Something is Working – WCCF posts 2009 Detention and Juvenile Justice Data

by | May 19, 2010

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You can now go to our web-site and check out newly posted data that completes the 2009 Detention Quarterly Report information – showing that the number of youth placed in secure detention facilities continues to decline statewide – in particular, from the first half of 2008 to the second half of 2009, the average number of youth held in secure detention facilities each day declined by about one-third! The data also reflects that we need to continue to be concerned about disproportionality – as approximately one-half of all youth held are minority kids, well over their representation in the state.

Data posted also includes Arrest Data for 17-year-olds from 2006-2008 that indicates that despite an overll decline in juvenile arrest rates and numbers, there is a slight rise (to be watched) for 17-year-olds arrested for selected serious offenses; still, less than 2% of arrests are for violent offenses.

Juvenile Petition and Arrest Trends provides a general sense of the declines in the number of delinquency petitions opened in Wisconsin, declining 34% between 2001 and 2009; and highlights the drops in arrests from 2006-2008.

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