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The Center's website, www.cpsv.org, is designed to give you the latest resources and information about ensuring safe schools.
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Please send comments and suggestions regarding news
stories and events to:
NC Department
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
1801 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1801
News and Events Staff
William Lassiter,
Director of Communications
Joanne McDaniel,
Chief of Staff
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North Carolina’s Juvenile Crime Rate at Eight Year Low:Initial Analysis of 2007 Data Reveals
The juvenile crime rate in North Carolina achieved an eight year low in 2007 according to preliminary data gathered for the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention annual report.  The Department released data today which shows that the juvenile crime rate in 2007 was 34.08 complaints received per 1,000 youth age 6 -15 years old. This represents a 5.9% decrease over the year before where the rate was 36.21. Not only did the juvenile crime rate decrease, there were also 1,433 fewer complaints received by court services offices across the state down from 42,920 in 2006 to 41,487 in 2007.
Progress was also seen in reducing the number of youth that have to be served by the Department’s youth development centers, down from 486 in 2006 to 437 in 2007. This continues the positive trend the Department has seen over the last nine years. In fact, from 1998 to 2007, there has been a 67.9% decrease in commitments. A youth development center provides long-term education, treatment, and rehabilitative services to youth who are committed to the Department as a dispositional sanction. This is largely in part to the services of the Department’s community programs and court counseling offices which provide prevention and intervention services for youth in their communities.
A full analysis of the juveniles served by the Department will be found in this year’s annual report due out April 1st.
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