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Date:
December 2004 -
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Topic:
Juvenile Arrest Data
Question: We had
the following question sent to us by a youth court coordinator.
Please respond if you have information that will assist her.
In our jurisdiction, law enforcement officials keep data about
the number of juveniles arrested each year, and what their
offenses were. However, they do not keep data regarding of
those juveniles arrested, how many were first-time offenders.
And, to go one level deeper, how many of those first-time
offenders were eligible for diversion. Do any other
jurisdictions keep data on which arrests were first-time
offenders, and of those, how many were eligible for diversion?
If your jurisdiction does keep this data, what type of database
do you have and who is it accessible to? For example, in my
jurisdiction we have a comprehensive database that is a
collaborative partnership between the county and various law
enforcement agencies. This database is accessible to all law
enforcement agencies including probation. I wanted to know if
other jurisdictions have a similar situation.
Thank you for your
assistance.
Responses from
Coordinators:
College Station Teen
Court
Peggy Calliham
Coordinator
City of College Station
PO Box 9960
College Station, TX 77840
979-764-3499 ext.
Fax: 979-764-3894
pcalliham@cstx.gov
In our jurisdiction only, I get copies of all minors who
have received tickets. Then from that group if they are of
a certain age, I send a notice making them aware of the
possibility of Teen Court, IF THEY MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA.
Then they are able to determine: if they are first time
offender, of certain age, willing to plead guilty/no
contest/ class C misdemeanor. Then they request the
diversionary program when they see the judge, if they see
benefits/advantages. There are both financial, educational,
and long term record benefits for choosing Teen Court so
most who are eligible, do request it.
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Duncanville Teen
Court
Olivia Harrington
Teen Court Coordinator
City of Duncanville
P.O. Box 380280
Duncanville, TX 75138-0280
972-780-5063 ext.
Fax: 972-780-6463
oharrington@ci.duncanville.tx.us
www.Duncanville.com/teen_court.shtm
DALLAS COUNTY TEXAS HAS A
JUVENILE DATA BASE THAT IS ACCESSABLE TO ALL AGENCY THAT ARE
IN THE CORPORATION. IT DOESN’T GIVE 1ST OFFENDER
INFO, BUT IF THEY ARE NO ENTRIES FOR THAT PERSON, WE ASSUME
THEY ARE 1ST OFFENDERS.
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Lee County Teen
Court
Evelyn Kirbach
Teen Court Program Coordinator
20th Judicial Court Administrator's Office - Florida
1039 SE 9th Place, #361
Cape Coral, FL 33990
941-458-7084 ext.
Fax: 941-458-7083
ekirbach@ca.cjis20.org
We have many
diversion program in our circuit. Teen Court is one of
many programs that take first time offenders. It would be
next to impossible for me to obtain the number of offenders
or the number of juveniles arrested- that would have to be
obtained from either the Juvenile Clerk's Office or he State
Attorney's Office.
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Orange County Teen Court
David Medvec
Teen Court Coordinator
Orange County Court Administration
2000 East Michigan Street
Orlando, FL 32806
407-836-9517 ext.
Fax: 407-835-5022
ctaddm1@ocnjcc.org
www.ninja9.org
I sent a report of
all case filed and how many went to each specific diversion
program. Here's the last one.
Dates: 7/1/04 to
11/30/04
Complaints Filed:
3267
Programs eligible
for diversion.
Teen Court: 399 We
also received an additional 54 criminal traffic charges
which DJJ/HSA does not consider a crime. They are not
included in the 399.
Yes: 297
IDDS: 65
Pride: 63
Restorative Justice:
35
Drug Court: 0
Total: 859
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Amherst Youth Court
Michael Torrillo
Coordinator
Amherst Police Department
500 John James Audobon Parkway
Amherst, NY 14228
716-689-1344 ext.
Fax: 716-568-1182
mtorrillo@adelphia.net
Our
County (Erie) is in the process of collecting data for those
reasons right now. They have developed the software and are
collecting data from the law enforcement agencies in the
county. Once that is completed they will begin working on
Family Court and Probation. The last piece will be Child
Protection. Once all the data is compiled we will have a
complete background of the respondent and what steps were
taken to deal with the issues.
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Willcox Youth Court
Sally White
Coordinator
Willcox Against Substance Abuse
City Magistrate Court
480 North Bisbee Avenue
Willcox, AZ 85643
520-384-4777 ext.
Fax: 520-384-1141
wasa@qwest.net
http://www.wasaonline.us
In our county all
non-traffic juvenile arrests are routed through juvenile
probation. The JPO maintains an extensive data base that
includes the number of arrests and what each was for on
every defendant. The JPO assigns diversion for all
misdemeanors and lower level felonies - he uses Youth Court
as the diversion process for first time offenders only.
Hope this is of some use to you.
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