Table 2
Juveniles in Residential Placement1 by Most Serious Offense, Number, Percent, and Rate, Selected Years 1997-2003
	Number						Percent of those in Residential Placement					Rate per 100,000
	1997	1999	2001	2003			1997	1999	2001	2003		1997	1999	2001	2003
Total	105,055	107,667	104,413	96,655			100	100	100	100		356	356	336	307
Delinquency2	98,222	102,958	99,297	91,831			93	96	95	95		333	340	320	292
Person3	35,138	37,419	34,915	33,197			33	35	33	34		119	124	112	105
Criminal Homicide	1,912	1,461	1,069	878			2	1	1	1		6	5	3	3
Sexual Assault	5,582	7,455	6,779	7,452			5	7	6	8		19	25	22	24
Robbery	9,334	7,959	7,328	6,230			9	7	7	6		32	26	24	20
Aggravated Assault	9,476	9,872	8,520	7,495			9	9	8	8		32	33	27	24
Simple Assault	6,626	7,410	7,999	8,106			6	7	8	8		22	25	26	26
Other Person	2,208	3,262	3,220	3,036			2	3	3	3		7	11	10	10
Property4	31,907	31,472	29,373	26,843			30	29	28	28		108	104	95	85
Burglary	12,525	12,085	11,435	10,399			12	11	11	11		42	40	37	33
Theft	7,250	6,834	5,856	5,650			7	6	6	6		25	23	19	18
Auto Theft	6,536	6,155	6,131	5,572			6	6	6	6		22	20	20	18
Arson	903	1,116	1,045	735			1	1	1	1		3	4	3	2
Other Property	4,693	5,282	4,906	4,487			4	5	5	5		16	17	16	14
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Drug	9,071	9,653	9,086	8,002			9	9	9	8		31	32	29	25
Trafficiking	2,875	2,928	2,432	1,810			3	3	2	2		10	10	8	6
Other drug	6,196	6,725	6,654	6,192			6	6	6	6		21	22	21	20
Public Order5	9,696	10,461	10,451	9,654			9	10	10	10		33	35	34	31
Weapons10	4,167	3,949	3,205	3,013			4	4	3	3		14	13	10	10
Alcohol	260	327	313	364			0	0	0	0		1	1	1	1
Other public order	5,269	6,185	6,933	6,277			5	6	7	6		18	20	22	20
Technical Violation6	12,410	13,953	15,472	14,135			12	13	15	15		42	46	50	45
Violent Crime Index7	26,304	26,747	23,696	22,055			25	25	23	23		89	88	76	70
Property Crime Index8	27,214	26,190	24,467	22,356			26	24	23	23		92	87	79	71
				4,824														100
Status Offense9	6,833	4,709	5,116	4,824			7	4	5	5		23	16	16	15
Running away	1,497	1,088	1,104	997			1	1	1	1		5	4	4	3
Truancy	1,332	914	784	841			1	1	1	1		5	3	3	3
Incorrigibility	2,849	1,846	1,983	1,825			3	2	2	2		10	6	6	6
Curfew Violation	193	107	112	203			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1
Underage Drinking	320	381	519	405			0	0	0	0		1	1	2	1
Other status offense	642	373	614	553			1	0	1	1		2	1	2	2
Males	90,771	93,114	89,271	82,065			100	100	100	100		599	600	560	508
Delinquency2	87,172	90,234	86,271	79,177			96	97	97	96		575	581	541	491
Violent Crime Index7	24,459	24,612	21,702	20,198			27	26	24	25		161	159	136	125
Property Crime Index8	24,523	23,313	21,756	19,782			27	25	24	24		162	150	137	123
Status Offense9	3,599	2,880	3,000	2,888			4	3	3	4		24	19	19	18
Females	14,284	14,553	15,142	14,590			100	100	100	100		99	99	100	95
Delinquency2	11,050	12,724	13,026	12,654			77	87	86	87		77	86	86	82
Violent Crime Index7	1,845	2,135	1,995	1,857			13	15	13	13		13	15	13	12
Property Crime Index8	2,691	2,877	2,712	2,574			19	20	18	18		19	20	18	17
Status Offense9	3,234	1,829	2,115	1,936			23	13	14	13		23	12	14	13
1The Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement collects data from all juvenile residential custody facilities in the U.S., asking for information on each youth assigned a bed in the facility on the last Wednesday in October.
2 An offense that is also considered illegal for adults.
3 Offenses against persons.
4 Offenses against property.
5 Offenses against the public order.
6 Violations of probation, parole or valid court orders; acts that go against the conditions of probation or parole
7Includes criminal homicide, violent sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault.
8 Includes burglary, theft, auto theft, and arson.
9 A non-delinquent/non-criminal offense; an offense that is illegal for underage persons but not adults.
10 Actual or attempted illegal sale, distribution, manufacture, alteration, transportation, possession, or use of a deadly or dangerous weapon or accesory.
Note: Rates are calculated per 100,000 juveniles ages 10 through the upper age of each state's juvenile court jurisdiction.
Source: Sickmund, Melissa, Sladky, T.J., and Kang, Wei. (2005). Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement Databook. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/cjrp/