Juvenile Detention Admissions - North Carolina

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Juvenile Detention Admissions (Number) – 2004

Data Provided by: Action for Children North Carolina

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Scale: 0 - 1,159


North Carolina	7,854
Alamance	172
Alexander	25
Alleghany	7
Anson	11
Ashe	3
Avery	2
Beaufort	31
Bertie	54
Bladen	32
Brunswick	44
Buncombe	155
Burke	49
Cabarrus	74
Caldwell	23
Camden	1
Carteret	79
Caswell	22
Catawba	85
Chatham	5
Cherokee	9
Chowan	7
Clay	0
Cleveland	40
Columbus	34
Craven	149
Cumberland	554
Currituck	12
Dare	25
Davidson	92
Davie	12
Duplin	30
Durham	251
Edgecombe	39
Forsyth	301
Franklin	36
Gaston	264
Gates	4
Graham	5
Granville	57
Greene	17
Guilford	648
Halifax	90
Harnett	57
Haywood	56
Henderson	47
Hertford	39
Hoke	56
Hyde	1
Iredell	58
Jackson	19
Johnston	75
Jones	14
Lee	25
Lenoir	29
Lincoln	31
Macon	19
Madison	4
Martin	27
McDowell	22
Mecklenburg	1,159
Mitchell	2
Montgomery	21
Moore	55
Nash	35
New Hanover	168
Northampton	36
Onslow	106
Orange	24
Pamlico	8
Pasquotank	45
Pender	27
Perquimans	9
Person	62
Pitt	196
Polk	9
Randolph	66
Richmond	26
Robeson	158
Rockingham	68
Rowan	187
Rutherford	23
Sampson	30
Scotland	68
Stanly	65
Stokes	27
Surry	26
Swain	7
Transylvania	13
Tyrrell	1
Union	94
Vance	70
Wake	509
Warren	11
Washington	8
Watauga	12
Wayne	127
Wilkes	67
Wilson	63
Yadkin	33
Yancey	4

Definitions: The number of juvenile admissions to state operated juvenile detention centers. Youth who are alleged to have committed an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult, who are alleged to have assaulted someone, or who are runaways, may be placed in a detention center while awaiting court hearings, futher placement or commitment to a Youth Development Center. More...

Data Source: North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. "County Databooks." Available online at http://www.juvjus.state.nc.us/statistics/databook.html.

Footnotes: County counts do not include detention admissions from Native American Reservations or Federal Marshall.

North Carolina's juvenile justice system jurisdiction extends to youth ages 6-17 charged with status/undisciplined offenses and juveniles ages 6-15 charged with misdemeanors and felonies. Youth ages 16 and older charged with misdemeanors or felonies are prosecuted in adult courts.

Last updated July 2012.

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Raleigh, NC 27604

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Laila A. Bell, Director of Research and Data

The mission of Action for Children North Carolina is to advocate for child well-being by educating and engaging all people across the state to ensure that our children are health, safe, well-educated and have every opportunity for success.

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