Kids Count Data Center

Definitions: This indicator represents all offenses associated with juvenile court referrals. This indicator does not reflect the number of actual referrals, as one referral may have multiple offenses. Juvenile offenses exclude referral cases involving abandonment, abuse/neglect, deprivation, file 960 (when no further action is recommended), educational neglect, other or no fault deprivations, termination of parental rights, or other special proceedings.

Data Source: North Dakota Supreme Court, State Court Administrator’s Office.

Footnotes: GEOGRAPHY - Data reflect the offense location, not the juvenile's place of residence. DATE - Calendar Year (January 1 - December 31). LIMITATIONS - Referrals made to the four tribal courts in North Dakota are not included in this indicator. NOTE - A new reporting procedure for juvenile court referrals was implemented by the North Dakota Supreme Court beginning with 2003 data. In this new reporting procedure, the data reflect the year in which the case was referred to court, not the year when the case was settled (disposition date).