The bars on the bar & line chart reflect referrals (i.e., arrests) to JPD each year. The line reflects the percentage of referrals to JPD each year that resulted in an admission to Juvenile Hall. This data is unavailable prior to 2020.
Referrals can include multiple charges of varying degrees of seriousness, warrants, and violations. For all analyses in this section, the referral reason refers to the most serious reason why a young person was referred to JPD. This data is unavailable prior to 2020.
Offense Level/Legal Status reflects whether the most serious reason for the referral was a new charge (felony or misdemeanor), a warrant, or a violation.
Referrals are also categorized by Offense Type/Legal Status, defined as follows:
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Person: offenses against a person including assault, robbery, rape, and homicide.
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Property: offenses against property including burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, vandalism, and trespassing.
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Drug: includes both drug sale and drug possession.
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Public order: mainly probation violations, weapons possession offenses, and miscellaneous traffic offenses.
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Other status: legal status details such as warrants, courtesy holds, home detention violations, and changes of placement due to unsuccessful placements.
Section 707(b) of the Welfare & Institutions Code outlines a range of serious and violent crimes, including but not limited to murder, attempted murder, arson, robbery, rape, and assault with great bodily injury, for which an arrest involving a youth age 14 or older mandates detention until a court hearing. 707(b) Offense reflects whether the most serious referral charge was for a 707(b) offense.
Offense refers to the most serious offense that a youth is referred to JPD for, such as robbery, assault, etc.