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Juvenille Justice Statistics
Statistical Reporting and Reduction of Juvenile Crime
Strengths and limitations of juvenile delinquency measurements
To deal with the problem of juvenile delinquency, it is essential that the statistics that are kept on this crime are accurately tabulated and reported. "While measurement is not new to juvenile justice, too often data collected by juvenile justice agencies have been unrelated to outcomes, and have seldom allowed the public to assess performance in a meaningful way. This information has not helped juvenile justice systems and organizations determine the impact and cost-effectiveness of their interventions" (Bazemore 2006: v). For example, there has been a tendency to keep track of the number of appointments with probationers or recidivism, without actually asking questions like: were the interventions with the system effective or what specifically prompted the recidivism? "Re-offending may be a result of any number of factors that may or may not be related to the system's work with the offender. The problem raised by performance...
However, even so-called 'objective' statistics may need to be placed in context. For example, one rehabilitative program for juveniles found that the rate of recidivism was around 25%. However, these findings "were based on a population of higher risk participants (with on average, 10 prior offenses and including a greater number of offenders with prior felonies, 69%) and "and all but three of the 33 recidivists were arrested for lower level felony offenses (33%)," which made the statistics on the program seem far less dire and actually suggested it was beneficial (Bazemore 2006:33).
There can also be great difficulty in amassing enough statistical data to make for a meaningful comparison, particularly given the fact that many juvenile complaints on a lower level may not have a 'paper trail' because…
References
Bazemore, Gordon. (2006). Measuring what really matters in juvenile justice. American Prosecutor's Research Institute. Retrieved: http://www.ndaa.org/pdf/measuring_what_really_matters_06.pdf
Tourangeau, Roger & McNeeley, Madeline E. (2008). Measuring crime and crime victimization: Methodological issues. Measurement Problems in Criminal Justice Research: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. Retrieved:
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10581&page=10
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