Every year the Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention publishes an annual report , documenting the challenges and achievements of the past year, and containing a wealth of interesting and useful data.  As I did last year , in this blog I’ll highlight ten pieces of information from the 2024 publication.  All youth referred to are youth alleged to be delinquent; undisciplined youth are not included in these numbers. The graphics are from the actual report: 1. 

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