RELEASED TRANSFERRED
ADAMS 26 16 10 0
ALLEGHENY 1,167 667 388 112
ARMSTRONG 7 5 2 0
BEAVER 42 12 25 5
BEDFORD 15 8 6 1
BERKS 229 111 98 20
BLAIR 30 13 12 5
BRADFORD 10 7 3 0
BUCKS 298 162 99 37
BUTLER 100 49 44 7
CAMBRIA 18 6 9 3
CAMERON 1 0 1 0
CARBON 42 18 19 5
CENTRE 6 2 2 2
CHESTER 151 79 52 20
CLARION 11 7 3 1
CLEARFIELD 30 21 8 1
CLINTON 9 8 1 0
COLUMBIA 12 1 8 3
CRAWFORD 21 14 7 0
CUMBERLAND 39 15 21 3
DAUPHIN 225 115 100 10
DELAWARE 471 216 211 44
ELK 6 4 2 0
ERIE 310 92 148 70
FAYETTE 20 8 10 2
FOREST 5 3 2 0
FRANKLIN 82 44 32 6
FULTON 9 6 2 1
GREENE 5 4 1 0
HUNTINGDON 13 8 5 0
INDIANA 2 1 0 1
JEFFERSON 16 6 7 3
JUNIATA 30 21 8 1
Outcomes of Delinquency Placement Reviews, 2015
A placement review is a hearing conducted by the court regarding a previous disposition that resulted in out of home placement.
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COUNTYTOTAL
PLACEMENT REVIEWS
OUTCOME
CONTINUED RELEASED TRANSFERRED
LACKAWANNA 62 28 32 2
LANCASTER 143 76 48 19
LAWRENCE 10 5 5 0
LEBANON 67 39 20 8
LEHIGH 190 90 85 15
LUZERNE 155 81 56 18
LYCOMING 74 31 31 12
MCKEAN 3 0 2 1
MERCER 82 38 31 13
MIFFLIN 20 10 7 3
MONROE 188 99 72 17
MONTGOMERY 395 195 149 51
MONTOUR 5 2 3 0
NORTHAMPTON 98 83 7 8
NORTHUMBERLAND 26 15 8 3
PERRY 24 14 10 0
PHILADELPHIA 5,807 4,504 1,152 151
PIKE 24 16 7 1
POTTER 4 3 1 0
SCHUYLKILL 43 36 3 4
SNYDER 31 17 11 3
SOMERSET 6 4 1 1
SULLIVAN 0 0 0 0
SUSQUEHANNA 6 3 1 2
TIOGA 7 5 2 0
UNION 7 5 2 0
VENANGO 44 23 13 8
WARREN 30 25 3 2
WASHINGTON 141 62 50 29
WAYNE 13 6 7 0
WESTMORELAND 203 96 66 41
WYOMING 13 9 3 1
YORK 258 112 121 25
TOTAL 11,637 7,481 3,355 801% OF TOTAL 100.0% 64.3% 28.8% 6.9%
Outcomes of Delinquency Placement Reviews, 2015continued
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COUNTY TOTAL PLACEMENTS
PRIVATE INSTITUTION
GROUP HOME
FOSTER CARE SECURE DRUG &
ALCOHOLWILDERNESS
BASEDBOOT CAMP
INDEP. LIVING OTHER TYPE
ADAMS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ALLEGHENY 112 44 21 0 26 12 5 0 3 1
ARMSTRONG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BEAVER 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
BEDFORD 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
BERKS 20 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
BLAIR 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BRADFORD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUCKS 37 18 3 1 5 2 4 2 1 1
BUTLER 7 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
CAMBRIA 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CAMERON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CARBON 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
CENTRE 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
CHESTER 20 11 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 0
CLARION 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLEARFIELD 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
CLINTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
COLUMBIA 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
CRAWFORD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CUMBERLAND 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
DAUPHIN 10 3 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
DELAWARE 44 24 2 1 6 6 0 0 5 0
ELK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ERIE 70 43 18 0 5 4 0 0 0 0
FAYETTE 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FOREST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FRANKLIN 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
FULTON 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GREENE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HUNTINGDON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
INDIANA 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
JEFFERSON 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JUNIATA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Delinquency Placement Review Transfers by Type of Placement, 2015
Appendix 17
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COUNTY TOTAL PLACEMENTS
PRIVATE INSTITUTION
GROUP HOME
FOSTER CARE SECURE DRUG &
ALCOHOLWILDERNESS
BASEDBOOT CAMP
INDEP. LIVING OTHER TYPE
LACKAWANNA 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LANCASTER 19 1 5 1 5 1 0 0 5 1
LAWRENCE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LEBANON 8 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
LEHIGH 15 4 1 0 7 0 2 1 0 0
LUZERNE 18 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
LYCOMING 12 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 7
MCKEAN 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MERCER 13 3 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
MIFFLIN 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MONROE 17 5 1 0 4 1 1 5 0 0
MONTGOMERY 51 17 4 9 4 4 4 0 7 2
MONTOUR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NORTHAMPTON 8 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
NORTHUMBERLAND 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
PERRY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHILADELPHIA 151 64 23 1 30 5 2 0 24 2
PIKE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
POTTER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SCHUYLKILL 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
SNYDER 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
SOMERSET 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SULLIVAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SUSQUEHANNA 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TIOGA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
UNION 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VENANGO 8 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 0
WARREN 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
WASHINGTON 29 13 11 0 3 1 1 0 0 0
WAYNE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WESTMORELAND 41 14 5 1 6 3 0 2 10 0
WYOMING 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
YORK 25 8 0 1 9 0 2 0 5 0
TOTAL 801 343 112 28 141 44 25 12 78 18% OF TOTAL 100.0% 42.8% 14.0% 3.5% 17.6% 5.5% 3.1% 1.5% 9.7% 2.2%
Delinquency Placement Review Transfers by Type of Placement, 2015
continued
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOS.
10 11 12 13
N % N % N % N %ADAMS 174 0 0.0% 3 1.7% 10 5.7% 7 4.0%
ALLEGHENY 2,841 9 0.3% 42 1.5% 90 3.2% 214 7.5%
ARMSTRONG 123 2 1.6% 4 3.3% 8 6.5% 4 3.3%
BEAVER 366 1 0.3% 5 1.4% 10 2.7% 38 10.4%
BEDFORD 44 1 2.3% 0 0.0% 2 4.5% 6 13.6%
BERKS 765 0 0.0% 7 0.9% 30 3.9% 46 6.0%
BLAIR 303 0 0.0% 9 3.0% 6 2.0% 13 4.3%
BRADFORD 141 1 0.7% 7 5.0% 2 1.4% 4 2.8%
BUCKS 733 0 0.0% 3 0.4% 9 1.2% 24 3.3%
BUTLER 235 0 0.0% 2 0.9% 5 2.1% 14 6.0%
CAMBRIA 282 4 1.4% 5 1.8% 11 3.9% 32 11.3%
CAMERON 15 0 0.0% 1 6.7% 2 13.3% 1 6.7%
CARBON 91 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 2.2% 2 2.2%
CENTRE 97 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 5 5.2% 3 3.1%
CHESTER 759 0 0.0% 3 0.4% 13 1.7% 42 5.5%
CLARION 62 0 0.0% 3 4.8% 4 6.5% 3 4.8%
CLEARFIELD 53 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 6 11.3%
CLINTON 94 1 1.1% 3 3.2% 2 2.1% 5 5.3%
COLUMBIA 84 1 1.2% 1 1.2% 0 0.0% 8 9.5%
CRAWFORD 170 1 0.6% 0 0.0% 5 2.9% 7 4.1%
CUMBERLAND 505 3 0.6% 9 1.8% 14 2.8% 33 6.5%
DAUPHIN 659 4 0.6% 12 1.8% 25 3.8% 43 6.5%
DELAWARE 1,039 3 0.3% 11 1.1% 29 2.8% 56 5.4%
ELK 45 0 0.0% 1 2.2% 3 6.7% 2 4.4%
ERIE 599 2 0.3% 7 1.2% 25 4.2% 60 10.0%
FAYETTE 420 1 0.2% 4 1.0% 13 3.1% 16 3.8%
FOREST 3 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
FRANKLIN 479 2 0.4% 12 2.5% 25 5.2% 31 6.5%
FULTON 24 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 4.2% 1 4.2%
GREENE 28 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 10.7%
HUNTINGDON 53 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 7.5% 2 3.8%
INDIANA 106 0 0.0% 1 0.9% 2 1.9% 6 5.7%
JEFFERSON 65 0 0.0% 2 3.1% 3 4.6% 6 9.2%
JUNIATA 20 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 5.0% 3 15.0%
Delinquency Dispositions by Age, 2015 Age calculated at date of disposition
Appendix 18
NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
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COUNTY14 15 16 17 18 AND OVER
N % N % N % N % N %ADAMS 19 10.9% 36 20.7% 33 19.0% 51 29.3% 15 8.6%
ALLEGHENY 346 12.2% 482 17.0% 616 21.7% 704 24.8% 338 11.9%
ARMSTRONG 9 7.3% 20 16.3% 21 17.1% 43 35.0% 12 9.8%
BEAVER 47 12.8% 64 17.5% 78 21.3% 90 24.6% 33 9.0%
BEDFORD 6 13.6% 7 15.9% 7 15.9% 9 20.5% 6 13.6%
BERKS 98 12.8% 155 20.3% 151 19.7% 176 23.0% 102 13.3%
BLAIR 45 14.9% 51 16.8% 58 19.1% 92 30.4% 29 9.6%
BRADFORD 8 5.7% 17 12.1% 31 22.0% 52 36.9% 19 13.5%
BUCKS 91 12.4% 124 16.9% 137 18.7% 244 33.3% 101 13.8%
BUTLER 31 13.2% 33 14.0% 52 22.1% 77 32.8% 21 8.9%
CAMBRIA 33 11.7% 46 16.3% 65 23.0% 67 23.8% 19 6.7%
CAMERON 0 0.0% 4 26.7% 1 6.7% 4 26.7% 2 13.3%
CARBON 16 17.6% 7 7.7% 14 15.4% 25 27.5% 25 27.5%
CENTRE 11 11.3% 14 14.4% 25 25.8% 21 21.6% 18 18.6%
CHESTER 54 7.1% 124 16.3% 122 16.1% 228 30.0% 173 22.8%
CLARION 6 9.7% 8 12.9% 15 24.2% 18 29.0% 5 8.1%
CLEARFIELD 10 18.9% 8 15.1% 11 20.8% 13 24.5% 5 9.4%
CLINTON 17 18.1% 14 14.9% 20 21.3% 18 19.1% 14 14.9%
COLUMBIA 10 11.9% 11 13.1% 15 17.9% 29 34.5% 9 10.7%
CRAWFORD 33 19.4% 28 16.5% 24 14.1% 42 24.7% 30 17.6%
CUMBERLAND 40 7.9% 89 17.6% 114 22.6% 136 26.9% 67 13.3%
DAUPHIN 76 11.5% 92 14.0% 141 21.4% 172 26.1% 94 14.3%
DELAWARE 119 11.5% 178 17.1% 223 21.5% 269 25.9% 151 14.5%
ELK 3 6.7% 1 2.2% 11 24.4% 19 42.2% 5 11.1%
ERIE 89 14.9% 99 16.5% 112 18.7% 131 21.9% 74 12.4%
FAYETTE 40 9.5% 76 18.1% 79 18.8% 97 23.1% 94 22.4%
FOREST 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 66.7% 1 33.3% 0 0.0%
FRANKLIN 62 12.9% 91 19.0% 99 20.7% 109 22.8% 48 10.0%
FULTON 4 16.7% 5 20.8% 4 16.7% 4 16.7% 5 20.8%
GREENE 4 14.3% 5 17.9% 5 17.9% 7 25.0% 4 14.3%
HUNTINGDON 7 13.2% 8 15.1% 10 18.9% 12 22.6% 10 18.9%
INDIANA 2 1.9% 19 17.9% 24 22.6% 35 33.0% 17 16.0%
JEFFERSON 7 10.8% 15 23.1% 10 15.4% 13 20.0% 9 13.8%
JUNIATA 6 30.0% 4 20.0% 1 5.0% 4 20.0% 1 5.0%
Delinquency Dispositions by Age, 2015 Age calculated at date of disposition
continued
Appendix 18
NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
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COUNTY TOTAL10 11 12 13
N % N % N % N %LACKAWANNA 308 1 0.3% 1 0.3% 9 2.9% 20 6.5%
LANCASTER 821 5 0.6% 9 1.1% 24 2.9% 46 5.6%
LAWRENCE 166 0 0.0% 1 0.6% 3 1.8% 11 6.6%
LEBANON 221 0 0.0% 3 1.4% 11 5.0% 11 5.0%
LEHIGH 1,109 1 0.1% 11 1.0% 36 3.2% 94 8.5%
LUZERNE 610 4 0.7% 6 1.0% 12 2.0% 30 4.9%
LYCOMING 343 2 0.6% 6 1.7% 15 4.4% 29 8.5%
MCKEAN 112 0 0.0% 4 3.6% 2 1.8% 6 5.4%
MERCER 261 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 5 1.9% 24 9.2%
MIFFLIN 74 1 1.4% 1 1.4% 7 9.5% 8 10.8%
MONROE 239 1 0.4% 0 0.0% 6 2.5% 19 7.9%
MONTGOMERY 1,071 3 0.3% 8 0.7% 25 2.3% 57 5.3%
MONTOUR 24 0 0.0% 1 4.2% 2 8.3% 0 0.0%
NORTHAMPTON 663 0 0.0% 1 0.2% 26 3.9% 46 6.9%
NORTHUMBERLAND 248 0 0.0% 2 0.8% 4 1.6% 25 10.1%
PERRY 66 1 1.5% 0 0.0% 5 7.6% 5 7.6%
PHILADELPHIA 3,094 11 0.4% 39 1.3% 100 3.2% 207 6.7%
PIKE 96 1 1.0% 2 2.1% 1 1.0% 5 5.2%
POTTER 25 1 4.0% 1 4.0% 1 4.0% 2 8.0%
SCHUYLKILL 269 4 1.5% 9 3.3% 15 5.6% 28 10.4%
SNYDER 66 3 4.5% 1 1.5% 3 4.5% 11 16.7%
SOMERSET 56 0 0.0% 3 5.4% 0 0.0% 3 5.4%
SULLIVAN 5 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 20.0%
SUSQUEHANNA 50 0 0.0% 2 4.0% 2 4.0% 1 2.0%
TIOGA 85 0 0.0% 3 3.5% 2 2.4% 3 3.5%
UNION 30 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 6.7% 3 10.0%
VENANGO 210 0 0.0% 1 0.5% 7 3.3% 20 9.5%
WARREN 93 0 0.0% 2 2.2% 7 7.5% 5 5.4%
WASHINGTON 382 2 0.5% 2 0.5% 18 4.7% 22 5.8%
WAYNE 105 2 1.9% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 6 5.7%
WESTMORELAND 518 4 0.8% 6 1.2% 10 1.9% 18 3.5%
WYOMING 46 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 4.3%
YORK 1,196 3 0.3% 14 1.2% 26 2.2% 87 7.3%
TOTAL 24,139 86 0.4% 296 1.2% 747 3.1% 1,596 6.6%
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COUNTY14 15 16 17 18 AND OVER
N % N % N % N % N %LACKAWANNA 31 10.1% 50 16.2% 76 24.7% 87 28.2% 33 10.7%
LANCASTER 94 11.4% 142 17.3% 158 19.2% 245 29.8% 98 11.9%
LAWRENCE 24 14.5% 27 16.3% 28 16.9% 50 30.1% 22 13.3%
LEBANON 22 10.0% 40 18.1% 58 26.2% 45 20.4% 31 14.0%
LEHIGH 123 11.1% 205 18.5% 235 21.2% 293 26.4% 111 10.0%
LUZERNE 69 11.3% 91 14.9% 115 18.9% 155 25.4% 128 21.0%
LYCOMING 44 12.8% 67 19.5% 87 25.4% 70 20.4% 23 6.7%
MCKEAN 12 10.7% 26 23.2% 22 19.6% 36 32.1% 4 3.6%
MERCER 30 11.5% 53 20.3% 53 20.3% 67 25.7% 29 11.1%
MIFFLIN 10 13.5% 10 13.5% 16 21.6% 13 17.6% 8 10.8%
MONROE 27 11.3% 36 15.1% 57 23.8% 58 24.3% 35 14.6%
MONTGOMERY 118 11.0% 175 16.3% 229 21.4% 326 30.4% 130 12.1%
MONTOUR 4 16.7% 5 20.8% 2 8.3% 7 29.2% 3 12.5%
NORTHAMPTON 107 16.1% 109 16.4% 148 22.3% 169 25.5% 57 8.6%
NORTHUMBERLAND 34 13.7% 43 17.3% 58 23.4% 58 23.4% 24 9.7%
PERRY 8 12.1% 12 18.2% 15 22.7% 15 22.7% 5 7.6%
PHILADELPHIA 426 13.8% 564 18.2% 693 22.4% 798 25.8% 256 8.3%
PIKE 6 6.3% 17 17.7% 17 17.7% 32 33.3% 15 15.6%
POTTER 2 8.0% 2 8.0% 5 20.0% 9 36.0% 2 8.0%
SCHUYLKILL 38 14.1% 55 20.4% 46 17.1% 38 14.1% 36 13.4%
SNYDER 9 13.6% 6 9.1% 15 22.7% 9 13.6% 9 13.6%
SOMERSET 3 5.4% 9 16.1% 11 19.6% 14 25.0% 13 23.2%
SULLIVAN 1 20.0% 1 20.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 40.0%
SUSQUEHANNA 11 22.0% 10 20.0% 6 12.0% 11 22.0% 7 14.0%
TIOGA 10 11.8% 18 21.2% 20 23.5% 21 24.7% 8 9.4%
UNION 5 16.7% 5 16.7% 8 26.7% 3 10.0% 4 13.3%
VENANGO 23 11.0% 68 32.4% 39 18.6% 40 19.0% 12 5.7%
WARREN 11 11.8% 11 11.8% 24 25.8% 23 24.7% 10 10.8%
WASHINGTON 45 11.8% 59 15.4% 86 22.5% 97 25.4% 51 13.4%
WAYNE 7 6.7% 24 22.9% 20 19.0% 31 29.5% 15 14.3%
WESTMORELAND 49 9.5% 80 15.4% 125 24.1% 158 30.5% 68 13.1%
WYOMING 5 10.9% 4 8.7% 9 19.6% 17 37.0% 9 19.6%
YORK 128 10.7% 191 16.0% 227 19.0% 362 30.3% 158 13.2%
TOTAL 2,885 12.0% 4,150 17.2% 5,039 20.9% 6,369 26.4% 2,971 12.3%
Delinquency Dispositions by Age, 2015 Age calculated at date of disposition
continued
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS IN SCHOOL OUT OF SCHOOL NOT REPORTEDADAMS 174 146 11 17
ALLEGHENY 2,841 2,748 88 5
ARMSTRONG 123 112 11 0
BEAVER 366 341 21 4
BEDFORD 44 35 9 0
BERKS 765 704 61 0
BLAIR 303 244 26 33
BRADFORD 141 118 21 2
BUCKS 733 667 48 18
BUTLER 235 210 20 5
CAMBRIA 282 268 8 6
CAMERON 15 15 0 0
CARBON 91 74 15 2
CENTRE 97 94 3 0
CHESTER 759 674 69 16
CLARION 62 58 2 2
CLEARFIELD 53 45 8 0
CLINTON 94 83 6 5
COLUMBIA 84 79 5 0
CRAWFORD 170 147 18 5
CUMBERLAND 505 475 30 0
DAUPHIN 659 588 66 5
DELAWARE 1,039 923 73 43
ELK 45 38 6 1
ERIE 599 518 73 8
FAYETTE 420 325 95 0
FOREST 3 3 0 0
FRANKLIN 479 454 23 2
FULTON 24 21 3 0
GREENE 28 26 2 0
HUNTINGDON 53 51 2 0
INDIANA 106 90 15 1
JEFFERSON 65 60 5 0
JUNIATA 20 20 0 0
Delinquency Dispositions by School Status, 2015
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS IN SCHOOL OUT OF SCHOOL NOT REPORTEDLACKAWANNA 308 293 10 5
LANCASTER 821 680 85 56
LAWRENCE 166 153 11 2
LEBANON 221 204 16 1
LEHIGH 1,109 916 102 91
LUZERNE 610 445 63 102
LYCOMING 343 331 12 0
MCKEAN 112 78 4 30
MERCER 261 223 15 23
MIFFLIN 74 71 3 0
MONROE 239 218 21 0
MONTGOMERY 1,071 838 66 167
MONTOUR 24 24 0 0
NORTHAMPTON 663 644 19 0
NORTHUMBERLAND 248 225 16 7
PERRY 66 65 1 0
PHILADELPHIA 3,094 2,504 361 229
PIKE 96 73 10 13
POTTER 25 22 3 0
SCHUYLKILL 269 198 26 45
SNYDER 66 62 2 2
SOMERSET 56 49 7 0
SULLIVAN 5 4 1 0
SUSQUEHANNA 50 45 5 0
TIOGA 85 81 2 2
UNION 30 29 1 0
VENANGO 210 184 3 23
WARREN 93 82 10 1
WASHINGTON 382 290 11 81
WAYNE 105 90 6 9
WESTMORELAND 518 511 7 0
WYOMING 46 39 5 2
YORK 1,196 766 90 340
TOTAL 24,139 20,891 1,837 1,411% OF TOTAL 100.0% 86.5% 7.6% 5.8%
NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
Delinquency Dispositions by School Status, 2015continued
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS
UNDER 9TH 9TH 10TH 11TH 12TH OTHER NOT
REPORTEDADAMS 174 35 27 33 30 24 8 17
ALLEGHENY 2,841 880 407 675 408 350 107 14
ARMSTRONG 123 29 22 32 20 13 6 1
BEAVER 366 105 72 76 60 42 7 4
BEDFORD 44 4 0 4 2 4 30 0
BERKS 765 218 171 203 92 76 4 1
BLAIR 303 71 39 55 52 34 17 35
BRADFORD 141 17 29 39 28 17 9 2
BUCKS 733 136 154 171 140 99 2 31
BUTLER 235 53 34 50 39 38 16 5
CAMBRIA 282 109 39 47 45 28 8 6
CAMERON 15 5 2 2 3 3 0 0
CARBON 91 20 18 19 12 15 5 2
CENTRE 97 28 15 27 17 10 0 0
CHESTER 759 134 117 165 171 137 20 15
CLARION 62 22 10 10 13 4 1 2
CLEARFIELD 53 18 8 9 11 3 4 0
CLINTON 94 21 11 20 18 18 1 5
COLUMBIA 84 21 15 17 13 17 1 0
CRAWFORD 170 32 23 26 21 17 45 6
CUMBERLAND 505 112 59 86 85 63 100 0
DAUPHIN 659 178 111 133 99 76 57 5
DELAWARE 1,039 237 198 234 164 113 50 43
ELK 45 8 9 14 7 4 2 1
ERIE 599 226 127 102 85 34 16 9
FAYETTE 420 93 79 77 44 28 98 1
FOREST 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
FRANKLIN 479 117 70 95 65 36 93 3
FULTON 24 7 2 2 2 6 5 0
GREENE 28 4 5 10 3 3 0 3
HUNTINGDON 53 13 11 9 8 9 3 0
INDIANA 106 16 15 18 28 21 7 1
JEFFERSON 65 21 18 11 5 7 3 0
JUNIATA 20 8 4 4 3 1 0 0
Delinquency Dispositions by Highest Grade Completed, 2015
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS
UNDER 9TH 9TH 10TH 11TH 12TH OTHER NOT
REPORTEDLACKAWANNA 308 59 43 60 56 33 49 8
LANCASTER 821 156 160 155 144 111 39 56
LAWRENCE 166 52 28 26 22 12 24 2
LEBANON 221 52 45 53 35 32 3 1
LEHIGH 1,109 270 245 223 158 107 9 97
LUZERNE 610 162 115 82 71 57 19 104
LYCOMING 343 119 85 52 52 29 6 0
MCKEAN 112 17 11 11 12 9 12 40
MERCER 261 49 53 48 45 38 5 23
MIFFLIN 74 28 12 10 12 10 2 0
MONROE 239 59 39 48 45 45 2 1
MONTGOMERY 1,071 229 173 196 137 162 6 168
MONTOUR 24 10 2 4 5 3 0 0
NORTHAMPTON 663 167 154 120 131 91 0 0
NORTHUMBERLAND 248 67 49 48 36 13 28 7
PERRY 66 15 19 11 7 8 6 0
PHILADELPHIA 3,094 886 692 599 393 139 156 229
PIKE 96 15 17 16 13 19 3 13
POTTER 25 7 3 3 3 7 2 0
SCHUYLKILL 269 91 41 43 26 12 7 49
SNYDER 66 24 6 16 5 8 3 4
SOMERSET 56 13 8 11 14 6 2 2
SULLIVAN 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 0
SUSQUEHANNA 50 18 9 6 6 7 4 0
TIOGA 85 28 12 22 13 5 0 5
UNION 30 12 5 5 5 2 1 0
VENANGO 210 51 36 20 16 13 51 23
WARREN 93 24 13 15 23 16 1 1
WASHINGTON 382 85 62 63 58 27 6 81
WAYNE 105 22 24 23 11 13 1 11
WESTMORELAND 518 110 104 114 162 25 3 0
WYOMING 46 9 5 10 11 5 4 2
YORK 1,196 185 166 177 151 121 56 340
TOTAL 24,139 6,091 4,358 4,767 3,673 2,536 1,235 1,479% OF TOTAL 100.0% 25.2% 18.1% 19.7% 15.2% 10.5% 5.1% 6.1%
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COUNTY
FAMILY STATUS OF YOUTH’S BIOLOGICAL PARENTS
TOTAL DISPOSITIONS MARRIED DIVORCED SEPARATED
ONE PARENT
DECEASED
BOTH PARENTS
DECEASED
NEVER MARRIED OTHER NOT
REPORTED
ADAMS 174 26 49 8 10 0 58 6 17
ALLEGHENY 2,841 413 101 20 115 9 2,163 2 18
ARMSTRONG 123 28 28 17 4 0 41 4 1
BEAVER 366 61 60 9 20 0 206 6 4
BEDFORD 44 4 10 2 2 0 1 25 0
BERKS 765 112 96 55 25 1 470 3 3
BLAIR 303 62 27 39 5 0 112 26 32
BRADFORD 141 25 52 3 10 0 47 2 2
BUCKS 733 231 131 54 45 0 240 14 18
BUTLER 235 65 75 3 8 0 53 26 5
CAMBRIA 282 36 49 11 19 0 156 4 7
CAMERON 15 5 7 0 0 0 3 0 0
CARBON 91 20 18 7 7 0 35 2 2
CENTRE 97 27 9 7 1 0 16 37 0
CHESTER 759 140 53 11 11 0 64 470 10
CLARION 62 16 21 5 8 0 9 2 1
CLEARFIELD 53 15 28 4 1 0 1 4 0
CLINTON 94 10 53 8 5 0 6 7 5
COLUMBIA 84 29 19 6 2 0 27 1 0
CRAWFORD 170 28 32 8 6 0 43 47 6
CUMBERLAND 505 118 97 29 17 2 142 100 0
DAUPHIN 659 102 71 17 41 0 382 42 4
DELAWARE 1,039 169 91 42 62 3 559 73 40
ELK 45 10 15 0 6 0 9 4 1
ERIE 599 73 77 40 45 1 343 12 8
FAYETTE 420 40 66 15 12 2 224 60 1
FOREST 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
FRANKLIN 479 83 93 19 8 3 170 100 3
FULTON 24 4 6 3 0 0 4 7 0
GREENE 28 5 16 1 1 0 3 1 1
HUNTINGDON 53 15 15 1 2 1 19 0 0
INDIANA 106 25 22 21 6 0 22 9 1
JEFFERSON 65 8 30 0 4 0 23 0 0
JUNIATA 20 6 4 0 0 0 10 0 0
Delinquency Dispositions by Family Status, 2015
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COUNTY
FAMILY STATUS OF YOUTH’S BIOLOGICAL PARENTS
TOTAL DISPOSITIONS MARRIED DIVORCED SEPARATED
ONE PARENT
DECEASED
BOTH PARENTS
DECEASED
NEVER MARRIED OTHER NOT
REPORTED
LACKAWANNA 308 49 46 3 17 0 181 8 4
LANCASTER 821 152 154 28 41 0 383 6 57
LAWRENCE 166 19 44 7 14 0 53 27 2
LEBANON 221 45 47 5 5 0 115 3 1
LEHIGH 1,109 141 140 83 52 1 585 8 99
LUZERNE 610 74 80 51 31 1 239 34 100
LYCOMING 343 53 40 8 8 0 229 5 0
MCKEAN 112 10 12 0 7 0 14 57 12
MERCER 261 46 53 17 9 0 108 4 24
MIFFLIN 74 23 16 6 5 0 23 1 0
MONROE 239 69 42 12 14 0 99 3 0
MONTGOMERY 1,071 289 127 46 33 2 385 19 170
MONTOUR 24 2 6 2 3 0 11 0 0
NORTHAMPTON 663 143 31 408 12 0 5 64 0
NORTHUMBERLAND 248 88 51 12 9 0 67 14 7
PERRY 66 12 22 5 1 0 14 12 0
PHILADELPHIA 3,094 185 37 46 170 11 2,303 115 227
PIKE 96 24 21 4 5 0 22 7 13
POTTER 25 3 12 8 1 0 1 0 0
SCHUYLKILL 269 34 35 13 9 0 117 13 48
SNYDER 66 20 21 1 8 0 10 5 1
SOMERSET 56 18 15 3 3 0 15 0 2
SULLIVAN 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
SUSQUEHANNA 50 8 8 11 1 1 18 3 0
TIOGA 85 21 18 0 2 0 18 22 4
UNION 30 5 11 3 1 0 8 2 0
VENANGO 210 91 26 6 5 0 49 10 23
WARREN 93 15 33 4 3 0 35 2 1
WASHINGTON 382 54 97 2 9 0 119 20 81
WAYNE 105 16 21 6 2 1 48 0 11
WESTMORELAND 518 93 16 13 4 0 390 2 0
WYOMING 46 10 16 3 2 0 9 4 2
YORK 1,196 158 159 57 38 0 429 15 340
TOTAL 24,139 3,983 2,978 1,339 1,032 39 11,764 1,585 1,419% OF TOTAL 100.0% 16.5% 12.3% 5.5% 4.3% 0.2% 48.7% 6.6% 5.9%
NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
Delinquency Dispositions by Family Status, 2015continued
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS
BOTH PARENTS MOTHER FATHER RELATIVE
FATHER/ STEP-
MOTHER
MOTHER/ STEP-
FATHER
FOSTER FAMILY OTHER NOT
REPORTED
ADAMS 174 25 61 12 6 13 23 2 15 17
ALLEGHENY 2,841 415 1,813 212 250 20 82 22 21 6
ARMSTRONG 123 28 43 17 6 4 20 0 4 1
BEAVER 366 65 195 33 34 6 20 1 8 4
BEDFORD 44 5 15 3 4 1 6 1 9 0
BERKS 765 140 410 65 44 13 38 3 52 0
BLAIR 303 64 122 40 21 1 11 0 18 26
BRADFORD 141 25 37 11 13 8 33 0 12 2
BUCKS 733 231 280 74 32 13 46 5 34 18
BUTLER 235 62 73 16 16 10 9 4 40 5
CAMBRIA 282 47 139 33 27 3 17 0 11 5
CAMERON 15 4 5 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
CARBON 91 20 36 12 9 0 6 0 7 1
CENTRE 97 21 47 21 2 0 1 1 4 0
CHESTER 759 160 335 111 49 4 34 1 55 10
CLARION 62 17 22 5 1 4 9 0 3 1
CLEARFIELD 53 13 16 5 1 2 11 1 4 0
CLINTON 94 13 38 16 3 3 4 1 11 5
COLUMBIA 84 24 21 11 9 4 11 2 2 0
CRAWFORD 170 28 53 24 6 5 9 1 38 6
CUMBERLAND 505 127 195 49 23 20 71 4 16 0
DAUPHIN 659 113 314 35 53 21 50 4 66 3
DELAWARE 1,039 173 508 77 93 15 79 7 49 38
ELK 45 10 19 11 3 1 0 0 1 0
ERIE 599 80 315 49 46 11 47 1 42 8
FAYETTE 420 48 219 36 38 1 11 3 64 0
FOREST 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
FRANKLIN 479 98 172 31 0 17 42 5 111 3
FULTON 24 5 6 3 1 0 1 0 8 0
GREENE 28 6 14 3 2 0 3 0 0 0
HUNTINGDON 53 14 24 5 4 0 2 1 3 0
INDIANA 106 19 40 11 4 2 8 4 17 1
JEFFERSON 65 7 37 11 3 0 3 0 4 0
JUNIATA 20 6 7 4 0 1 2 0 0 0
Delinquency Dispositions by Living Arrangement of Youth, 2015
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS
BOTH PARENTS MOTHER FATHER RELATIVE
FATHER/ STEP-
MOTHER
MOTHER/ STEP-
FATHER
FOSTER FAMILY OTHER NOT
REPORTED
LACKAWANNA 308 55 158 45 23 7 13 3 4 0
LANCASTER 821 151 341 63 53 25 89 2 40 57
LAWRENCE 166 23 75 12 7 5 17 2 23 2
LEBANON 221 55 93 9 14 3 36 3 7 1
LEHIGH 1,109 165 528 107 76 20 87 6 34 86
LUZERNE 610 144 233 36 13 8 37 7 34 98
LYCOMING 343 56 184 42 26 10 4 5 16 0
MCKEAN 112 13 34 20 7 3 1 4 17 13
MERCER 261 46 102 27 16 3 26 0 20 21
MIFFLIN 74 22 26 9 6 2 5 1 3 0
MONROE 239 68 100 21 15 5 14 10 6 0
MONTGOMERY 1,071 222 447 97 59 11 44 15 7 169
MONTOUR 24 2 7 5 3 0 3 1 3 0
NORTHAMPTON 663 146 342 62 23 9 26 8 47 0
NORTHUMBERLAND 248 66 76 20 12 6 34 10 17 7
PERRY 66 10 26 10 8 3 6 1 2 0
PHILADELPHIA 3,094 223 1,810 224 288 22 105 44 151 227
PIKE 96 25 25 6 10 2 7 4 4 13
POTTER 25 3 12 4 3 1 1 0 1 0
SCHUYLKILL 269 43 99 22 11 6 19 1 21 47
SNYDER 66 17 32 7 4 0 3 0 2 1
SOMERSET 56 17 18 8 2 1 7 1 1 1
SULLIVAN 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
SUSQUEHANNA 50 9 8 9 9 3 5 0 7 0
TIOGA 85 21 29 13 10 0 6 0 5 1
UNION 30 5 16 2 2 0 3 0 2 0
VENANGO 210 61 70 12 16 10 14 0 4 23
WARREN 93 14 38 15 8 1 9 0 7 1
WASHINGTON 382 61 132 40 10 9 14 0 35 81
WAYNE 105 20 37 16 12 1 6 0 3 10
WESTMORELAND 518 109 266 61 20 1 3 5 53 0
WYOMING 46 10 16 3 4 1 6 0 5 1
YORK 1,196 156 408 104 53 16 49 11 59 340
TOTAL 24,139 4,153 11,421 2,178 1,631 398 1,410 218 1,370 1,360% OF TOTAL 100.0% 17.2% 47.3% 9.0% 6.8% 1.6% 5.8% 0.9% 5.7% 5.6%
NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
Delinquency Dispositions by Living Arrangement of Youth, 2015continued
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS
WHITE NON-HISPANIC
BLACK NON-HISPANIC HISPANIC OTHER / UNKNOWN
ADAMS 174 129 27 14 4
ALLEGHENY 2,841 824 1,742 32 243
ARMSTRONG 123 115 2 2 4
BEAVER 366 191 152 2 21
BEDFORD 44 40 1 3 0
BERKS 765 224 121 399 21
BLAIR 303 253 37 1 12
BRADFORD 141 136 2 2 1
BUCKS 733 447 192 73 21
BUTLER 235 167 51 10 7
CAMBRIA 282 195 57 5 25
CAMERON 15 15 0 0 0
CARBON 91 74 4 10 3
CENTRE 97 87 5 5 0
CHESTER 759 389 223 116 31
CLARION 62 59 0 0 3
CLEARFIELD 53 52 1 0 0
CLINTON 94 89 4 1 0
COLUMBIA 84 69 10 5 0
CRAWFORD 170 132 28 3 7
CUMBERLAND 505 336 80 42 47
DAUPHIN 659 227 330 86 16
DELAWARE 1,039 284 640 33 82
ELK 45 43 1 1 0
ERIE 599 199 301 75 24
FAYETTE 420 305 100 2 13
FOREST 3 3 0 0 0
FRANKLIN 479 276 121 51 31
FULTON 24 20 3 0 1
GREENE 28 26 0 2 0
HUNTINGDON 53 47 4 0 2
INDIANA 106 86 12 4 4
JEFFERSON 65 64 1 0 0
JUNIATA 20 16 1 3 0
Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity, 2015
NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS
WHITE NON-HISPANIC
BLACK NON-HISPANIC HISPANIC OTHER / UNKNOWN
LACKAWANNA 308 170 84 48 6
LANCASTER 821 355 132 291 43
LAWRENCE 166 109 47 7 3
LEBANON 221 123 14 78 6
LEHIGH 1,109 272 273 543 21
LUZERNE 610 357 134 110 9
LYCOMING 343 184 147 4 8
MCKEAN 112 102 6 1 3
MERCER 261 183 67 6 5
MIFFLIN 74 64 1 4 5
MONROE 239 100 93 45 1
MONTGOMERY 1,071 437 551 54 29
MONTOUR 24 20 3 0 1
NORTHAMPTON 663 307 188 163 5
NORTHUMBERLAND 248 219 14 11 4
PERRY 66 64 2 0 0
PHILADELPHIA 3,094 192 2,144 535 223
PIKE 96 63 14 15 4
POTTER 25 24 0 0 1
SCHUYLKILL 269 212 31 20 6
SNYDER 66 58 4 4 0
SOMERSET 56 53 3 0 0
SULLIVAN 5 3 1 0 1
SUSQUEHANNA 50 47 2 0 1
TIOGA 85 75 8 1 1
UNION 30 19 9 2 0
VENANGO 210 175 23 8 4
WARREN 93 91 1 0 1
WASHINGTON 382 268 106 4 4
WAYNE 105 93 10 1 1
WESTMORELAND 518 342 119 9 48
WYOMING 46 40 3 3 0
YORK 1,196 616 377 152 51
TOTAL 24,139 11,056 8,864 3,101 1,118% OF TOTAL 100.0% 45.8% 36.7% 12.8% 4.6%
Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity, 2015continued
NOTE: This data does not include dispositions resulting from disposition review and placement review hearings.
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Out of Home Placement Relative Rate Indices (RRI), 2015
COUNTYWHITE NON-HISPANIC BLACK NON-HISPANIC HISPANIC OTHER/ UNKNOWN
RATE OF OCCURRENCE (1) RRI (2) RATE OF
OCCURRENCE (1) RRI RATE OF OCCURRENCE (1) RRI RATE OF
OCCURRENCE (1) RRI
PENNSYLVANIA STATEWIDE
18.10 27.55 1.52 24.68 1.36 23.42 1.29
ADAMS 3.03 0.00 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
ALLEGHENY 26.76 22.05 0.82 20.00 ** 23.81 0.89
ARMSTRONG 18.52 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
BEAVER 35.48 20.00 ** 0.00 -- 40.00 1.13
BEDFORD 18.18 0.00 -- 0.00 ** 0.00 --
BERKS 30.00 18.75 ** 27.69 ** 80.00 2.67BLAIR 20.00 80.00 ** 0.00 -- 100.00 5.00BRADFORD 15.38 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
BUCKS 14.79 29.23 1.98 30.77 ** 0.00 --
BUTLER 26.56 30.00 ** 50.00 ** 0.00 --
CAMBRIA 18.42 22.73 ** 0.00 -- 50.00 2.71CAMERON 50.00 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
CARBON 11.11 0.00 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
CENTRE 7.14 0.00 ** 50.00 ** 0.00 --
CHESTER 25.66 22.06 0.86 37.84 1.47 0.00 --
CLARION 7.14 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
CLEARFIELD 12.82 100.00 ** 0.00 -- 0.00 --
CLINTON 13.79 0.00 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
COLUMBIA 33.33 0.00 ** 0.00 -- 0.00 --
CRAWFORD 17.74 0.00 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
CUMBERLAND 17.02 0.00 ** 0.00 ** 60.00 3.53DAUPHIN 0.00 4.92 ** 5.26 ** 0.00 --
DELAWARE 13.71 15.47 1.13 19.05 ** 15.79 1.15
ELK 36.36 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
ERIE 42.50 44.32 1.04 48.72 1.15 53.85 1.27
FAYETTE 40.00 37.50 ** 0.00 -- 0.00 --
FOREST 100.00 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
FRANKLIN 16.00 19.05 ** 50.00 ** 33.33 2.08FULTON 18.18 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
GREENE 9.09 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
HUNTINGDON 11.76 0.00 ** 0.00 -- 0.00 --
INDIANA 27.27 0.00 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
JEFFERSON 57.89 0.00 * 0.00 * 0.00 --
JUNIATA 0.00 100.00 ** 0.00 -- 0.00 --
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COUNTYWHITE NON-HISPANIC BLACK NON-HISPANIC HISPANIC OTHER/ UNKNOWN
RATE OF OCCURRENCE (1) RRI (2) RATE OF
OCCURRENCE (1) RRI RATE OF OCCURRENCE (1) RRI RATE OF
OCCURRENCE (1) RRI
LACKAWANNA 12.00 20.69 ** 21.43 ** 0.00 --
LANCASTER 3.54 16.00 ** 15.09 ** 12.50 3.53LAWRENCE 3.85 18.18 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
LEBANON 26.67 40.00 ** 43.33 ** 0.00 --
LEHIGH 6.02 16.95 ** 10.00 ** 16.67 2.77LUZERNE 30.43 43.75 ** 18.75 ** 0.00 --
LYCOMING 18.52 25.81 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
MCKEAN 3.23 0.00 ** 0.00 -- 0.00 --
MERCER 21.31 22.22 ** 0.00 ** 100.00 4.69MIFFLIN 0.00 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 50.00 **
MONROE 35.59 30.91 0.87 27.59 ** 0.00 --
MONTGOMERY 12.82 22.04 1.72 16.67 ** 0.00 --
MONTOUR 11.11 0.00 ** 0.00 -- 0.00 --
NORTHAMPTON 22.58 20.97 0.93 20.59 0.91 0.00 --
NORTHUMBERLAND 8.16 0.00 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
PERRY 25.00 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
PHILADELPHIA 35.90 46.94 1.31 49.59 1.38 16.67 0.46
PIKE 11.63 0.00 ** 50.00 ** 0.00 --
POTTER 25.00 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
SCHUYLKILL 17.11 18.18 ** 0.00 ** 33.33 1.95SNYDER 18.75 0.00 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
SOMERSET 11.11 100.00 * 0.00 * 0.00 --
SULLIVAN 0.00 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
SUSQUEHANNA 8.70 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
TIOGA 35.29 0.00 ** 0.00 -- 0.00 --
UNION 0.00 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
VENANGO 3.03 0.00 ** 25.00 ** 0.00 --
WARREN 18.60 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
WASHINGTON 25.30 23.81 0.94 0.00 ** 0.00 --
WAYNE 0.00 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
WESTMORELAND 11.82 15.79 1.34 0.00 ** 26.32 2.23WYOMING 18.18 0.00 -- 0.00 ** 0.00 --
YORK 19.10 26.88 1.41 10.71 ** 0.00 --
Out of Home Placement Relative Rate Indices (RRI), 2015 continued
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(1) Rate of occurrence computed per 100 referrals.(2) No RRI is calculated for the White Non-Hispanic group because
that is the group to which others are compared for rate computa-tion.
Bold font Statisticallysignificantresults Regularfont Resultsthatarenotstatisticallysignificant * Group is less than 1% of the youth population ** Insufficientnumberofcasesforanalysis -- Missingdataforsomeelementofcalculation
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Secure Detention Admissions by Race and Ethnicity, 2015
COUNTY TOTALWHITE NON-
HISPANIC
% OF TOTAL
BLACK NON-
HISPANIC
% OF TOTAL HISPANIC % OF
TOTALOTHER/
UNKNOWN% OF
TOTAL
ADAMS 4 0 0.0% 4 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
ALLEGHENY 1,699 226 13.3% 1,296 76.3% 18 1.1% 159 9.4%
ARMSTRONG 1 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
BEAVER 49 17 34.7% 31 63.3% 0 0.0% 1 2.0%
BEDFORD 9 5 55.6% 3 33.3% 1 11.1% 0 0.0%
BERKS 325 64 19.7% 77 23.7% 178 54.8% 6 1.8%
BLAIR 23 16 69.6% 5 21.7% 1 4.3% 1 4.3%
BRADFORD 5 5 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
BUCKS 614 403 65.6% 138 22.5% 67 10.9% 6 1.0%
BUTLER 17 16 94.1% 1 5.9% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CAMBRIA 32 11 34.4% 21 65.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CAMERON 1 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CARBON 10 9 90.0% 0 0.0% 1 10.0% 0 0.0%
CENTRE 26 23 88.5% 1 3.8% 1 3.8% 1 3.8%
CHESTER 195 76 39.0% 69 35.4% 47 24.1% 3 1.5%
CLARION 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CLEARFIELD 24 24 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CLINTON 28 27 96.4% 1 3.6% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
COLUMBIA 9 4 44.4% 2 22.2% 2 22.2% 1 11.1%
CRAWFORD 3 2 66.7% 1 33.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
CUMBERLAND 40 21 52.5% 13 32.5% 5 12.5% 1 2.5%
DAUPHIN 262 19 7.3% 205 78.2% 35 13.4% 3 1.1%
DELAWARE 795 157 19.7% 567 71.3% 34 4.3% 37 4.7%
ELK 2 2 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
ERIE 208 59 28.4% 101 48.6% 17 8.2% 31 14.9%
FAYETTE 34 12 35.3% 19 55.9% 0 0.0% 3 8.8%
FOREST 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
FRANKLIN 16 8 50.0% 3 18.8% 3 18.8% 2 12.5%
FULTON 5 2 40.0% 3 60.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
GREENE 2 2 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
HUNTINGDON 14 13 92.9% 0 0.0% 1 7.1% 0 0.0%
INDIANA 13 13 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
JEFFERSON 2 2 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
JUNIATA 14 12 85.7% 0 0.0% 2 14.3% 0 0.0%
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COUNTY TOTALWHITE NON-
HISPANIC
% OF TOTAL
BLACK NON-
HISPANIC
% OF TOTAL HISPANIC % OF
TOTALOTHER/
UNKNOWN% OF
TOTAL
LACKAWANNA 142 67 47.2% 39 27.5% 32 22.5% 4 2.8%
LANCASTER 136 41 30.1% 27 19.9% 67 49.3% 1 0.7%
LAWRENCE 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
LEBANON 58 29 50.0% 5 8.6% 24 41.4% 0 0.0%
LEHIGH 170 25 14.7% 60 35.3% 82 48.2% 3 1.8%
LUZERNE 51 26 51.0% 15 29.4% 10 19.6% 0 0.0%
LYCOMING 45 23 51.1% 21 46.7% 0 0.0% 1 2.2%
MCKEAN 1 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
MERCER 2 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
MIFFLIN 31 29 93.5% 2 6.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
MONROE 87 28 32.2% 32 36.8% 26 29.9% 1 1.1%
MONTGOMERY 367 114 31.1% 191 52.0% 40 10.9% 22 6.0%
MONTOUR 2 2 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
NORTHAMPTON 169 59 34.9% 58 34.3% 49 29.0% 3 1.8%
NORTHUMBERLAND 13 9 69.2% 2 15.4% 2 15.4% 0 0.0%
PERRY 10 9 90.0% 0 0.0% 1 10.0% 0 0.0%
PHILADELPHIA 2,738 153 5.6% 1,999 73.0% 524 19.1% 62 2.3%
PIKE 19 13 68.4% 1 5.3% 5 26.3% 0 0.0%
POTTER 8 8 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
SCHUYLKILL 41 34 82.9% 5 12.2% 1 2.4% 1 2.4%
SNYDER 10 7 70.0% 2 20.0% 1 10.0% 0 0.0%
SOMERSET 6 4 66.7% 1 16.7% 0 0.0% 1 16.7%
SULLIVAN 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
SUSQUEHANNA 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
TIOGA 6 5 83.3% 1 16.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
UNION 4 3 75.0% 1 25.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
VENANGO 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
WARREN 1 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
WASHINGTON 148 60 40.5% 79 53.4% 3 2.0% 6 4.1%
WAYNE 12 10 83.3% 1 8.3% 1 8.3% 0 0.0%
WESTMORELAND 121 71 58.7% 42 34.7% 1 0.8% 7 5.8%
WYOMING 7 7 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
YORK 107 31 29.0% 46 43.0% 30 28.0% 0 0.0%
TOTAL 8,993 2,120 23.6% 5,194 57.8% 1,312 14.6% 367 4.1%
Secure Detention Admissions by Race and Ethnicity, 2015continued
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COUNTYWHITE NON-HISPANIC BLACK NON-HISPANIC HISPANIC OTHER/ UNKNOWN
RATE OF OCCURRENCE (1) RRI (2) RATE OF
OCCURRENCE (1) RRI RATE OF OCCURRENCE (1) RRI RATE OF
OCCURRENCE (1) RRI
PENNSYLVANIA STATEWIDE
19.46 60.00 3.08 42.31 2.17 18.96 0.97
ADAMS 0.00 14.81 ** 0.00 -- 0.00 --
ALLEGHENY 29.85 80.25 2.69 56.25 1.88 15.23 0.51
ARMSTRONG 0.87 0.00 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
BEAVER 8.90 20.39 2.29 0.00 ** 4.76 0.54
BEDFORD 12.50 300.00 ** 33.33 ** 0.00 --
BERKS 28.57 66.12 2.31 44.61 1.56 14.29 0.50
BLAIR 6.32 13.51 ** 100.00 ** 8.33 1.32BRADFORD 3.68 0.00 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
BUCKS 90.16 71.88 0.80 91.78 1.02 28.57 0.32
BUTLER 9.58 1.96 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
CAMBRIA 5.64 36.84 6.53 0.00 ** 0.00 --
CAMERON 6.67 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
CARBON 12.16 0.00 ** 10.00 ** 0.00 --
CENTRE 26.44 20.00 ** 20.00 ** 0.00 --
CHESTER 19.54 30.94 1.58 40.52 2.07 9.68 0.50
CLARION 40.68 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
CLEARFIELD 51.92 100.00 ** 0.00 -- 0.00 --
CLINTON 4.49 50.00 ** 200.00 ** 0.00 --
COLUMBIA 2.90 10.00 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
CRAWFORD 15.91 46.43 ** 166.67 ** 0.00 --
CUMBERLAND 6.25 16.25 2.60 11.90 ** 2.13 0.34
DAUPHIN 8.37 62.12 7.42 40.70 4.86 18.75 2.24DELAWARE 58.45 90.47 1.55 103.03 1.76 19.51 0.33
ELK 4.65 0.00 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
ERIE 29.65 33.55 1.13 22.67 0.76 129.17 4.36FAYETTE 3.93 19.00 4.83 0.00 ** 23.08 5.87FOREST 0.00 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
FRANKLIN 2.90 2.48 ** 5.88 ** 6.45 2.23FULTON 10.00 100.00 ** 0.00 -- 0.00 --
GREENE 7.69 0.00 -- 0.00 ** 0.00 --
HUNTINGDON 27.66 0.00 ** 0.00 -- 0.00 0.00
INDIANA 15.12 0.00 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
JEFFERSON 3.13 0.00 * 0.00 * 0.00 --
JUNIATA 75.00 0.00 ** 66.67 ** 0.00 --
Secure Detention Relative Rate Indices (RRI), 2015
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Appendices
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COUNTYWHITE NON-HISPANIC BLACK NON-HISPANIC HISPANIC OTHER/ UNKNOWN
RATE OF OCCURRENCE (1) RRI (2) RATE OF
OCCURRENCE (1) RRI RATE OF OCCURRENCE (1) RRI RATE OF
OCCURRENCE (1) RRI
LACKAWANNA 39.41 46.43 1.18 66.67 1.69 66.67 1.69
LANCASTER 11.83 20.45 1.73 23.02 1.95 0.00 --
LAWRENCE 0.00 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
LEBANON 23.58 35.71 ** 30.77 1.31 0.00 --
LEHIGH 9.56 22.71 2.38 15.10 1.58 0.00 --
LUZERNE 7.28 11.19 1.54 9.09 1.25 0.00 --
LYCOMING 12.50 14.29 1.14 0.00 ** 12.50 1.00
MCKEAN 0.98 0.00 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
MERCER 0.00 2.99 ** 0.00 -- 0.00 --
MIFFLIN 45.31 200.00 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
MONROE 28.00 34.41 1.23 57.78 2.06 100.00 3.57MONTGOMERY 26.09 34.85 1.34 74.07 2.84 72.41 2.78MONTOUR 10.00 0.00 ** 0.00 -- 0.00 --
NORTHAMPTON 19.22 30.85 1.61 30.06 1.56 60.00 3.12NORTHUMBERLAND 4.11 14.29 ** 18.18 ** 0.00 --
PERRY 14.06 0.00 ** 0.00 -- 0.00 --
PHILADELPHIA 79.69 93.38 1.17 97.94 1.23 26.46 0.33
PIKE 20.63 7.14 ** 33.33 ** 0.00 --
POTTER 33.33 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
SCHUYLKILL 16.04 16.13 ** 5.00 ** 16.67 1.04
SNYDER 12.07 50.00 ** 25.00 ** 0.00 --
SOMERSET 7.55 33.33 * 0.00 * 0.00 --
SULLIVAN 0.00 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
SUSQUEHANNA 0.00 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
TIOGA 6.67 12.50 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
UNION 15.79 11.11 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
VENANGO 0.00 0.00 -- 0.00 -- 0.00 --
WARREN 0.00 100.00 ** 0.00 -- 0.00 --
WASHINGTON 22.39 74.53 3.33 75.00 ** 150.00 6.70WAYNE 10.75 10.00 ** 100.00 ** 0.00 --
WESTMORELAND 20.76 36.13 1.74 11.11 ** 12.50 0.60
WYOMING 17.50 0.00 ** 0.00 ** 0.00 --
YORK 5.03 12.20 2.42 19.74 3.92 0.00 --
(1) Rate of occurrence computed per 100 referrals.(2) No RRI is calculated for the White Non-Hispanic group because
that is the group to which others are compared for rate computa-tion.
Bold font Statisticallysignificantresults Regularfont Resultsthatarenotstatisticallysignificant * Group is less than 1% of the youth population ** Insufficientnumberofcasesforanalysis -- Missingdataforsomeelementofcalculation
Secure Detention Relative Rate Indices (RRI), 2015 continued
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS
DELINQUENCY CASES DEPENDENCY CASES
SUBTOTAL NEW ALLEGATIONS
DISPOSITION REVIEWS
PLACEMENT REVIEWS SUBTOTAL NEW
ALLEGATIONSDISPOSITION
REVIEWSPLACEMENT
REVIEWSADAMS 260 260 174 60 26 0 0 0 0
ALLEGHENY 7,549 7,549 2,841 3,541 1,167 0 0 0 0
ARMSTRONG 146 146 123 16 7 0 0 0 0
BEAVER 496 432 366 24 42 64 64 0 0
BEDFORD 80 78 44 19 15 2 2 0 0
BERKS 1,381 1,381 765 387 229 0 0 0 0
BLAIR 402 402 303 69 30 0 0 0 0
BRADFORD 166 165 141 14 10 1 1 0 0
BUCKS 1,618 1,618 733 587 298 0 0 0 0
BUTLER 527 527 235 192 100 0 0 0 0
CAMBRIA 680 506 282 206 18 174 131 43 0
CAMERON 19 19 15 3 1 0 0 0 0
CARBON 180 180 91 47 42 0 0 0 0
CENTRE 129 129 97 26 6 0 0 0 0
CHESTER 1,216 1,216 759 306 151 0 0 0 0
CLARION 125 125 62 52 11 0 0 0 0
CLEARFIELD 92 92 53 9 30 0 0 0 0
CLINTON 161 161 94 58 9 0 0 0 0
COLUMBIA 154 154 84 58 12 0 0 0 0
CRAWFORD 286 286 170 95 21 0 0 0 0
CUMBERLAND 851 851 505 307 39 0 0 0 0
DAUPHIN 1,653 1,653 659 769 225 0 0 0 0
DELAWARE 3,969 3,969 1,039 2,459 471 0 0 0 0
ELK 52 52 45 1 6 0 0 0 0
ERIE 1,037 1,037 599 128 310 0 0 0 0
FAYETTE 472 472 420 32 20 0 0 0 0
FOREST 10 10 3 2 5 0 0 0 0
FRANKLIN 988 988 479 427 82 0 0 0 0
FULTON 43 43 24 10 9 0 0 0 0
GREENE 34 34 28 1 5 0 0 0 0
HUNTINGDON 73 73 53 7 13 0 0 0 0
INDIANA 118 118 106 10 2 0 0 0 0
JEFFERSON 94 94 65 13 16 0 0 0 0
JUNIATA 68 68 20 18 30 0 0 0 0
Summary of All Delinquency and Dependency Dispositions, 2015
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COUNTY TOTAL DISPOSITIONS
DELINQUENCY CASES DEPENDENCY CASES
SUBTOTAL NEW ALLEGATIONS
DISPOSITION REVIEWS
PLACEMENT REVIEWS SUBTOTAL NEW
ALLEGATIONSDISPOSITION
REVIEWSPLACEMENT
REVIEWSLACKAWANNA 700 700 308 330 62 0 0 0 0
LANCASTER 1,313 1,313 821 349 143 0 0 0 0
LAWRENCE 198 198 166 22 10 0 0 0 0
LEBANON 373 373 221 85 67 0 0 0 0
LEHIGH 1,724 1,723 1,109 424 190 1 1 0 0
LUZERNE 1,126 1,126 610 361 155 0 0 0 0
LYCOMING 630 630 343 213 74 0 0 0 0
MCKEAN 222 222 112 107 3 0 0 0 0
MERCER 403 403 261 60 82 0 0 0 0
MIFFLIN 132 132 74 38 20 0 0 0 0
MONROE 691 691 239 264 188 0 0 0 0
MONTGOMERY 2,178 2,178 1,071 712 395 0 0 0 0
MONTOUR 40 40 24 11 5 0 0 0 0
NORTHAMPTON 884 884 663 123 98 0 0 0 0
NORTHUMBERLAND 291 291 248 17 26 0 0 0 0
PERRY 99 99 66 9 24 0 0 0 0
PHILADELPHIA 21,069 21,069 3,094 12,168 5,807 0 0 0 0
PIKE 161 161 96 41 24 0 0 0 0
POTTER 51 51 25 22 4 0 0 0 0
SCHUYLKILL 348 348 269 36 43 0 0 0 0
SNYDER 137 134 66 37 31 3 3 0 0
SOMERSET 84 84 56 22 6 0 0 0 0
SULLIVAN 11 11 5 6 0 0 0 0 0
SUSQUEHANNA 63 63 50 7 6 0 0 0 0
TIOGA 121 121 85 29 7 0 0 0 0
UNION 42 42 30 5 7 0 0 0 0
VENANGO 324 324 210 70 44 0 0 0 0
WARREN 150 150 93 27 30 0 0 0 0
WASHINGTON 730 730 382 207 141 0 0 0 0
WAYNE 149 149 105 31 13 0 0 0 0
WESTMORELAND 1,283 1,217 518 496 203 66 66 0 0
WYOMING 97 97 46 38 13 0 0 0 0
YORK 2,296 2,296 1,196 842 258 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 63,249 62,938 24,139 27,162 11,637 311 268 43 0100.0% 99.5% 0.5%
Summary of All Delinquency and Dependency Dispositions, 2015continued
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