The NC Juvenile Crime Prevention Planning Process begins with a collaborative assessment of community risks, answering the following questions pertaining to community risks, resources and needs:
- What are the factors in our county that have been proven to contribute to local juvenile crime or delinquency?
- What are the county resources currently in place to offset the specified risks?
- What are the county resources needed to prevent juvenile crime and to get juveniles the help they need?
Now referred to as the North Carolina Juvenile Crime Prevention Planning Process, this system incorporates elements of DRP’s Communities that Care planning model and the US Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders. The Comprehensive Strategy seeks to mobilize communities to create a multi-disciplinary continuum of care that includes prevention programs for children, early intervention in the lives of juvenile offenders, and graduated sanctions for repeat offenders. The new planning process also incorporates the essential elements outlined in the NC Juvenile Justice Reform Act.
Working with the Jordan Institute for Families, DJJDP developed a research-based profile of risk factors for juvenile delinquency by age in five different domains: individual, family, peer group, school, and community. A county-by-county profile of statistical indicators, NC Community Risk Assessment Data, is available on the DJJDP website.
JCPCs can make data-based decisions to determine the need for prevention programs and disposition options from the actual indicators of the risk factors in each county and from juvenile justice data maintained by DJJDP. Intervention and Prevention works to guide local communities in developing an appropriate continuum to serve local youth based on collected data.
Planning Data
To aid in the JCPC planning process, we have compiled the following data and information. We have divided this information into major areas.
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Population/Demographic Trends
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Low-weight babies (<2500 grams): 2001, 2000
Newborns weighing under 2500 grams (5 pounds 8 ounces) at birth, regardless of length of gestation, as reported on the birth certificate for the calendar year, to mothers who are residents. Low-weight births are at increased risk of infant death and illness. The term premature is used in a number of publications.
Source of Data State Agency Data: Department of Health and Human Services, Vital Statistics
Parental Social and Economic Supports
Family Management Problems
Parent Problems: Emotional/Substance Abuse
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- Persons served in NC Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers: 2002, 2001, 2000
Sometimes referred to as ''episodes of care'', these counts reflect the total number of persons who were active (or the resident population) at the start of the state fiscal year plus the total of first admissions, readmissions, and transfers-in which occurred during the fiscal year at the three state alcohol and drug abuse treatment centers. Excluded are visiting patients and outpatients. Multiple admissions of the same client are counted multiple times. County of residence is reported at the time of admission. North Carolina data include clients reported to reside out-of-state. From 1984 forward the resident population is counted on July 1. During prior years the resident population was counted on June 30. Prior to 1988, data published in the Division's Annual Report came from reports submitted by the facilities (DS24 Report) and differs from the data in LINC, which is extracted from the archival unload tapes. Since 1988 the data extracted from the unload tapes is considered the final end-of-the-year count.
Source of Data State Agency Data: Department of Health and Human Services, Mental Health
- Family Conflict and Disruption
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Divorced Persons 2000Teenage Pregnancies 2001, 2000
The total number of the following events occurring during the calendar year to resident women ages 15-19: live births, fetal deaths of 20 or more weeks gestation, and induced abortions. Stillbirths of less than 20 weeks gestation are not included in this count. These figures are generated by adding data from birth certificates, fetal death certificates, and induced abortion reports from abortion providers. The sum of the counties does not always equal data for the state since the state includes persons whose county of residence is unknown. Pregnancy rates are created by dividing pregnancies by female population 15-19 and multiplying by 1,000. This yields pregnancy rate per 1,000 women in this age group.
Source of Data State Agency Data: Department of Health and Human Services, Vital Statistics
- 2000 Census Data- Children living with Parents versus Children not living with Parents
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Impoverished Neighborhood
Community Alcohol Use
- Community Crime and Safety
- Crime Index 2000, 2001
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Deaths by Injury of Violence: 2001, 2000
Deaths to residents from injuries, suicides, homicides, and legal interventions. These figures come from death certificates for the calendar year. Rates for deaths from injuries or violent causes may be created by dividing the number of deaths due to injuries or violent causes by resident population and multiplying by 100,000
Source of Data State Agency Data: Department of Health and Human Services, Vital Statistics
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Please note, the above data is in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Adobe PDF formats. You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free.
For additional information, please see the Jordan Institute's North Carolina Community Risk Assessment For Juvenile Delinquency. |
Community Factors 