Union County, NC A Closer Look at 2008 Juvenile Justice Data Presented by the Union County DMC Advisory Board

Snapshot on Complaints Referred/Received 506 Complaints were referred/received for 2008 calendar year Only 16% of the total complaints occurred in the summer months Males made up 81% of complaints 62% of male complaints occurred in the 1 st and 4 th quarters

Snapshot on Complaints Referred/Received Black youth made up 31% of all complaints Latino youth accounted for 7% of all complaints Minority youth accounted for 43% of all complaints Complaints were highest for black youth in the 1 st and 4 th quarters Complaints were highest for white youth in the 2 nd and 4 th quarters

2008 Juvenile Complaints Data Review 506 total complaints were received Males accounted for 81% of all complaints 31% of complaints were brought against black youth – all minorities made up 43% of complaints Union County’s minority youth population is 25.1%

44% of all juvenile offenses occurred between 7am and 3pm While national research shows that juvenile crime spikes from the hours of 3pm to 6pm, only 12% of Union County’s juvenile crime occurred during these hours 24% of complaints either had no time listed or were status offenses

Top Offenses Referred 1.Simple Assault 2.Larceny (M) 3.Injury to Real Property 4.Injury to Personal Property 5.Break and Enter (F) 6. Communicating Threats 7. Assault on Government employee 8. Larceny (F) 9. Possession of marijuana up to ½ oz. 72% of all juvenile complaints received in 2008 were misdemeanor charges

Snapshot on Times of Juvenile Offenses Contrary to national research, Union County’s highest rate of juvenile offenses occur between 7am and 3pm In the summer months of 2008, juvenile offense rates spiked during the hours of 12am and 7am During the summer months, offense rates decreased during the hours of 7am to 3pm

Of all offenses occurring between 7am and 6pm, 69% were school related or occurred on a school campus The highest number of school related offenses occurred from October 1 st to December 31 st The school related offenses occurring from July through September were on summer school campuses

Snapshot of School Complaints A total of 198 or 39% of all complaints were school related Of the complaints made from 7am-6pm, a time when youth are likely on a school campus, 69% were school related Anecdotal data suggests that roughly 50% of all school related charges were diverted from court

There was a total of 76 detention admissions in Union County for the year 2008 Of these admissions, 51% were black youth and 43% were white youth Males accounted for 74% of detention admissions Snapshot on Detention Admissions

Detention In 2008, youth were sent to detention 76 different times 51% of these youth were black – 57% of these youth were all minorities 74% of youth were sent to detention as a result of a violation of probation

Violations of Probation The top five reasons listed for a VOP detention admission were: – Curfew Violation (18) – Out of School Suspension (15) – Truancy (14) – Drug Use (6) – Refusal to cooperate with treatment (5)

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