Juvenile violent crime court petition rate in Alabama
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Definitions:
The number of juvenile court petitions
filed for the commission of violent crimes,
divided by the total population of youth
aged 10 through 17, multiplied by 1,000.
Violent crimes include homicide, rape,
robbery, assault (first, second and third
degree), domestic violence and other
selected crimes. For the purposes of this
report, a juvenile petition is a sworn, written
document signed by a person 18 years of
age or older who has knowledge of specific
facts or is informed of facts alleging that
a child is delinquent and believes that
those facts are true. A petition gives the
juvenile court jurisdiction once it is filed
with the clerk of the court. A petition is
only filed with the clerk of the court after
an intake officer has determined that
the court has subject matter jurisdiction,
venue, probable cause and the filing of
the petition is in the best interest of the
public and/or the child. Allegations of a
juvenile delinquency petition are treated
by the same standards of sufficiency as a
criminal complaint or indictment (i.e., it is
a charging instrument placing the accused
on due process notice of the nature of
the pending charge against him or her).
Data Source:
Special tabulations provided
by the Alabama Administrative Office
of Courts, Family Court Division;
The Sentencing Commission’s statute
§12-25-32 for the purpose of defining
a violent offense (section 15).
Footnotes:
Note: Data for St. Clair County for
2005 may be underreported.