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PENNSYLVANIA
Juvenile Court Dispositions
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Hon. Edward G. Rendell, Governor
JUVENILE COURT JUDGES’ COMMISSION

Hon. Arthur E. Grim, Chairman
James E. Anderson, Executive Director
CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING AND RESEARCH

SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY
John M. Cookus, Director
Sherry Varner
INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION

Linda B. Bender, Director
Heather Armstrong-Shughart Linda Miller
Alan Brommer Christy Nailor
Julie Byers Donna Reasner
Sharon Chamberlin Jack Rentzel
Susan Conner Michael Tan
Robert Diehl Steve Varner
Randy Fisher Nancy Witter
Lanette Hutchison Tim Wright
DETENTION MONITORING
Seth Bloomquist, Director
Marlene Benedict Leslie MacDonald

Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research
Information and Technology Division
Shippensburg University
1871 Old Main Drive
Shippensburg, PA 17257-2299
Foreword
This report provides an overview of juvenile court dispositions in Pennsylvania during

2007 and preceding years, and summarizes juvenile court statistical data provided by
county juvenile probation departments. Without the support of the courts and juvenile
probation departments, this report would not be possible.
Although the report focuses primarily on delinquency dispositions, information has again
been included on dependency cases that have been referred to juvenile probation
departments. While county children and youth agencies handle the overwhelming
majority of cases involving dependent children in the Commonwealth, some juvenile
probation departments provide services to children who are alleged to be dependent on
the basis of ungovernability or chronic truancy.
The information contained in this report is of value to all individuals, agencies and
organizations having an interest in the Pennsylvania juvenile justice system. However,
it is not intended to reflect the total workload of juvenile courts or juvenile probation
departments.
It is with great pleasure that we dedicate this report to the judges, probation officers,
victim advocates, district attorneys, service treatment providers, and other professionals
who work on a daily basis in the Pennsylvania juvenile court system.
Respectfully submitted,
James E. Anderson Honorable Arthur E. Grim

Executive Director Chairman
Preface
This report is a compilation of the data collected from the juvenile probation departments in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
As in the past, to avoid confusion regarding the unit of count used in tabulating juvenile court statistics and to
improve the understanding of how data can be interpreted please note:
1. The primary unit of count is the disposition. A disposition is defined as an allegation disposed of by the
juvenile probation department and/or the court. Within a single delinquency allegation, a youth may
be charged with a number of offenses that may result in multiple petitions. Any one youth may be
involved in a number of dispositions within a calendar year. In addition, a youth may be referred on
more than one occasion and receive only one disposition. Dependency dispositions include only those
referrals to probation departments alleging dependency that are not accompanied by allegations of
delinquency. Therefore, one is cautioned NOT to attempt to interpret dispositions as:
a) the number of youth who are processed by the court;
b) the number of offenses charged to juveniles.
2. There are times when you will see the word case used to describe the data. In this report, the word case
is used interchangeably with the word disposition;
3. The unit of count refers to a case disposed of by a juvenile court and/or juvenile probation department.
The term disposed means that a definite action/decision has been implemented or that a treatment
plan has been decided upon or begun;
4. The statistical system is constructed to collect up to the seven (7) most serious offenses per
delinquency disposition;
5. The Commission collects additional information on placement reviews, disposition reviews, and
selected special conditions attached to a disposition. A disposition review is a hearing conducted
before the court regarding a previous disposition which did not result in out-of-home placement. A
placement review is a hearing conducted before the court regarding a previous disposition which did
involve out-of-home placement. The outcome of reviews are reported only in the review section of this
report and are NOT included in any of the other tables.
6. The data in the secure detention section of this report were collected in conjunction with the JCJC
Standards Governing the Use of Secure Detention. This information should not be compared with
detention data collected and reported prior to 1989.
7. The reader is cautioned that in the tables containing rows with percent of total, the row may not total
100 percent due to rounding.
Custom reports, including any information contained in tables included in previous reports that are not included
in this report, can be obtained by contacting the Director of Juvenile Justice Information and Technology at the
Center for Juvenile Justice Training & Research at Shippensburg University, 717-477-1412. The report is also
available on the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission website at www.jcjc.state.pa.us.
Table of Contents
Delinquency Dispositions
Delinquency Dispositions, 2007 (Map) .................................................................................................. 1
Highlights of the 2007 Disposition Report ........................................................................................... 2
Delinquency Dispositions, 2003-2007 (Chart) ...................................................................................... 3
Frequency of Statewide Delinquency Dispositions, 2007 ..................................................................... 4
Delinquency Dispositions, 2003-2007 (Table) ....................................................................................... 5
Delinquency Dispositions as a Percent of Juvenile Population, 2007 .................................................. 7
Delinquency Dispositions by Type, 2007 ............................................................................................... 9
Type of Attorney Representation in Delinquency Proceedings, 2007 ................................................ 13
Delinquency Dispositions by Source of Allegation, 2007 ................................................................... 15
Time Lapse from Allegation to Disposition for Delinquency Cases, 2007 ........................................ 17
Median Time Lapse for Formal Cases by Type of Disposition, 2007 ................................................... 19
Median Time Lapse for Informal Cases by Type of Disposition, 2007 ................................................ 19
Delinquency Placements
Delinquency Placements, 2003-2007 (Charts) .................................................................................... 20
Delinquency Placements, 2003-2007 .................................................................................................. 21
Delinquency Placements by Type, 2007 (Table) .................................................................................. 23
Delinquency Placements as a Percent of Dispositions, 2007 (Map) ................................................... 25
Total Delinquency Placements by Type, 2007 (Chart) ........................................................................ 26
Delinquency Offenses
Alleged Offenses by Type, 2007 ............................................................................................................ 27
Selected Alleged Charges, 2003-2007 .................................................................................................. 29
Selected Substantiated Charges, 2003-2007 ....................................................................................... 30
Substantiated Offenses by Type, 2007 ................................................................................................. 31
Detention
Secure Detention ................................................................................................................................. 33
Length of Stay in Secure Detention, 2007 .......................................................................................... 34
Secure Detention Admissions by Standard Section Codes, 2007 ....................................................... 35
Utilization Rates for Pennsylvania Juvenile Detention Centers, 2007 ............................................... 37
Detention Admissions, 2003-2007 ....................................................................................................... 38
Table of Contents
Demographics
Selected Dispositions by Gender, 2007 .................................................................................................. 39
Total Dispositions by Age, 2006-2007 .................................................................................................... 40
Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity for Males, 2007 ....................................................... 41
Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity for Females, 2007 ................................................... 43
Delinquency Dispositions by Race, 2007 ............................................................................................... 45
Selected Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity, 2007............................................................................... 47
Selected Placements by Race and Ethnicity, 2007 ................................................................................ 48
Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity, 2007 ........................................................................ 50
Delinquency Dispositions by Age, 2007 ................................................................................................ 51
Delinquency Dispositions by School Status, 2007 ................................................................................ 55
Delinquency Dispositions by Highest Grade Completed, 2007 ............................................................ 57
Delinquency Dispositions by Family Status, 2007 ................................................................................ 59
Delinquency Dispositions by Living Arrangement of Youth, 2007 ...................................................... 61
Dependency Dispositions
Dependency Dispositions, 2007 ............................................................................................................. 63
Dependency Dispositions by Age, 2007 ................................................................................................. 64
Disposition and Placement Reviews

Outcomes of Delinquency Disposition Reviews, 2007 .......................................................................... 65
Outcomes of Delinquency Placement Reviews, 2007 ........................................................................... 67
Delinquency Placement Review Transfers by Type of Placement, 2007 ............................................... 69
Summary of all Dispositional Activity

Summary of all Delinquency and Dependency Dispositions, 2007 ...................................................... 71
Appendix
County Class & Population .................................................................................................................... 73
1
Delinquency Dispositions, 2007
Erie
1,061
Susquehanna
Warren McKean Bradford 80
144 Potter Tioga Wayne
105 123
72 103 80
Crawford
203
Forest Wyoming
25 116 Lackawanna
Elk Cameron Sullivan
Venango 425 Pike
82 12 16
181 136
Lycoming
Mercer
Clinton 567
303 Luzerne
46
Clarion 1,066
86 Columbia Monroe
Jefferson Mon- 481
286
Lawrence 178 Clearfield Union tour
55 Carbon
382 133 Centre 48
Butler 249 d 183
364 Armstrong e rlan
Snyder mb Northampton
236 174 hu 2
ort 50 Schuylkill 1,089
Beaver N Lehigh
Indiana 443
548 lin 1,521
179 ta
iff Dauphin
M 85 nia
Allegheny Cambria Ju 53 1,548
497 Blair Berks
4,692 Perry Bucks
516 Lebanon 1,828
136 1,790
402
Westmoreland Huntingdon
1,219 87 Montgomery
2,294
Washington Cumberland
911 644 Lancaster Philadelphia
1,494 Chester Dela-
Bedford 8,796
Somerset 1,088 ware
74 Fulton York 1,631
Greene Fayette 178 Franklin Adams
31 1,881
177 383 636 419
1 - 60 101 - 200 501 - 1,000 2,501 - 4,700

61 - 100 201 - 500 1,001 - 2,500 6,000+
PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING & RESEARCH
Highlights of the 2007 Disposition Report
• The 45,573 delinquency dispositions in Pennsylvania in 2007 represent a 3.7% increase from 2006.
Consent Decree became the most frequently utilized disposition, representing 18.4% of all
delinquency dispositions, followed in descending order by Probation (17.7%), Informal Adjustment
(14.3%), Fines/Costs (8.7%), Complaint Withdrawn (7.9%), Placement (7.6%), and Warned/
Counseled/Case Closed (6.4%). (See pages 3 and 4)
• Delinquency placements to private institutions, including those resulting from disposition reviews,
comprised 35.9% of the 7,525 total delinquency placements in 2007, followed in descending order
by placements to drug and alcohol programs (13.0%), group homes (12.2%), Boot Camps (11.6%)
and Wilderness Based Programs (11.4%). (See page 23)
• Juvenile court dispositions in Pennsylvania continue to primarily involve males. In 2007, males
accounted for 76.2% of all juvenile court dispositions, 81.8% of probation dispositions, 87.9% of
dispositions involving placement, and 97.5% of transfers to criminal court. (See page 39)
• Of the 34,715 juvenile delinquency dispositions involving males in 2007, 48.4% involved White,
Non-Hispanic youth, and 38.7% involved Black, Non-Hispanic youth. Similarly, of the 10,858
dispositions involving females, 47.6% involved White, Non-Hispanic youth and 39.9% involved
Black, Non-Hispanic youth. (See pages 41-44)
• In Pennsylvania, the majority of the 45,573 delinquency dispositions involved White youth (56.7%),
followed in descending order by Black youth (41.0%). (See pages 45-46)
• 26.3% of the 45,573 delinquency dispositions in 2007 involved seventeen year olds, followed in
descending order by sixteen year olds (22.1%) and fifteen year olds (17.6%). (See pages 51-54)
• 55.9% of delinquency dispositions in 2007 reported a family status of the biological parents Never
Married or Divorced, while 18.9% reported a family status of the biological parents Married. (See
pages 59-60)
• 44.3% of delinquency dispositions in 2007 reported the juvenile living with only the mother, while
18.9% reported the juvenile living with both parents. (See pages 61-62)
*Note regarding Philadelphia dispositions: The reader is cautioned when comparing the figures presented
in this report to the figures presented in the 2003 “Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Dispositions.” Dispositions
reported by Philadelphia in 2003 as case reviews that resulted in probation or placement, were included
in the 2003 data as dispositions of new referrals to more accurately reflect the court process. This
adjustment should be taken into consideration when comparing 2003 data to that of other years.
TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN 2

Delinquency Dispositions, 2003 - 2007
The accompanying graph displays the number of dispositions for delinquency referrals from 2003 to 2007.
Disposition and placement reviews and dependency referrals are not included in the graph or data tables.
There was a 3.7% increase in delinquency dispositions from 2006 to 2007. Dispositions involving new
allegations in Philadelphia County decreased by 1.1% and Allegheny County dispositions increased by 1.8%.
DELINQUENCY DISPOSITIONS
50000
45,504 45,573
43,533 43,939 Statewide
41,036
40000
32,768 32,085 Remaining

30,498 30,434 Counties
28,977
30000
20000
9,016 8,480 8,894 8,796

10000 8,088 Philadelphia
County
Allegheny
3,971 4,019 4,256 4,611 4,692 County
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Please refer to the note on page 2 regarding Philadelphia dispositions.
3 PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

Frequencies of Statewide Delinquency

Dispositions, 2007
There were 45,573 delinquency-related dispositions in Pennsylvania during 2007.
Consent Decree was the most frequently utilized disposition (8,399, 18.4%) followed in descending order by
Probation (8,046, 17.7%), Informal Adjustment (6,516, 14.3%), Fines/Costs Ordered (3,958, 8.7%), Complaint
Withdrawn (3,580, 7.9%), Placement (3,454, 7.6%), Other Dispositions (3,300, 7.2%), Warned/Counseled/
Case Closed (2,904, 6.4%). All remaining dispositions totaled 11.9%.
Probation with Day Treatment is listed as a separate disposition rather than being included in Probation.
PERCENT OF TOTAL DISPOSITIONS NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.
Consent Decree 18.4%
Probation 17.7%
Informal Adjustment 14.3%
Fines/Costs Ordered 8.7%
Complaint Withdrawn 7.9%
Placement 7.6%
Other 7.2%
Warned/Counseled/Case Closed 6.4%
Dismissed/Not Substantiated 4.5%
Transfer to Other Juvenile Court 3.5%
Continued on Previous Disposition 2.1%
Probation w/Day Treatment 1.1%
Referred to Other Agency/Individual 0.4%
Transfer to Criminal Court 0.3%
Protective Supervision 0.1%

0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000


The information in this section includes those cases referred to juvenile probation with alleged delinquent offenses.
Disposition and placement reviews, and dispositions involving children alleged to be dependent, are not included.
COUNTY 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 % CHANGE

06-07
Adams 403 301 365 364 419 15.1%
Allegheny 3,971 4,019 4,256 4,611 4,692 1.8%
Armstrong 298 197 265 222 236 6.3%
Beaver 640 493 624 710 548 -22.8%
Bedford 69 62 75 127 74 -41.7%
Berks 1,030 1,875 1,937 1,821 1,828 0.4%
Blair 361 294 262 254 516 103.1%
Bradford 124 127 91 91 123 35.2%
Bucks 1,637 1,727 1,590 1,650 1,790 8.5%
Butler 300 254 286 323 364 12.7%
Cambria 623 751 676 529 497 -6.0%
Cameron 19 15 30 16 12 -25.0%
Carbon 182 132 171 225 183 -18.7%
Centre 135 165 165 173 249 43.9%
Chester 1,173 1,368 1,132 1,059 1,088 2.7%
Clarion 110 125 110 90 86 -4.4%
Clearfield 156 238 200 128 133 3.9%
Clinton 99 82 55 44 46 4.5%
Columbia 224 260 296 291 286 -1.7%
Crawford 236 230 267 203 203 0.0%
Cumberland 450 607 707 636 644 1.3%
Dauphin 1,457 1,528 1,494 1,359 1,548 13.9%
Delaware 1,478 1,618 1,600 1,705 1,631 -4.3%
Elk 61 67 75 86 82 -4.7%
Erie 971 817 1,095 1,043 1,061 1.7%
Fayette 593 485 528 443 383 -13.5%
Forest 31 19 26 22 25 13.6%
Franklin 491 482 551 597 636 6.5%
Fulton 19 29 31 29 31 6.9%
Greene 125 71 110 140 177 26.4%
Huntingdon 90 85 57 83 87 4.8%
Indiana 223 203 184 176 179 1.7%
Jefferson 155 154 153 160 178 11.3%
Juniata 52 42 43 28 53 89.3%

continued
COUNTY 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 % CHANGE

06-07
Lackawanna 353 348 353 415 425 2.4%
Lancaster 1,366 1,438 1,599 1,528 1,494 -2.2%
Lawrence 440 462 517 383 382 -0.3%
Lebanon 366 264 418 414 402 -2.9%
Lehigh 1,024 1,188 1,585 1,506 1,521 1.0%
Luzerne 1,499 1,369 1,241 1,101 1,066 -3.2%
Lycoming 656 810 758 570 567 -0.5%
McKean 148 100 76 110 105 -4.5%
Mercer 279 270 347 241 303 25.7%
Mifflin 71 71 67 104 85 -18.3%
Monroe 503 441 533 484 481 -0.6%
Montgomery 2,273 2,173 2,725 2,205 2,294 4.0%
Montour 40 47 42 20 55 175.0%
Northampton 797 855 1,108 970 1,089 12.3%
Nurthumberland 571 593 683 534 502 -6.0%
Perry 104 129 102 130 136 4.6%
Philadelphia 8,088 9,016 8,480 8,894 8,796 -1.1%
Pike 89 113 160 144 136 -5.6%
Potter 70 62 62 68 72 5.9%
Schuylkill 353 465 527 423 443 4.7%
Snyder 87 117 122 159 174 9.4%
Somerset 197 122 121 145 178 22.8%
Sullivan 26 28 6 14 16 14.3%
Susquehanna 84 85 77 103 80 -22.3%
Tioga 178 152 116 97 103 6.2%
Union 74 60 75 20 48 140.0%
Venango 143 196 392 182 181 -0.5%
Warren 111 119 138 125 144 15.2%
Washington 428 740 639 721 911 26.4%
Wayne 88 73 105 81 80 -1.2%
Westmoreland 737 788 863 935 1,219 30.4%
Wyoming 123 141 99 136 116 -14.7%
York 1,684 1,776 1,861 1,539 1,881 22.2%
TOTAL 41,036 43,533 45,504 43,939 45,573 3.7%

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

Delinquency Dispositions as a Percent

of Juvenile Population, 2007
% OF JUVENILE DISPOSITION DISPOSITIONS
COUNTY TOTAL STATEWIDE AGE 10-17 POPULATION RANK PER AS A % OF
DISPOSITIONS DISPOSITIONS POPULATION RANK 100,000 JUV. POP.
Adams 419 0.9% 10,963 30 17 3.8%
Allegheny 4,692 10.3% 121,747 2 16 3.9%
Armstrong 236 0.5% 6,962 39 25 3.4%
Beaver 548 1.2% 17,652 21 29 3.1%
Bedford 74 0.2% 5,074 45 65 1.5%
Berks 1,828 4.0% 44,531 9 13 4.1%
Blair 516 1.1% 12,365 28 10 4.2%
Bradford 123 0.3% 6,870 40 60 1.8%
Bucks 1,790 3.9% 70,509 4 40 2.5%
Butler 364 0.8% 19,874 20 59 1.8%
Cambria 497 1.1% 13,462 25 19 3.7%
Cameron 12 0.0% 584 67 54 2.1%
Carbon 183 0.4% 6,187 41 32 3.0%
Centre 249 0.5% 10,944 31 49 2.3%
Chester 1,088 2.4% 55,582 7 57 2.0%
Clarion 86 0.2% 3,829 56 50 2.2%
Clearfield 133 0.3% 8,151 35 63 1.6%
Clinton 46 0.1% 3,490 58 67 1.3%
Columbia 286 0.6% 5,803 43 4 4.9%
Crawford 203 0.4% 9,420 33 52 2.2%
Cumberland 644 1.4% 22,167 16 33 2.9%
Dauphin 1,548 3.4% 27,891 15 2 5.6%
Delaware 1,631 3.6% 63,726 5 39 2.6%
Elk 82 0.2% 3,380 59 43 2.4%
Erie 1,061 2.3% 31,161 12 24 3.4%
Fayette 383 0.8% 14,533 23 37 2.6%
Forest 25 0.1% 693 65 21 3.6%
Franklin 636 1.4% 14,674 22 9 4.3%
Fulton 31 0.1% 1,583 64 56 2.0%
Greene 177 0.4% 3,878 55 6 4.6%
Huntingdon 87 0.2% 4,216 52 53 2.1%
Indiana 179 0.4% 7,775 36 48 2.3%
Jefferson 178 0.4% 4,509 50 15 3.9%
Juniata 53 0.1% 2,453 61 51 2.2%

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Delinquency Dispositions as a Percent
of Juvenile Population, 2007
% OF JUVENILE DISPOSITION DISPOSITIONS
COUNTY TOTAL STATEWIDE AGE 10-17 POPULATION RANK PER AS A % OF
DISPOSITIONS DISPOSITIONS POPULATION RANK 100,000 JUV. POP.
Lackawanna 425 0.9% 20,747 17 55 2.0%
Lancaster 1,494 3.3% 57,462 6 38 2.6%
Lawrence 382 0.8% 9,545 32 14 4.0%
Lebanon 402 0.9% 13,216 26 30 3.0%
Lehigh 1,521 3.3% 36,906 10 12 4.1%
Luzerne 1,066 2.3% 30,215 14 22 3.5%
Lycoming 567 1.2% 11,761 29 5 4.8%
McKean 105 0.2% 4,544 49 47 2.3%
Mercer 303 0.7% 12,422 27 42 2.4%
Mifflin 85 0.2% 4,943 47 62 1.7%
Monroe 481 1.1% 20,670 18 46 2.3%
Montgomery 2,294 5.0% 84,231 3 36 2.7%
Montour 55 0.1% 1,940 63 34 2.8%
Northampton 1089 2.4% 31,074 13 23 3.5%
Northumberland 502 1.1% 8,631 34 1 5.8%
Perry 136 0.3% 4,973 46 35 2.7%
Philadelphia 8,796 19.3% 163,899 1 3 5.4%
Pike 136 0.3% 7,272 38 58 1.9%
Potter 72 0.2% 1,955 62 20 3.7%
Schuylkill 443 1.0% 13,698 24 28 3.2%
Snyder 174 0.4% 3,886 54 7 4.5%
Somerset 178 0.4% 7,464 37 44 2.4%
Sullivan 16 0.0% 676 66 45 2.4%
Susquehanna 80 0.2% 4,578 48 61 1.7%
Tioga 103 0.2% 4,188 53 41 2.5%
Union 48 0.1% 3,598 57 66 1.3%
Venango 181 0.4% 5,984 42 31 3.0%
Warren 144 0.3% 4,318 51 27 3.3%
Washington 911 2.0% 20,443 19 8 4.5%
Wayne 80 0.2% 5,384 44 64 1.5%
Westmoreland 1219 2.7% 36,191 11 26 3.4%
Wyoming 116 0.3% 3,110 60 18 3.7%
York 1,881 4.1% 45,494 8 11 4.1%
TOTAL 45,573 100.0% 1,322,056 3.4%

Delinquency Dispositions by Type, 2007

TRANSFER TRANSFER DISMISSED,
COUNTY TOTAL TO CRIMINAL TO OTHER COMPLAINT WARNED, INFORMAL FINES/COSTS NOT
DISPOS. COURT COURT WITHDRAWN CASE CLOSED ADJUSTMENT ORDERED SUBSTANTIATED
Adams 419 6 22 46 32 106 7 7
Allegheny 4,692 6 32 708 448 687 0 677
Armstrong 236 0 7 15 34 49 23 10
Beaver 548 1 4 33 8 142 1 75
Bedford 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Berks 1,828 2 55 47 522 284 54 31
Blair 516 0 9 44 0 37 219 55
Bradford 123 1 2 6 1 15 0 3
Bucks 1,790 0 118 132 10 276 180 21
Butler 364 4 50 14 19 17 14 6
Cambria 497 3 23 24 5 0 87 37
Cameron 12 0 0 0 3 1 0 0
Carbon 183 1 18 5 33 2 0 1
Centre 249 0 17 3 0 0 2 7
Chester 1,088 3 42 71 24 91 211 10
Clarion 86 0 7 7 2 13 3 6
Clearfield 133 0 15 1 1 6 6 1
Clinton 46 0 0 0 3 1 0 2
Columbia 286 1 21 56 7 91 2 2
Crawford 203 1 15 16 1 12 0 6
Cumberland 644 0 61 33 132 133 0 0
Dauphin 1,548 12 64 43 131 71 117 64
Delaware 1,631 13 102 71 24 0 2 35
Elk 82 0 1 3 0 15 2 0
Erie 1,061 1 21 63 69 240 0 10
Fayette 383 0 5 11 150 31 3 2
Forest 25 0 4 3 4 3 1 0
Franklin 636 4 39 37 17 41 60 17
Fulton 31 3 5 0 0 0 2 0
Greene 177 1 2 6 0 117 3 2
Huntingdon 87 1 12 0 4 2 2 6
Indiana 179 0 13 13 5 38 62 4
Jefferson 178 2 15 13 0 2 29 3
Juniata 53 1 3 0 2 4 3 1
Lackawanna 425 5 19 1 1 52 10 13

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REFERRAL TO PROBATION CONTINUED
COUNTY PROTECTIVE AGENCY/ CONSENT PROBATION W/DAY PREVIOUS OTHER PLACEMENT
SUPERVISION INDIVIDUAL DECREE* TREATMENT DISPOSITION DISPOSITIONS
Adams 0 1 51 100 2 0 7 32
Allegheny 0 0 905 465 237 8 140 379
Armstrong 0 5 34 35 0 0 17 7
Beaver 0 0 158 64 2 8 22 30
Bedford 0 0 13 49 0 0 1 5
Berks 0 3 280 167 66 83 67 167
Blair 0 7 106 10 1 8 4 16
Bradford 0 0 49 34 0 0 2 10
Bucks 3 1 278 370 0 9 144 248
Butler 0 0 113 101 2 11 4 9
Cambria 1 2 159 98 0 27 23 8
Cameron 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 2
Carbon 0 0 54 25 1 0 24 19
Centre 0 0 124 64 5 5 0 22
Chester 0 2 99 389 0 0 32 114
Clarion 0 2 27 16 0 0 2 1
Clearfield 0 0 32 60 0 0 2 9
Clinton 0 0 9 19 1 3 0 8
Columbia 0 2 1 38 5 1 37 22
Crawford 0 0 32 98 0 4 4 14
Cumberland 0 9 195 23 0 10 21 27
Dauphin 0 1 442 314 21 66 20 182
Delaware 0 0 324 852 0 5 0 203
Elk 0 1 47 5 0 0 3 5
Erie 0 0 156 225 32 42 14 188
Fayette 0 0 93 36 12 11 13 16
Forest 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 3
Franklin 0 3 145 141 1 7 62 62
Fulton 0 0 7 12 0 0 1 1
Greene 0 2 15 24 0 0 1 4
Huntingdon 0 0 30 20 0 0 2 8
Indiana 0 1 13 15 1 0 12 2
Jefferson 0 0 68 23 0 7 5 11
Juniata 0 0 13 19 0 0 1 6
Lackawanna 0 5 99 140 0 9 35 36

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TRANSFER TRANSFER DISMISSED,
COUNTY TOTAL TO CRIMINAL TO OTHER COMPLAINT WARNED, INFORMAL FINES/COSTS NOT
DISPOS. COURT COURT WITHDRAWN CASE CLOSED ADJUSTMENT ORDERED SUBSTANTIATED
Lancaster 1,494 5 65 283 157 321 11 20
Lawrence 382 1 13 48 0 178 0 5
Lebanon 402 7 30 10 4 93 5 5
Lehigh 1,521 0 52 43 168 88 80 17
Luzerne 1,066 4 33 3 6 57 473 39
Lycoming 567 14 24 8 0 108 29 8
McKean 105 0 11 0 3 16 1 2
Mercer 303 1 11 21 0 35 17 10
Mifflin 85 0 4 0 1 2 18 4
Monroe 481 5 17 19 11 5 86 7
Montgomery 2,294 3 144 29 1 323 672 47
Montour 55 4 11 1 0 7 2 0
Northampton 1,089 7 72 41 49 245 56 25
Northumberland 502 1 37 7 36 103 103 4
Perry 136 0 6 2 5 48 5 5
Philadelphia 8,796 13 4 1,255 268 1,499 0 609
Pike 136 2 8 0 0 0 24 3
Potter 72 0 9 13 0 0 0 5
Schuylkill 443 2 8 14 11 67 204 1
Snyder 174 5 34 11 0 0 21 2
Somerset 178 0 7 34 24 0 2 3
Sullivan 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Susquehanna 80 4 6 11 2 7 3 0
Tioga 103 1 2 5 0 0 10 0
Union 48 0 12 0 0 8 2 1
Venango 181 0 8 28 0 15 0 1
Warren 144 0 5 6 3 17 13 4
Washington 911 0 26 57 64 131 348 10
Wayne 80 0 8 3 6 16 0 0
Westmoreland 1,219 1 53 16 352 135 76 40
Wyoming 116 0 13 7 1 0 28 4
York 1,881 5 34 80 40 413 564 32
TOTAL 45,573 157 1,590 3,580 2,904 6,516 3,958 2,033
% of Total 100.0% 0.3% 3.5% 7.9% 6.4% 14.3% 8.7% 4.5%

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REFERRAL TO PROBATION CONTINUED
COUNTY PROTECTIVE AGENCY/ CONSENT PROBATION W/DAY PREVIOUS OTHER PLACEMENT
SUPERVISION INDIVIDUAL DECREE* TREATMENT DISPOSITION DISPOSITIONS
Lancaster 0 0 22 474 1 16 12 107
Lawrence 0 1 89 43 0 0 1 3
Lebanon 0 2 141 75 0 1 3 26
Lehigh 0 48 146 454 2 141 77 205
Luzerne 0 4 58 121 7 8 33 220
Lycoming 0 5 190 73 18 8 51 31
McKean 0 0 30 31 0 2 4 5
Mercer 2 8 35 101 3 4 18 37
Mifflin 0 0 7 35 0 0 6 8
Monroe 0 0 30 160 10 1 19 111
Montgomery 0 0 169 475 2 4 215 210
Montour 0 0 3 21 0 0 4 2
Northampton 0 16 66 306 0 41 96 69
Northumberland 1 5 45 67 11 52 10 20
Perry 0 0 16 36 0 1 3 9
Philadelphia 0 5 2,523 541 31 149 1,722 177
Pike 0 0 26 46 2 0 7 18
Potter 0 0 12 32 0 0 0 1
Schuylkill 0 0 6 55 0 7 39 29
Snyder 0 1 19 34 0 3 41 3
Somerset 0 0 45 49 1 2 6 5
Sullivan 0 0 7 8 0 0 0 1
Susquehanna 0 1 15 25 0 3 2 1
Tioga 0 3 44 18 0 0 11 9
Union 0 0 5 15 0 1 2 2
Venango 0 0 52 59 0 1 12 5
Warren 0 0 60 20 0 1 3 12
Washington 0 2 43 137 0 3 36 54
Wayne 0 0 22 15 0 0 5 5
Westmoreland 17 4 193 161 12 6 91 62
Wyoming 0 2 2 51 0 0 3 5
York 0 14 100 251 9 167 46 126
TOTAL 24 168 8,399 8,046 498 946 3,300 3,454
% of Total 0.1% 0.4% 18.4% 17.7% 1.1% 2.1% 7.2% 7.6%
*The following counties had a total of 1,794 cases where the disposition was reported as either deferred adjudication or deferred placement with
no reported adjudication of delinquency at the time of disposition. These dispositions have been included with the disposition of Consent
Decree. (Bedford-1, Butler-1, Carbon-6, Centre-47, Chester-5, Clearfield-1, Clinton-1, Crawford-1, Dauphin-1, Erie-27, Greene-1, Jefferson-3,
Lackawanna-3, Lebanon-131, Lycoming-81, Mercer-6, Northumberland-1, Philadelphia-1,461, Snyder-1, Washington-2, Westmoreland-11, York-
2).

Type of Attorney Representation

in Delinquency Proceedings, 2007
This chart presents a summary of the data included in the table found on page 14. The Court Appointed
column of the table includes those cases where counsel, other than the public defender, was appointed by the
court. Attorney representation at the court hearing may be waived. These cases are reflected in the table as
well as in the chart below.
The data on attorney representation include only the 27,892 dispositions made as a result of a hearing before
a master or a judge. Informally handled cases, reviews, and dependency cases are not included.
Legal representation in delinquency proceedings, during 2007, was most often provided by public defenders,
who were involved in 67% of the delinquency dispositions involving hearings. Private attorneys provided
legal representation in 18.7% of delinquency dispositions involving hearings, followed by court appointed
attorneys at 10.4%. Legal representation was waived in 3.8% of delinquency dispositions involving hearings.
ATTORNEY REPRESENTATION:
DELINQUENCY DISPOSITIONS
Waived
3.8%
Court Not
Appointed Reported
10.4% 0.0%
Private
18.7%
Public Defender
67.0%

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Type of Attorney Representation
in Delinquency Proceedings, 2007
TYPE OF NUMBER OF PUBLIC COURT NOT
PROCEEDINGS DEFENDER % PRIVATE % APPOINTED % WAIVED % REPORTED %
DISPOSITION
Transfer to 154 94 61.0% 33 21.4% 24 15.6% 3 2.0% 0 0.0%

Criminal Court
Transfer to Other 1,419 1,015 71.5% 165 11.6% 181 12.8% 58 4.1% 0 0.0%
Juvenile Court
Complaint 2,223 1,391 62.6% 553 24.9% 212 9.5% 64 2.9% 3 0.1%
Withdrawn
Warned, 872 549 63.0% 191 21.9% 87 10.0% 45 5.2% 0 0.0%

Case Closed
Informal 84 53 63.1% 13 15.5% 5 6.0% 13 15.5% 0 0.0%

Adjustment
Fines/Costs 368 250 67.9% 51 13.9% 45 12.2% 22 6.0% 0 0.0%

Ordered
Dismissed, 2,006 1,230 61.3% 368 18.3% 214 10.7% 193 9.6% 1 0.1%
Not Substantiated
Referred to 45 34 75.6% 3 6.7% 4 8.9% 4 8.9% 0 0.0%

Agency/Individual
Consent 7,016 4,659 66.4% 1,571 22.4% 590 8.4% 196 2.8% 0 0.0%
Decree
Probation 7,977 5,293 66.4% 1,472 18.5% 968 12.1% 242 3.0% 2 0.0%
Continued 527 374 71.0% 83 15.8% 46 8.7% 24 4.6% 0 0.0%

Previous Dispo.
Other 1,334 948 71.1% 251 18.8% 52 3.9% 83 6.2% 0 0.0%

Disposition
Placement 3,347 2,455 73.4% 400 12.0% 374 11.2% 117 3.5% 1 0.0%
Protective 24 20 83.3% 0 0.0% 1 4.2% 3 12.5% 0 0.0%

Supervision
Probation w/ Day 496 318 64.1% 70 14.1% 105 21.2% 3 0.6% 0 0.0%
Treatment
TOTAL 27,892 18,683 67.0% 5,224 18.7% 2,908 10.4% 1,070 3.8% 7 0.0%

Delinquency Dispositions by Source of Allegation, 2007

OTHER
TOTAL POLICE DISTRICT JUSTICE JUVENILE COURT PROBATION OTHER
COUNTY DISPOS.
N % N % N % N % N %
Adams 419 272 64.9% 134 32.0% 13 3.1% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%

Allegheny 4,692 3,046 64.9% 868 18.5% 125 2.7% 15 0.3% 638 13.6%
Armstrong 236 158 67.0% 55 23.3% 22 9.3% 0 0.0% 1 0.4%
Beaver 548 389 71.0% 108 19.7% 33 6.0% 5 0.9% 13 2.4%
Bedford 74 65 87.8% 7 9.5% 2 2.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Berks 1,828 1,034 56.6% 713 39.0% 68 3.7% 1 0.1% 12 0.7%
Blair 516 260 50.4% 208 40.3% 19 3.7% 0 0.0% 29 5.6%
Bradford 123 119 96.8% 0 0.0% 3 2.4% 1 0.8% 0 0.0%
Bucks 1,790 1,349 75.4% 365 20.4% 59 3.3% 13 0.7% 4 0.2%
Butler 364 337 92.6% 12 3.3% 12 3.3% 1 0.3% 2 0.6%
Cambria 497 364 73.2% 99 19.9% 13 2.6% 0 0.0% 21 4.2%
Cameron 12 8 66.7% 2 16.7% 2 16.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Carbon 183 132 72.1% 35 19.1% 13 7.1% 0 0.0% 3 1.6%
Centre 249 233 93.6% 2 0.8% 1 0.4% 9 3.6% 4 1.6%
Chester 1,088 835 76.8% 182 16.7% 69 6.3% 2 0.2% 0 0.0%
Clarion 86 67 77.9% 15 17.4% 4 4.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Clearfield 133 114 85.7% 16 12.0% 1 0.8% 0 0.0% 2 1.5%
Clinton 46 32 69.6% 0 0.0% 4 8.7% 3 6.5% 7 15.2%
Columbia 286 128 44.8% 133 46.5% 25 8.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Crawford 203 150 73.9% 26 12.8% 9 4.4% 17 8.4% 1 0.5%
Cumberland 644 521 80.9% 54 8.4% 60 9.3% 0 0.0% 9 1.4%
Dauphin 1,548 1,263 81.6% 239 15.4% 42 2.7% 0 0.0% 4 0.3%
Delaware 1,631 1,601 98.2% 3 0.2% 27 1.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Elk 82 62 75.6% 16 19.5% 4 4.9% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Erie 1,061 833 78.5% 187 17.6% 23 2.2% 0 0.0% 18 1.7%
Fayette 383 232 60.6% 91 23.8% 28 7.3% 5 1.3% 27 7.1%
Forest 25 17 68.0% 7 28.0% 1 4.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Franklin 636 512 80.5% 111 17.5% 10 1.6% 0 0.0% 3 0.5%
Fulton 31 28 90.3% 2 6.5% 0 0.0% 1 3.2% 0 0.0%
Greene 177 62 35.0% 4 2.3% 3 1.7% 1 0.6% 107 60.5%
Huntingdon 87 78 89.7% 0 0.0% 8 9.2% 0 0.0% 1 1.2%
Indiana 179 96 53.6% 61 34.1% 17 9.5% 0 0.0% 5 2.8%
Jefferson 178 118 66.3% 43 24.2% 8 4.5% 7 3.9% 2 1.1%
Juniata 53 39 73.6% 8 15.1% 6 11.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%

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Delinquency Dispositions by Source of Allegation, 2007
OTHER
TOTAL POLICE DISTRICT JUSTICE JUVENILE COURT PROBATION OTHER
COUNTY DISPOS.
N % N % N % N % N %
Lackawanna 425 375 88.2% 6 1.4% 25 5.9% 17 4.0% 2 0.5%

Lancaster 1,494 997 66.7% 448 30.0% 42 2.8% 7 0.5% 0 0.0%
Lawrence 382 226 59.2% 139 36.4% 11 2.9% 4 1.1% 2 0.5%
Lebanon 402 397 98.8% 0 0.0% 4 1.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.3%
Lehigh 1,521 1,127 74.1% 208 13.7% 83 5.5% 84 5.5% 19 1.3%
Luzerne 1,066 503 47.2% 474 44.5% 32 3.0% 0 0.0% 57 5.4%
Lycoming 567 377 66.5% 176 31.0% 13 2.3% 0 0.0% 1 0.2%
McKean 105 103 98.1% 0 0.0% 2 1.9% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Mercer 303 264 87.1% 30 9.9% 8 2.6% 1 0.3% 0 0.0%
Mifflin 85 55 64.7% 17 20.0% 12 14.1% 1 1.2% 0 0.0%
Monroe 481 329 68.4% 102 21.2% 49 10.2% 0 0.0% 1 0.2%
Montgomery 2,294 1,487 64.8% 705 30.7% 90 3.9% 0 0.0% 12 0.5%
Montour 55 47 85.5% 0 0.0% 5 9.1% 3 5.5% 0 0.00%
Northampton 1,089 827 75.94% 192 17.6% 68 6.2% 1 0.1% 1 0.1%
Northumberland 502 296 59.0% 175 34.9% 11 2.2% 20 4.0% 0 0.0%
Perry 136 119 87.5% 0 0.0% 16 11.8% 0 0.0% 1 0.7%
Philadelphia 8,796 8,326 94.7% 0 0.0% 259 2.9% 0 0.0% 211 2.4%
Pike 136 112 82.4% 11 8.1% 9 6.6% 3 2.2% 1 0.7%
Potter 72 56 77.8% 15 20.8% 1 1.4% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Schuylkill 443 210 47.4% 205 46.3% 25 5.6% 1 0.2% 2 0.5%
Snyder 174 132 75.9% 26 14.9% 8 4.6% 0 0.0% 8 4.6%
Somerset 178 140 78.7% 30 16.9% 8 4.5% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Sullivan 16 15 93.8% 0 0.0% 1 6.3% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Susquehanna 80 60 75.0% 9 11.3% 9 11.3% 0 0.0% 2 2.5%
Tioga 103 80 77.7% 13 12.6% 10 9.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Union 48 41 85.4% 1 2.1% 3 6.3% 1 2.1% 2 4.2%
Venango 181 138 76.2% 35 19.3% 5 2.8% 3 1.7% 0 0.0%
Warren 144 102 70.8% 34 23.6% 7 4.9% 1 0.7% 0 0.0%
Washington 911 408 44.8% 381 41.8% 42 4.6% 0 0.0% 80 8.8%
Wayne 80 71 88.8% 0 0.0% 8 10.0% 1 1.3% 0 0.0%
Westmoreland 1,219 689 56.5% 299 24.5% 43 3.5% 5 0.4% 183 15.0%
Wyoming 116 63 54.3% 31 26.7% 7 6.0% 0 0.0% 15 12.9%
York 1,881 1,016 54.0% 802 42.6% 42 2.2% 0 0.0% 21 1.1%
TOTAL 45,573 33,742 74.0% 8,370 18.4% 1,692 3.7% 234 0.5% 1,535 3.4%

Time Lapse from Allegation to Disposition

for Delinquency Cases, 2007
Time lapse information is FORMAL DISPOSITIONS INFORMAL DISPOSITIONS
TOTAL
calculated from the date of COUNTY DISPOSITIONS MEDIAN MEDIAN
TOTAL TOTAL
allegation to the date of IN DAYS IN DAYS
disposition. Disposition re- Adams 419 217 104.0 202 43.5
views, placement reviews, Allegheny 4,692 3,477 111.0 1,215 123.0
and dependency cases are not
Armstrong 236 87 117.0 149 70.0
included. Dispositions are
grouped into one of two Beaver 548 192 68.0 356 35.0
categories: formal or infor- Bedford 74 74 71.5 0 0.0
mal. A disposition is counted Berks 1,828 916 105.0 912 37.0
in the formal category if a Blair 516 242 93.0 274 114.0
date was reported in the Date
Bradford 123 68 134.5 55 84.0
of Hearing field indicating
that a hearing before a judge Bucks 1,790 1,229 105.0 561 91.0
or master was conducted. Butler 364 330 59.0 34 134.5
Cambria 497 395 93.0 102 58.0
Cameron 12 7 49.0 5 24.5
Carbon 183 61 74.0 122 80.0
Centre 249 244 77.0 5 223.0
Chester 1,088 688 114.0 400 145.0
Clarion 86 55 58.0 31 62.0
Clearfield 133 91 93.0 42 63.0
Clinton 46 38 31.5 8 22.5
Columbia 286 89 71.0 197 28.0
Crawford 203 150 88.0 53 69.0
Cumberland 644 171 63.0 473 41.0
Dauphin 1,548 1,239 116.0 309 141.0
Delaware 1,631 1,625 82.0 6 349.0
Elk 82 43 63.0 39 35.0
Erie 1,061 683 112.5 378 55.0
Fayette 383 76 51.5 307 33.0
Forest 25 13 60.0 12 52.0
Franklin 636 287 81.0 349 63.0
Fulton 31 23 98.0 8 24.5
Greene 177 35 123.0 142 32.5
Huntingdon 87 83 84.0 4 89.0
Indiana 179 44 79.0 135 35.0
Jefferson 178 56 57.0 122 41.5
Juniata 53 53 38.0 0 0.0

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Time Lapse from Allegation to Disposition
for Delinquency Cases, 2007
FORMAL DISPOSITIONS INFORMAL DISPOSITIONS
TOTAL
COUNTY DISPOSITIONS MEDIAN MEDIAN
TOTAL TOTAL
IN DAYS IN DAYS
Lackawanna 425 378 64.0 47 30.5
Lancaster 1,494 766 101.0 728 50.0
Lawrence 382 69 66.0 313 30.0
Lebanon 402 299 60.0 103 29.0
Lehigh 1,521 873 63.0 648 76.5
Luzerne 1,066 498 62.0 568 7.0
Lycoming 567 371 28.0 196 35.5
McKean 105 72 72.0 33 44.5
Mercer 303 220 100.0 83 62.0
Mifflin 85 63 56.0 22 101.0
Monroe 481 356 116.5 125 192.0
Montgomery 2,294 1,147 93.0 1,147 34.0
Montour 55 43 74.0 12 27.0
Northampton 1,089 582 97.5 507 49.0
Northumberland 502 135 125.0 367 74.5
Perry 136 78 72.0 58 23.0
Philadelphia 8,796 6,302 65.0 2,494 30.0
Pike 136 118 124.0 18 58.0
Potter 72 69 69.5 3 15.0
Schuylkill 443 104 118.0 339 17.0
Snyder 174 102 78.5 72 64.5
Somerset 178 94 117.0 84 90.5
Sullivan 16 13 100.5 3 226.0
Susquehanna 80 56 50.0 24 51.0
Tioga 103 60 49.0 43 16.5
Union 48 32 153.0 16 122.5
Venango 181 120 78.0 61 158.0
Warren 144 57 53.0 87 20.5
Washington 911 325 83.0 586 47.0
Wayne 80 49 161.0 31 139.5
Westmoreland 1,219 726 126.0 493 130.0
Wyoming 116 88 58.0 28 58.0
York 1,881 546 138.5 1,335 34.0
TOTAL 45,573 27,892 87.0 17,681 44.0

Median Time Lapse for Formal Cases

by Type of Disposition, 2007
Date of Number of Median
Type of Disposition
Allegation to Dispositions Days
Date of Placement ................................................................ 3,347 .................... 56.0

Disposition Referred to Agency/Individual ....................................... 45 .................... 61.5
Other Dispositions .................................................... 1,334 .................... 67.0
Protective Supervision .................................................. 24 .................... 70.0
Transfer to Other Juvenile Court ............................. 1,419 .................... 76.0
Transfer to Criminal Court ........................................... 154 .................... 78.0
Probation w/ DayTreatment ........................................ 496 .................... 79.0
Consent Decree ....................................................... 7,016 .................... 82.0
Informal Adjustment ...................................................... 84 .................... 86.0
Continued Previous Disposition .................................. 527 .................... 87.0
Complaint Withdrawn ............................................... 2,223 .................... 93.0
Probation .................................................................. 7,977 .................... 97.0
Warned, Case Closed ................................................. 872 .................. 105.0
Dismissed Not Substantiated ................................... 2,006 .................. 108.0
NOTE: Fines/Costs ................................................................. 368 .................. 113.0
Does not include
disposition and Total ....................................................................... 27,892 .................... 87.0
placement reviews.
Median Time Lapse for Informal Cases

by Type of Disposition, 2007
Date of Number of Median
Type of Disposition
Allegation to Dispositions Days
Date of Transfer to Criminal Court ............................................... 3 .................... 11.0

Disposition Referred to Agency/Individual ..................................... 123 .................... 20.5
Continued Previous Disposition .................................. 419 .................... 25.0
Fines/Costs .............................................................. 3,590 .................... 28.0
Placement ................................................................... 107 .................... 42.0
Informal Adjustment ................................................. 6,432 .................... 45.0
Other Dispos ............................................................ 1,966 .................... 46.0
Transfer to Other Court ............................................... 171 .................... 51.0
Consent Decree ....................................................... 1,383 .................... 59.0
Warned, Case Closed .............................................. 2,032 .................... 65.0
Complaint Withdrawn ............................................... 1,357 .................... 72.0
Probation ....................................................................... 69 .................. 139.0
Dismissed Not Substantiated ........................................ 27 .................. 149.0
NOTE: Probation with Day Treatment ........................................ 2 .................. 274.0
Does not include
disposition and Total ....................................................................... 17,681 .................... 44.0
placement reviews.

Delinquency Placements, 2003 - 2007

DELINQUENCY PLACEMENTS
Including Disposition Reviews
8000
7,408 7,421 7,525

7000
7,012 7,044
6000
5000 4,591 4,634 4,536 4,715 4,695
4000
3000
2,198 1,994 2,144
1,710 1,834
2000
1000 619 668 674 712 686
2003N 2004 2005 2006 2007
StatewideN Philadelphia CountyN

Remaining Counties Allegheny County
NPlease refer to the note on page 2 regarding Philadelphia dispositions.
PLACEMENTS AS A PERCENT OF DISPOSITIONS

15
14.1
13.1
12.8
12.5 12.4
11.9
12
10.7
10.4 10.3
9.9
9.6
9 9.5 9.5 9.4

9.1
8.4
7.2 7.2
6.9
6.6
6
2003N 2004 2005 2006 2007


PERCENT PLACEMENT
COUNTY 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 CHANGE AS A % OF
06-07 DISPOSITION
Adams 44 32 37 41 54 31.7% 11.9%
Allegheny 619 668 674 712 686 -3.7% 8.4%
Armstrong 15 18 13 11 11 0.0% 4.5%
Beaver 49 42 36 43 52 20.9% 8.5%
Bedford 2 5 14 27 13 -51.9% 12.3%
Berks 215 220 256 272 301 10.7% 13.4%
Blair 21 24 23 15 20 33.3% 3.8%
Bradford 5 11 6 8 11 37.5% 8.8%
Bucks 445 436 349 409 438 7.1% 20.0%
Butler 31 28 29 43 37 -14.0% 6.2%
Cambria 36 26 25 27 10 -63.0% 1.7%
Cameron 3 3 6 5 6 20.0% 33.3%
Carbon 22 24 21 22 27 22.7% 14.1%
Centre 21 21 27 34 38 11.8% 11.7%
Chester 155 197 198 182 167 -8.2% 14.6%
Clarion 18 12 12 15 7 -53.3% 6.0%
Clearfield 10 15 15 13 13 0.0% 8.7%
Clinton 18 9 17 16 15 -6.3% 26.3%
Columbia 17 23 19 25 24 -4.0% 8.1%
Crawford 31 34 24 29 14 -51.7% 6.8%
Cumberland 23 25 37 33 39 18.2% 4.2%
Dauphin 266 262 212 235 323 37.4% 17.7%
Delaware 316 322 296 421 471 11.9% 20.2%
Elk 4 8 7 6 7 16.7% 8.1%
Erie 249 259 233 276 251 -9.1% 21.7%
Fayette 25 34 36 29 25 -13.8% 6.4%
Forest 0 0 1 1 4 300.0% 15.4%
Franklin 75 82 63 78 66 -15.4% 10.2%
Fulton 4 2 4 4 2 -50.0% 5.1%
Greene 14 5 12 6 5 -16.7% 2.8%
Huntingdon 12 6 3 6 8 33.3% 9.2%
Indiana 9 6 9 10 6 -40.0% 3.3%
Jefferson 36 24 23 37 27 -27.0% 13.6%
Juniata 12 10 6 10 9 -10.0% 15.0%

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PERCENT PLACEMENT
COUNTY 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 CHANGE AS A % OF
06-07 DISPOSITION
Lackawanna 93 100 70 91 65 -28.6% 5.0%
Lancaster 187 193 180 178 147 -17.4% 9.1%
Lawrence 18 17 18 15 12 -20.0% 3.0%
Lebanon 57 38 52 40 32 -20.0% 7.1%
Lehigh 286 272 290 246 265 7.7% 15.7%
Luzerne 403 329 278 298 314 5.4% 25.8%
Lycoming 98 101 134 96 85 -11.5% 11.4%
McKean 5 4 7 9 8 -11.1% 5.3%
Mercer 75 65 65 31 44 41.9% 13.5%
Mifflin 16 17 13 13 21 61.5% 18.8%
Monroe 154 141 184 172 170 -1.2% 30.5%
Montgomery 257 296 343 344 299 -13.1% 12.3%
Montour 8 11 7 2 8 300.0% 11.4%
Northampton 86 114 114 126 114 -9.5% 9.9%
Northumberland 24 26 35 36 28 -22.2% 5.4%
Perry 17 16 18 9 9 0.0% 6.5%
Philadelphia 2,198 1,710 1,834 1,994 2,144 7.5% 7.2%
Pike 18 33 39 32 22 -31.3% 14.4%
Potter 4 1 0 6 1 -83.3% 1.4%
Schuylkill 57 59 61 55 42 -23.6% 9.2%
Snyder 8 13 11 10 10 0.0% 5.3%
Somerset 5 9 9 5 13 160.0% 6.6%
Sullivan 1 2 1 2 3 50.0% 15.0%
Susquehanna 10 9 6 7 3 -57.1% 3.2%
Tioga 17 11 14 14 11 -21.4% 9.9%
Union 7 11 5 8 5 -37.5% 8.2%
Venango 12 22 20 12 7 -41.7% 3.8%
Warren 13 18 18 18 17 -5.6% 10.9%
Washington 105 121 104 101 100 -1.0% 10.1%
Wayne 22 19 33 14 10 -28.6% 11.8%
Westmoreland 92 107 117 108 103 -4.6% 7.2%
Wyoming 7 18 9 21 16 -23.8% 12.0%
York 226 216 212 207 210 1.4% 8.5%
TOTAL 7,408 7,012 7,044 7,421 7,525 1.4% 9.9%

NOTE: Does not include placement reviews.

Delinquency Placements by Type, 2007

TOTAL PRIVATE DPW GROUP FOSTER SECURITY DRUG & WILDERNESS BOOT INDEP. OTHER
COUNTY PLACEMENTS INSTITUTION OPEN YDC HOME CARE ALCOHOL BASED† CAMP LIVING TYPE
Adams 54 11 2 16 6 0 9 10 0 0 0
Allegheny 686 180 45 195 0 50 43 60 98 14 1
Armstrong 11 1 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Beaver 52 15 0 13 3 7 8 0 2 3 1
Bedford 13 3 0 2 0 1 5 1 1 0 0
Berks 301 165 17 13 5 21 19 34 17 7 3
Blair 20 7 0 4 3 4 2 0 0 0 0
Bradford 11 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2
Bucks 438 57 1 94 47 12 93 82 46 1 5
Butler 37 7 1 10 0 0 3 0 8 7 1
Cambria 10 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1
Cameron 6 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
Carbon 27 7 0 1 0 5 2 3 9 0 0
Centre 38 10 0 9 0 2 0 2 14 0 1
Chester 167 63 2 20 5 13 23 28 8 4 1
Clarion 7 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Clearfield 13 5 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 1
Clinton 15 6 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1
Columbia 24 0 1 3 5 1 0 4 9 1 0
Crawford 14 3 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 2
Cumberland 39 8 0 5 1 3 14 0 6 0 2
Dauphin 323 107 18 78 1 9 16 24 41 5 24
Delaware 471 134 4 57 0 35 82 109 48 1 1
Elk 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erie 251 62 0 67 1 17 51 0 52 1 0
Fayette 25 14 1 3 0 2 3 0 2 0 0
Forest 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Franklin 66 19 1 10 4 1 1 8 7 0 15
Fulton 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Greene 5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
Huntingdon 8 3 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
Indiana 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Jefferson 27 21 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
Juniata 9 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 3
† Placements to the Department of Public Welfare Youth Forestry Camps are included in either Wilderness-Based, Boot Camp, Drug & Alcohol, or
Other category, depending upon the type of service reported.

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Delinquency Placements by Type, 2007
TOTAL PRIVATE DPW GROUP FOSTER SECURITY DRUG & WILDERNESS BOOT INDEP. OTHER
COUNTY PLACEMENTS INSTITUTION OPEN YDC HOME CARE ALCOHOL BASED† CAMP LIVING TYPE
Lackawanna 65 18 3 6 3 6 23 0 4 0 2
Lancaster 147 32 15 38 0 21 20 12 8 1 0
Lawrence 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanon 32 13 0 1 1 4 5 1 7 0 0
Lehigh 265 31 4 10 0 46 22 97 50 0 5
Luzerne 314 80 0 2 0 26 35 125 34 7 5
Lycoming 85 39 0 0 9 3 4 9 21 0 0
McKean 8 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0
Mercer 44 14 0 10 0 3 3 5 8 1 0
Mifflin 21 4 0 3 0 1 3 6 1 0 3
Monroe 170 42 0 3 0 12 11 44 58 0 0
Montgomery 299 148 5 76 8 4 20 29 2 1 6
Montour 8 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 1
Northampton 114 70 2 9 0 2 12 10 6 0 3
Northumberland 28 2 0 3 7 0 2 7 5 0 2
Perry 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Philadelphia 2,144 1,072 75 55 10 178 345 100 209 18 82
Pike 22 5 1 2 0 1 2 6 5 0 0
Potter 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Schuylkill 42 12 2 2 1 3 3 5 14 0 0
Snyder 10 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
Somerset 13 1 0 1 0 1 2 3 5 0 0
Sullivan 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Susquehanna 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tioga 11 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 0 0
Union 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Venango 7 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warren 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Washington 100 33 0 15 0 28 8 1 10 1 4
Wayne 10 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Westmoreland 103 34 3 22 2 6 27 3 5 0 1
Wyoming 16 4 0 3 0 1 3 0 4 0 1
York 210 60 13 24 1 11 32 28 18 11 12
TOTAL 7,525 2,704 217 918 134 552 979 860 872 88 201
% of Total 100.0% 35.9% 2.9% 12.2% 1.8% 7.3% 13.0% 11.4% 11.6% 1.2% 2.7%

25
Erie
21.7%
Susquehanna
Warren McKean Bradford 3.2%
10.9% Potter Tioga Wayne
5.3% 8.8%
1.4% 9.9% 11.8%
Crawford
6.8%
Forest Wyoming
15.4% 12.0% Lackawanna
Elk Cameron Sullivan
Venango Pike
33.3% 15.0% 5.0%
8.1% 14.4%
3.8% Lycoming
Mercer
Clinton 11.4%
13.5% Luzerne
26.3%
Clarion 25.8%
6.0% Columbia Monroe
Jefferson Montour 30.5%
8.1%
Lawrence 13.6% Clearfield Union 11.4%
3.0% Centre Carbon
8.7% 8.2%
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5 Schuylkill 9.9%
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Allegheny Cambria 1 Ju .0% 17.7%
1.7% Blair 15 Perry Berks
8.4% Bucks
3.8% Lebanon 13.4%
6.5% 20.0%
7.1%
Westmoreland Huntingdon
7.2% 9.2% Montgomery
12.3%
Washington Cumberland
10.1% 4.2% Lancaster
9.1% Chester PhiladelphiaN
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Bedford 14.6% ware 7.2%
Somerset York
12.3% Fulton Adams 20.2%
Greene Fayette 6.6% Franklin
5.1% 8.5%
2.8% 6.4% 10.2% 11.9%
0.0% - 5.0% 10.1% - 15.0% 20.1% - 25.0% 30.1% - 35.0%

5.1% - 10.0% 15.1% - 20.0% 25.1% - 30.0%
NOTE: Does not include placement reviews.

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Delinquency Placements as a % of Dispositions, 2007
PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

Total Delinquency Placements by Type, 2007
This chart depicts the type of placement as a percent of total delinquency placements, including those
resulting from disposition reviews. In general, these data correspond to the types of placement utilized in
the disposition of new cases (see page 23).
The reader is directed to pages 65 and 66 for a breakdown, by county, of the type of service ordered by
courts following disposition reviews.
TOTAL DELINQUENCY PLACEMENTS, INCLUDING DISPOSITION REVIEWS

NOTE: Includes disposition reviews.
Private Institution 35.9%
Drug & Alcohol 12.7%
Group Home 12.2%
Boot Camp 11.6%
Wilderness-Based 8.8%
Private Secure 4.3%
DPW Secure YDC 3.1%
DPW YFC 3.0%
DPW Open YDC 2.9%
Other Placement 2.7%
Foster Care 1.8%
Independent Living 1.2%
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000

Alleged Offenses by Type, 2007
COUNTY PERSON PROPERTY DRUG OTHER TOTAL

Beginning with the 1997 Adams 240 486 141 293 1,160
juvenile court dispositions,
Allegheny 3,644 3,399 1,641 4,106 12,790
the seven most serious
charges per disposition were Armstrong 100 248 70 194 612
collected. This is an increase Beaver 1,693 532 96 397 2,718
from four charges per Bedford 52 68 41 50 211
disposition in previous years.
Berks 706 816 401 1,302 3,225
For this reason, the reader is
cautioned not to compare the Blair 271 412 98 508 1,289
2007 charge information Bradford 75 204 39 68 386
shown on pages 27, 28, 31 and Bucks 1,048 3,097 957 1,834 6,936
32 to reports prior to 1997. Butler 231 426 203 244 1,104
Cambria 393 495 188 528 1,604
Property Offenses represented
33.3% of all alleged offenses Cameron 5 10 5 3 23
in 2007. Offenses against Carbon 102 250 59 131 542
persons comprised 24.6% of Centre 152 558 116 83 909
all alleged offenses, while drug Chester 238 465 224 112 1,039
offenses accounted for 13.7%.
Clarion 146 153 22 77 398
Other offenses accounted for
28.3% of all alleged offenses. Clearfield 85 163 40 82 370
Clinton 23 78 25 29 155
Columbia 63 237 94 266 660
Crawford 140 387 62 121 710
Cumberland 343 698 264 461 1,766
Dauphin 941 1,004 623 1,212 3,780
Delaware 3,397 3,068 1,318 1,527 9,310
Elk 146 129 19 43 337
Erie 709 1,401 295 821 3,226
Fayette 245 273 83 314 915
Forest 32 11 4 24 71
Franklin 428 763 172 385 1,748
Fulton 38 50 5 31 124
Greene 64 94 24 151 333
Huntingdon 57 115 37 68 277
Indiana 39 137 76 164 416
Jefferson 196 184 60 172 612
Juniata 59 46 34 40 179

continued
Alleged Offenses by Type, 2007

Lackawanna 384 352 202 306 1,244
Lancaster 573 1,316 397 1,216 3,502
Lawrence 213 278 48 265 804
Lebanon 282 640 192 210 1,324
Lehigh 1,282 1,354 424 1,571 4,631
Luzerne 378 610 250 992 2,230
Lycoming 284 783 193 491 1,751
McKean 93 124 33 96 346
Mercer 140 310 117 178 745
Mifflin 42 40 21 66 169
Monroe 292 1,092 143 401 1,928
Montgomery 1,522 2,088 932 2,165 6,707
Montour 67 93 11 44 215
Northampton 674 921 463 970 3,028
Northumberland 269 547 101 701 1,618
Perry 68 168 75 45 356
Philadelphia 3,101 2,062 2,710 1,270 9,143
Pike 76 307 71 80 534
Potter 36 47 21 21 125
Schuylkill 146 249 133 391 919
Snyder 94 174 48 184 500
Somerset 141 222 64 128 555
Sullivan 6 9 0 2 17
Susquehanna 30 112 17 45 204
Tioga 67 116 33 87 303
Union 34 62 38 27 161
Venango 117 190 73 150 530
Warren 77 129 39 103 348
Washington 489 617 173 915 2,194
Wayne 43 107 50 71 271
Westmoreland 586 798 409 1,613 3,406
Wyoming 52 49 22 84 207
York 490 1,763 642 1,758 4,653
TOTAL 28,249 38,186 15,681 32,487 114,603
% of Total 24.6% 33.3% 13.7% 28.3% 100.0%
NOTE: Includes most serious seven offenses and counts reported on each case.

Selected Alleged Charges, 2003-2007
The line chart below shows a selection of alleged charges. A disposition with an alleged drug charge and
none of the other listed alleged charges (rape, robbery, aggravated assault) was counted in the drug category.
A disposition with an alleged aggravated assault charge, and no alleged rape or robbery charges was counted
in the aggravated assault category. A disposition with an alleged robbery charge and no alleged rape charge
was counted in the robbery category. Any disposition with an alleged rape charge was counted in the rape
category. For the reasons explained on page 27, the reader is again cautioned not to compare these figures
to those reports prior to 1997.
There were 315 alleged rape charges in 2007, representing a 16.7% increase from 2006. Also of interest,
were the 2,064 alleged robbery charges in 2007, representing an 8.5% increase from 2006 and a 45.5%
increase from 2003. Aggravated Assault charges decreased by 2.8% from 2006.
Please refer to the note on page 2

SELECTED ALLEGED CHARGES regarding Philadelphia dispositions.
8000
Drugs
7,584 7,582 7,675 7,698
7000
7,036
6000
5000
4000
3,628 3,503 3,540 3,441
3,154 Aggravated Assault
3000
2,064 Robbery
2000 1,903
1,688
1,419 1,521
1000
341 294 327 270 315
Rape
0
2003N 2004 2005 2006 2007

Selected Substantiated Charges, 2003-2007
The line chart below shows a selection of substantiated charges. A disposition with a substantiated drug
charge and none of the other listed substantiated charges (rape, robbery, aggravated assault) was counted
in the drug category. A disposition with a substantiated aggravated assault charge, and no substantiated
rape or robbery charges was counted in the aggravated assault category. A disposition with a substantiated
robbery charge and no substantiated rape charge was counted in the robbery category. Any disposition with
a substantiated rape charge was counted in the rape category. For the reasons explained on page 27, the
reader is again cautioned not to compare these figures to those in reports prior to 1997.
There were 51 substantiated rape charges in 2007, representing an 8.5% increase from 2006. Also of interest,
there were 530 substantiated robbery charges representing a 9.1% decrease from 2006. Substantiated
aggravated assault charges decreased 21.5% from 2006 and drug charges decreased 10.6%.
Please refer to the note on page 2

SELECTED SUBSTANTIATED CHARGES regarding Philadelphia dispositions.
4000
3,728
3500 3,315
3,189 3,185
3000 2,846
Drugs
2500
2000
1500
1000
597 577 582 583 530 Robbery
500
515 544 Aggravated Assault
435 441 427
81 61 59 47 51
0 Rape
2003N 2004 2005 2006 2007

Substantiated Offenses by Type, 2007

Substantiated property
offenses represented 36.2% Adams 27 70 34 12 143
of all substantiated offenses Allegheny 825 763 416 858 2,862
in 2007, followed by Armstrong 11 42 4 12 69
substantiated person offenses
Beaver 25 44 14 38 121
(23.7%), and substantiated
drug offenses (15.1%). All Bedford 17 26 16 11 70
other substantiated offenses Berks 383 433 218 412 1,446
accounted for 25% of the Blair 26 29 14 26 95
total substantiated offenses. Bradford 21 24 6 13 64
Bucks 703 1,730 536 927 3,896
Butler 38 80 57 44 219
Cambria 82 124 52 158 416
Cameron 1 8 5 2 16
Carbon 24 45 13 30 112
Centre 48 220 36 29 333
Chester 222 398 217 119 956
Clarion 25 40 11 26 102
Clearfield 35 93 25 40 193
Clinton 16 40 15 17 88
Columbia 16 55 20 41 132
Crawford 56 197 30 51 334
Cumberland 52 123 27 42 244
Dauphin 514 609 380 712 2,215
Delaware 0 0 0 0 0
Elk 5 8 4 5 22
Erie 311 533 158 377 1,379
Fayette 71 56 23 57 207
Forest 15 9 1 3 28
Franklin 104 207 53 56 420
Fulton 11 11 2 5 29
Greene 18 57 10 19 104
Huntingdon 34 50 25 33 142
Indiana 3 20 7 12 42
Jefferson 18 34 9 25 86
Juniata 47 33 22 26 128

continued
Substantiated Offenses by Type, 2007

Lackawanna 158 102 111 118 489
Lancaster 391 773 249 507 1,920
Lawrence 40 34 4 10 88
Lebanon 179 325 123 140 767
Lehigh 526 560 208 664 1,958
Luzerne 266 379 146 309 1,100
Lycoming 110 410 118 152 790
McKean 59 87 30 74 250
Mercer 53 114 44 63 274
Mifflin 16 18 12 21 67
Monroe 71 133 41 80 325
Montgomery 493 563 322 257 1,635
Montour 15 16 3 14 48
Northampton 231 262 143 212 848
Northumberland 62 162 41 78 343
Perry 23 53 22 14 112
Philadelphia 772 454 433 613 2,272
Pike 26 158 21 26 231
Potter 28 29 15 3 75
Schuylkill 46 103 53 51 253
Snyder 36 30 13 33 112
Somerset 69 99 28 30 226
Sullivan 3 4 0 2 9
Susquehanna 7 26 4 10 47
Tioga 34 26 6 22 88
Union 5 10 17 8 40
Venango 40 67 28 28 163
Warren 24 45 8 12 89
Washington 137 178 48 71 434
Wayne 17 72 37 35 161
Westmoreland 105 130 93 277 605
Wyoming 16 22 12 28 78
York 159 575 220 259 1,213
TOTAL 8,021 12,230 5,113 8,459 33,823
% of Total 23.7% 36.2% 15.1% 25.0% 100.0%
NOTE: Includes most serious seven offenses and counts reported on each case.

Secure Detention
The Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission’s “Standards Governing the Use of Secure Detention Under the
Juvenile Act” were developed to guide decision making regarding juvenile detention usage in
Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice system. Compliance with these standards is required for counties
participating in the Commission’s Grant-in-Aid Program, with the exception of Philadelphia.
Detention information appearing in this Disposition Report was extracted from the secure detention
database at the Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research. In accordance with the Standards
Governing Secure Detention, all counties, except Philadelphia, report their secure detention use to the
Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission. This is accomplished statewide through the detention centers. Each
month, all juvenile detention centers, with the exception of the Youth Study Center in Philadelphia, report
their detention admissions along with the Statement of Facts and Reasons that must accompany every
probation-authorized admission to secure detention. Philadelphia County is not included in this reporting
system.
When interpreting the data contained in these tables, the reader should note the following:
1. The unit of count is the admission of a juvenile to a secure detention center;
2. A juvenile who is admitted to a secure detention center and subsequently transferred
to another secure detention center without release is counted as two admissions.
Codes Related to Standards Governing the Use of Secure Detention Under The Juvenile Act
100 Codes Circumstances under which secure detention may be authorized on the basis of an alleged
offense or on the basis of an alleged offense and the child’s current status with the court
or prior record.
200 Codes Circumstances under which secure detention may be authorized on the basis of a child’s
status as an absconder or fugitive; on the basis of a child’s record of failing to appear at
previous juvenile proceedings; or because of extraordinary circumstances which require
secure detention to prevent a child from absconding.
300 Codes Circumstances under which secure detention may be authorized on the written request of
the child or child’s attorney.
400 Codes Circumstances under which secure detention may be ordered pending disposition,
subsequent to a finding that a child committed a delinquent act or is a delinquent child.
500 Codes Circumstances under which secure detention may be ordered following disposition
pending transfer to placement.
600 Codes Circumstances under which secure detention may be authorized on the basis of the child’s
status, pending or subsequent to a disposition review proceeding.
Code 701 Circumstances under which secure detention may be authorized on the basis of
extraordinary and exceptional circumstances.

Length of Stay in Secure Detention, 2007*

This table reflects the median length of stay in secure detention. The median is defined as the value above and
below which half the cases fall. In 2007, the median length of stay in secure detention was 11 days, which is a
decrease of one day compared to 2006.
NUMBER OF MEDIAN LENGTH OF NUMBER OF MEDIAN LENGTH OF

COUNTY ADMISSIONS STAY IN DAYS COUNTY ADMISSIONS STAY IN DAYS
Adams 65 10.0 Juniata 13 11.0
Allegheny 3,117 7.0 Lackawanna 289 6.0
Armstrong 6 7.5 Lancaster 534 20.0
Beaver 205 16.0 Lawrence 0 0.0
Bedford 5 7.0 Lebanon 65 4.0
Berks 712 19.5 Lehigh 678 14.0
Blair 64 8.5 Luzerne 406 6.0
Bradford 14 18.0 Lycoming 108 9.0
Bucks 665 15.0 McKean 3 7.0
Butler 3 16.0 Mercer 1 27.0
Cambria 111 12.0 Mifflin 50 8.0
Cameron 2 6.5 Monroe 74 10.5
Carbon 13 11.0 Montgomery 533 21.0
Centre 60 17.0 Montour 2 8.0
Chester 357 21.0 Northampton 324 14.0
Clarion 0 0.0 Northumberland 30 7.0
Clearfield 41 12.0 Perry 14 12.5
Clinton 35 8.0 Pike 28 6.0
Columbia 23 13.0 Potter 15 10.0
Crawford 0 0.0 Schuylkill 30 7.5
Cumberland 95 14.0 Snyder 10 19.0
Dauphin 1,527 7.0 Somerset 20 13.0
Delaware 1,247 13.0 Sullivan 5 11.0
Elk 5 11.0 Susquehanna 2 11.0
Erie 423 9.0 Tioga 22 13.0
Fayette 65 15.0 Union 1 5.0
Forest 0 0.0 Venango 0 0.0
Franklin 79 11.0 Warren 0 0.0
Fulton 4 9.0 Washington 167 12.0
Greene 5 11.0 Wayne 17 11.0
Huntingdon 15 12.0 Westmoreland 258 12.0
Indiana 12 6.0 Wyoming 9 50.0
Jefferson 4 17.0 York 249 20.0
TOTAL 12,936 11.0
NOTE: This table only includes those admissions for which a date of release was reported.
* Includes 216 secure detention admissions to Jefferson Detention Center in Ohio by the following counties: Fayette (48); Washington (168).

Secure Detention Admissions

by Standard Section Codes, 2007*
TOTAL
COUNTY ADMISSIONS 100 200 300 400 500 600 701 UNKNOWN
Adams 69 19 12 0 1 2 26 9 0
Allegheny 3,210 628 2,346 0 3 1 83 13 136
Armstrong 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 213 38 169 0 2 0 4 0 0
Bedford 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Berks 764 214 188 0 82 32 45 101 102
Blair 67 11 45 0 3 4 3 0 1
Bradford 14 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 3
Bucks 699 90 480 0 4 3 53 3 66
Butler 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambria 118 44 41 0 1 0 12 0 20
Cameron 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Carbon 14 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 1
Centre 63 25 20 0 3 0 14 1 0
Chester 377 144 75 1 77 11 37 30 2
Clarion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clearfield 41 4 22 0 2 2 3 1 7
Clinton 35 5 6 0 1 0 1 21 1
Columbia 25 2 17 0 0 0 2 0 4
Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cumberland 96 14 65 0 0 1 6 9 1
Dauphin 1,563 670 256 0 38 10 114 449 26
Delaware 1,277 498 403 0 34 18 315 1 8
Elk 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
Erie 441 154 149 0 2 88 34 13 1
Fayette 69 13 4 0 0 10 0 41 1
Forest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Franklin 81 53 16 0 1 1 4 5 1
Fulton 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greene 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Huntingdon 15 9 0 0 1 0 1 4 0
Indiana 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 4
Jefferson 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Juniata 13 4 3 0 1 0 3 0 2
Lackawanna 299 59 139 0 8 7 10 12 64

continued
Secure Detention Admissions
by Standard Section Codes, 2007*
TOTAL
COUNTY ADMISSIONS 100 200 300 400 500 600 701 UNKNOWN
Lancaster 579 324 144 0 16 4 25 65 1

Lawrence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanon 67 29 34 0 0 0 2 2 0
Lehigh 705 340 95 0 17 7 36 210 0
Luzerne 417 107 117 0 137 5 46 1 4
Lycoming 109 40 62 0 0 1 3 1 2
McKean 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
Mercer 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mifflin 51 17 28 0 1 0 3 0 2
Monroe 75 15 44 0 2 6 2 4 2
Montgomery 565 188 59 1 6 2 16 237 56
Montour 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northampton 336 108 175 0 12 7 32 1 1
Northumberland 30 14 9 0 0 1 5 0 1
Perry 15 4 1 0 7 2 0 0 1
Pike 28 13 5 0 3 3 4 0 0
Potter 15 2 4 0 4 0 0 1 4
Schuylkill 30 13 3 0 3 4 2 5 0
Snyder 10 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 1
Somerset 21 4 17 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sullivan 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Susquehanna 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tioga 23 11 6 0 2 0 3 1 0
Union 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Venango 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Warren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Washington 171 121 12 0 1 3 2 21 11
Wayne 17 11 4 0 0 0 1 0 1
Westmoreland 268 77 152 0 6 9 24 0 0
Wyoming 9 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
York 264 64 134 1 10 18 32 5 0
TOTAL 13,431 4,249 5,586 3 492 262 1,014 1,270 555
% of Total 100.0% 31.6% 41.6% 0.0% 3.7% 2.0% 7.5% 9.5% 4.1%
NOTE: This table does not include Philadelphia County secure detention admissions. Philadelphia County is under a different reporting
requirement for the use of secure detention and therefore does not report using the JCJC detention section codes.
* Includes 216 secure detention admissions to Jefferson Detention Center in Ohio by the following counties: Fayette (48); Washington (168).

Utilization Rates for

Pennsylvania Juvenile Detention Centers, 2007
* A Center's utilization rate is equal to its average daily
*ADP/CAP population (ADP) divided by the licensed bed capacity (CAP).
Allegheny (136/130) 104.6%
Beaver (13/25) 52.0%
Berks (61/78) 78.2%
Blair (4/8) 50.0%
Bucks (36/48) 75.0%
Cambria (6/12) 50.0%
Central Counties (14/14) 100.0%
Chester (25/48) 52.1%
Cornell-Abraxas (14/18) 77.8%
Dauphin (39/36) 108.3%
Delaware (52/66) 78.8%
Erie (20/20) 100%
Lackawanna (8/10) 80.0%
Lancaster (50/72) 69.4%
Lehigh (33/48) 68.8%
Luzerne (11/12) 91.7%
Montgomery (33/36) 91.7%
Northampton (20/24) 16.7% 83.3%
Tioga (12/12) 100.0%
Westmoreland (15/24) 62.5%
York (17/24) 70.8%
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
This table does not include Philadelphia County secure detention admissions.

Detention Admissions, 2003-2007
In 2007, new admissions to secure detention totaled 13,431, which is a 4.8% decrease from the number of
statewide detention center admissions in 2006.
DETENTION ADMISSIONS
15000 14,272
13,923 14,110
13,685 Statewide
13,431
12000
10,580 10,733 10,781 Remaining
10,039 10,221 Counties
9000
6000
3,539 3,646 Allegheny

3,343 3,329 3,210
County
3000
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
NOTE: This table does not include Philadelphia County secure detention admissions. Philadelphia County is under a different
reporting requirement.

Selected Dispositions by Gender, 2007
Juvenile court dispositions in Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice system primarily involved males. In 2007,
males accounted for 76.2% of all juvenile court dispositions, 81.8% of probation dispositions, 87.9% of
dispositions involving placement and 97.5% of transfers to criminal court.
PROBATION N = 8,544 PLACEMENTS N = 3,454
Male Female Male Female
18.2% 12.1%
81.8% 87.9%
TRANSFER TO ALL
CRIMINAL COURT N = 157 DISPOSITIONS N = 45,573
Male Female Male Female
2.5%
23.8%
97.5% 76.2%

Total Dispositions by Age, 2006-2007
This table reflects total dispositions by age of the juvenile, at the time of disposition.
Seventeen year olds accounted for 11,983 (26.3%) of the 45,573 juvenile delinquency dispositions in
2007, representing the most dispositions for any age group. Juveniles who were age 16 accounted for
10,067 (22.1%), and juveniles who were age 15 accounted for 8,000 (17.6%) of the dispositions in 2007.
This data remains consistent with that of 2006, in which seventeen year olds accounted for 25.4%, sixteen
year olds accounted for 21.8% and fifteen year olds accounted for 18.0% of juvenile delinquency
dispositions.
TOTAL DISPOSITIONS BY AGE
2006 2007
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 & over

Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity

for Males, 2007
TOTAL White White White Black Black Black Multi- Multi- Other/ Other/
COUNTY
DISPOS Hispanic Non-Hisp Unknown Hisp Non-Hisp Unknown Racial Racial Asian Unknown Unknown Unknown
Hisp Non-Hisp Hisp Non-Hisp
Adams 328 25 275 0 0 27 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Allegheny 3,433 15 1,172 0 4 2,187 0 0 42 8 2 2 1
Armstrong 185 1 166 0 0 14 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Beaver 417 1 295 0 0 114 0 0 5 0 1 0 1
Bedford 66 1 62 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Berks 1,413 401 629 0 118 219 0 4 6 5 5 0 26
Blair 401 2 309 0 0 41 0 5 19 0 0 4 21
Bradford 108 1 104 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Bucks 1,305 55 1,001 4 5 205 6 7 6 7 0 0 9
Butler 270 0 246 0 0 22 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Cambria 341 0 277 0 0 62 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Cameron 9 1 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carbon 149 1 125 1 10 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Centre 183 9 159 0 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Chester 856 86 497 0 6 262 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Clarion 65 0 64 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clearfield 102 1 99 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinton 34 0 32 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Columbia 222 3 185 0 6 16 0 1 2 0 0 0 9
Crawford 169 1 147 0 0 19 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Cumberland 479 13 334 0 0 61 2 1 1 6 0 1 60
Dauphin 1,092 67 362 0 11 633 0 0 9 3 2 1 4
Delaware 1,275 13 464 6 6 764 0 0 0 13 6 3 0
Elk 72 0 66 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Erie 786 34 457 0 9 270 0 6 4 2 2 2 0
Fayette 296 0 209 0 0 85 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Forest 21 4 10 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Franklin 471 25 336 0 0 89 1 0 5 1 5 3 6
Fulton 29 0 26 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greene 132 2 106 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 21
Huntingdon 69 1 66 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Indiana 142 5 122 0 0 4 0 1 7 0 1 0 2
Jefferson 116 0 115 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Juniata 38 1 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Lackawanna 344 11 268 0 17 45 0 0 1 1 0 0 1

continued
for Males, 2007
COUNTY
Lancaster 1,122 274 545 0 37 250 0 1 3 12 0 0 0
Lawrence 298 1 180 0 0 113 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Lebanon 319 74 190 1 11 40 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Lehigh 1,116 376 399 0 81 239 0 3 2 6 3 1 6
Luzerne 803 105 497 1 49 143 0 1 4 2 0 0 1
Lycoming 432 4 278 0 0 142 0 1 5 1 0 0 1
McKean 76 1 70 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Mercer 236 5 141 3 3 80 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
Mifflin 60 0 54 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Monroe 380 45 211 1 3 119 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Montgomery 1,591 82 701 7 6 760 1 0 7 12 4 2 9
Montour 42 2 28 0 2 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Northampton 831 187 448 0 1 190 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
Northumberland 370 10 313 0 11 26 0 1 2 0 1 2 4
Perry 103 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia 7,108 699 619 73 93 5,388 101 30 32 60 1 0 12
Pike 112 7 80 0 0 13 0 2 3 1 1 1 4
Potter 64 0 61 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Schuylkill 337 9 288 0 6 33 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Snyder 126 5 113 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Somerset 141 2 134 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sullivan 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Susquehanna 67 0 58 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
Tioga 80 0 76 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Union 36 0 34 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Venango 139 58 52 4 9 10 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
Warren 117 0 116 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Washington 655 3 497 1 0 149 0 0 4 0 0 0 1
Wayne 65 2 61 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Westmoreland 900 6 732 1 3 149 0 0 8 1 0 0 0
Wyoming 103 1 85 0 0 12 0 0 0 3 0 1 1
York 1,458 104 821 44 69 351 19 2 3 6 6 1 32
TOTAL 34,715 2,842 16,819 150 582 13,426 133 71 202 170 47 25 248
% of Total 100.0% 8.2% 48.4% 0.4% 1.7% 38.7% 0.4% 0.2% 0.6% 0.5% 0.1% 0.1% 0.7%


for Females, 2007
COUNTY
Adams 91 6 63 0 0 21 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Allegheny 1,259 4 375 0 0 848 1 2 26 1 1 1 0
Armstrong 51 1 46 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Beaver 131 0 88 0 0 40 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Bedford 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Berks 415 140 171 0 26 69 0 1 2 0 1 0 5
Blair 115 4 92 0 0 10 0 1 3 0 0 0 5
Bradford 15 0 13 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bucks 485 16 328 11 2 101 4 2 6 6 0 0 9
Butler 94 0 76 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambria 156 0 122 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cameron 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Carbon 34 2 31 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Centre 66 0 60 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Chester 232 26 129 0 0 76 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Clarion 21 0 19 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Clearfield 31 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinton 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Columbia 64 0 55 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Crawford 34 1 30 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cumberland 165 8 122 0 1 24 0 0 1 0 0 0 9
Dauphin 456 30 152 0 7 262 0 1 3 1 0 0 0
Delaware 356 1 124 2 3 221 1 0 0 2 0 2 0
Elk 10 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erie 275 11 141 0 1 120 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Fayette 87 0 66 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forest 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Franklin 165 4 104 1 0 42 0 0 2 0 0 2 10
Fulton 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greene 45 0 34 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Huntingdon 18 0 12 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indiana 37 0 33 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Jefferson 62 0 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Juniata 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lackawanna 81 1 57 0 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

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for Females, 2007
COUNTY
Lancaster 372 84 196 0 11 77 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
Lawrence 84 0 61 0 0 22 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Lebanon 83 21 55 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lehigh 405 150 128 0 18 95 0 0 1 6 1 0 6
Luzerne 263 33 188 0 11 27 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
Lycoming 135 1 73 0 2 55 0 0 2 0 0 1 1
McKean 29 1 27 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mercer 67 0 34 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mifflin 25 0 23 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Monroe 101 16 55 0 0 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Montgomery 703 25 254 2 1 396 3 0 7 7 5 0 3
Montour 13 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Northampton 258 54 136 0 0 66 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Northumberland 132 2 109 0 7 10 0 1 2 0 1 0 0
Perry 33 1 29 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Philadelphia 1,688 118 116 22 21 1,327 51 6 6 4 2 0 15
Pike 24 2 13 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Potter 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Schuylkill 106 1 90 0 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Snyder 48 1 41 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Somerset 37 0 36 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sullivan 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Susquehanna 13 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Tioga 23 3 19 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Union 12 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Venango 42 25 11 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Warren 27 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Washington 256 0 185 0 0 69 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Wayne 15 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Westmoreland 319 5 250 0 1 62 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Wyoming 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
York 423 12 255 21 21 79 10 2 1 1 3 1 17
TOTAL 10,858 813 5,169 64 143 4,330 70 19 79 36 19 12 104
% of Total 100.0% 7.5% 47.6% 0.6% 1.3% 39.9% 0.6% 0.2% 0.7% 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 1.0%

Delinquency Dispositions by Race, 2007
TOTAL MULTI-
COUNTY DISPOS. WHITE % BLACK % RACIAL % ASIAN % OTHER % UNKNOWN %
Adams 419 369 88.1 48 11.5 2 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

Allegheny 4,692 1,566 33.4 3,040 64.8 70 1.5 9 0.2 5 0.1 2 0.0
Armstrong 236 215 91.1 15 6.4 6 2.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Beaver 548 384 70.1 154 28.1 8 1.5 0 0.0 1 0.2 1 0.2
Bedford 74 71 95.9 2 2.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.4 0 0.0
Berks 1,828 1,341 73.4 432 23.6 13 0.7 5 0.3 1 0.1 36 2.0
Blair 516 407 78.9 51 9.9 28 5.4 0 0.0 4 0.8 26 5.0
Bradford 123 118 95.9 2 1.6 2 1.6 0 0.0 1 0.8 0 0.0
Bucks 1,790 1,415 79.1 323 18.0 21 1.2 13 0.7 0 0.0 18 1.0
Butler 364 322 88.5 40 11.0 2 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Cambria 497 399 80.3 96 19.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 0.4 0 0.0
Cameron 12 11 91.7 1 8.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Carbon 183 160 87.4 21 11.5 1 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.5
Centre 249 228 91.6 19 7.6 0 0.0 2 0.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
Chester 1,088 738 67.8 344 31.6 0 0.0 6 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0
Clarion 86 83 96.5 2 2.3 1 1.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Clearfield 133 131 98.5 2 1.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Clinton 46 44 95.7 2 4.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Columbia 286 243 85.0 27 9.4 3 1.0 1 0.3 0 0.0 12 4.2
Crawford 203 179 88.2 22 10.8 2 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Cumberland 644 477 74.1 88 13.7 3 0.5 6 0.9 2 0.3 68 10.6
Dauphin 1,548 611 39.5 913 59.0 13 0.8 4 0.3 3 0.2 4 0.3
Delaware 1,631 610 37.4 995 61.0 0 0.0 15 0.9 8 0.5 3 0.2
Elk 82 77 93.9 1 1.2 0 0.0 4 4.9 0 0.0 0 0.0
Erie 1,061 643 60.6 400 37.7 11 1.0 2 0.2 5 0.5 0 0.0
Fayette 383 276 72.1 105 27.4 0 0.0 2 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
Forest 25 18 72.0 4 16.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 12.0
Franklin 636 470 73.9 132 20.8 7 1.1 1 0.2 11 1.7 15 2.4
Fulton 31 29 93.5 2 6.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Greene 177 142 80.2 3 1.7 1 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 31 17.5
Huntingdon 87 79 90.8 7 8.0 1 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Indiana 179 160 89.4 5 2.8 9 5.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 2.8
Jefferson 178 176 98.9 1 0.6 0 0.0 1 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0
Juniata 53 51 96.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 3.8 0 0.0 0 0.0

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Delinquency Dispositions by Race, 2007
TOTAL MULTI-
COUNTY DISPOS. WHITE % BLACK % RACIAL % ASIAN % OTHER % UNKNOWN %
Lackawanna 425 337 79.3 84 19.8 1 0.2 1 0.2 1 0.2 1 0.2

Lancaster 1,494 1,099 73.6 375 25.1 5 0.3 13 0.9 1 0.1 1 0.1
Lawrence 382 242 63.4 135 35.3 2 0.5 1 0.3 0 0.0 2 0.5
Lebanon 402 341 84.8 58 14.4 2 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.2
Lehigh 1,521 1,053 69.2 433 28.5 6 0.4 12 0.8 1 0.1 16 1.1
Luzerne 1,066 824 77.3 230 21.6 6 0.6 3 0.3 2 0.2 1 0.1
Lycoming 567 356 62.8 199 35.1 8 1.4 1 0.2 1 0.2 2 0.4
McKean 105 99 94.3 2 1.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 3.8
Mercer 303 183 60.4 116 38.3 3 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.3
Mifflin 85 79 92.9 5 5.9 1 1.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Monroe 481 328 68.2 151 31.4 2 0.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Montgomery 2,294 1,071 46.7 1,167 50.9 14 0.6 19 0.8 2 0.1 21 0.9
Montour 55 42 76.4 11 20.0 1 1.8 0 0.0 1 1.8 0 0.0
Northampton 1,089 825 75.8 257 23.6 0 0.0 7 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0
Northumberland 502 434 86.5 54 10.8 6 1.2 0 0.0 4 0.8 4 0.8
Perry 136 130 95.6 3 2.2 1 0.7 0 0.0 1 0.7 1 0.7
Philadelphia 8,796 1,647 18.7 6,981 79.4 74 0.8 64 0.7 0 0.0 30 0.3
Pike 136 102 75.0 18 13.2 5 3.7 1 0.7 2 1.5 8 5.9
Potter 72 68 94.4 4 5.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Schuylkill 443 388 87.6 52 11.7 2 0.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.2
Snyder 174 160 92.0 8 4.6 1 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 2.9
Somerset 178 172 96.6 6 3.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Sullivan 16 16 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Susquehanna 80 69 86.3 5 6.3 4 5.0 0 0.0 2 2.5 0 0.0
Tioga 103 99 96.1 4 3.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Union 48 44 91.7 4 8.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Venango 181 150 82.9 26 14.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.6 4 2.2
Warren 144 142 98.6 1 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.7 0 0.0
Washington 911 686 75.3 218 23.9 6 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1
Wayne 80 78 97.5 2 2.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Westmoreland 1,219 994 81.5 215 17.6 9 0.7 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
Wyoming 116 99 85.3 12 10.3 0 0.0 3 2.6 1 0.9 1 0.9
York 1,881 1,257 66.8 549 29.2 8 0.4 7 0.4 3 0.2 57 3.0
TOTAL 45,573 25,857 56.7 18,684 41.0 371 0.8 206 0.5 68 0.1 387 0.8

Selected Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity, 2007
*Not broken out by ethnicity

Hispanic Non-Hispanic Unknown due to small numbers
ALL DISPOSITIONS N = 45,573 INFORMAL ADJUSTMENT N = 6,516
14.1% 85.0% 0.9% 12.8% 85.7% 1.6%

White 56.7% White 61.2%
3.9% 95.0% 1.1% 3.2% 91.1% 5.7%

Black 41.0% Black 36.0%
Multi- 0.8%* Multi- 0.9%*

Racial Racial
Asian 0.5%* Asian 0.7%*
Other 0.1%* Other 0.1%*
Unk 0.8%* Unk 1.1%*
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000
PROBATION
CONSENT DECREE N = 8,399 Includes Probation and Probation with Day Treatment N = 8,544
12.0% 87.5% 0.5% 12.7% 87.1% 0.2%

2.5% 97.4% 0.2% 4.2% 95.7% 0.0%


Racial Racial
Unk 0.5%* Unk 0.1%*
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000

Selected Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity, 2007

PLACEMENT N = 3,454 TRANSFER TO CRIMINAL COURT N = 157
18.8% 81.1% 0.1% 10.3% 89.7% 0.0%

5.6% 94.4% 0.0% 2.6% 97.4% 0.0%


Racial Racial
Unk 0.1%* Unk 0.0%*
0 500 1000 1500 2000 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Selected Placements by Race and Ethnicity, 2007

COMMUNITY BASED
PRIVATE N = 2,704 Includes Probation and Probation with Day Treatment N = 1,140
25.9% 73.8% 0.3% 13.5% 86.5% 0.0%

3.3% 96.6% 0.1% 2.8% 97.2% 0.0%


Racial Racial
Unk 0.0 %* Unk 0.2%*
0 500 1000 1500 2000 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
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Selected Placements by Race and Ethnicity, 2007

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ALL SECURE N = 552 DPW OPEN YDC N = 217
22.5% 77.5% 0.0% 38.9% 58.3% 2.8%

6.7% 93.3% 0.0% 2.8% 97.2% 0.0%


Racial Racial
Unk 0.2%* Unk 0.0%*
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 0 30 60 90 120 150
DPW YFC N = 228 WILDERNESS N = 659
31.1% 68.9% 0.0% 18.9% 81.1% 0.0%

10.5% 89.5% 0.0% 4.1% 95.6% 0.3%


Racial Racial
Unk 0.0 %* Unk 0.5%*
0 30 60 90 120 150 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

Delinquency Dispositions by Race and Ethnicity, 2007
TOTAL N = 45,573
WH = White Hispanic
WH 8.0%
O = Other
WNH = White Non-Hispanic O 0.1%
BH = Black Hispanic WNH 48.2%

BNH = Black Non-Hispanic BH 1.6%
A = Asian
BNH 39.0%
MR = Multi-Racial
UNK = Unknown A 0.5%
W = White MR 0.8%
B = Black UNK 1.8%
MALES N = 34,715 FEMALES N = 10,858
WH 8.2% WH 7.5%
O 0.1% O 0.1%
WNH 48.4% WNH 47.6%
BH 1.7% BH 1.3%
BNH 38.7% BNH 39.9%
A 0.5% A 0.3%
MR 0.8% MR 0.9%
UNK 1.6% UNK 2.3%
HISPANIC N = 4,549 NON-HISPANIC N = 40,389
W 80.3% W 54.4%
B 15.9% A 0.5%
A 0.3% B 44.0%
O 0.6% O 0.1%
MR 2.0% MR 0.7%
UNK 0.8% UNK 0.3%

Age calculated at
Delinquency Dispositions by Age, 2007 date of disposition
10 11 12 13
TOTAL
COUNTY DISPOSITIONS
N % N % N % N %
Adams 419 1 0.2% 2 0.5% 11 2.6% 24 5.7%

Allegheny 4,692 12 0.3% 33 0.7% 117 2.5% 305 6.5%
Armstrong 236 1 0.4% 4 1.7% 11 4.7% 10 4.2%
Beaver 548 4 0.7% 4 0.7% 9 1.6% 49 8.9%
Bedford 74 0 0.0% 1 1.4% 1 1.4% 1 1.4%
Berks 1,828 11 0.6% 20 1.1% 47 2.6% 145 7.9%
Blair 516 2 0.4% 5 1.0% 8 1.6% 37 7.2%
Bradford 123 1 0.8% 1 0.8% 5 4.1% 6 4.9%
Bucks 1,790 2 0.1% 10 0.6% 30 1.7% 72 4.0%
Butler 364 1 0.3% 3 0.8% 17 4.7% 22 6.0%
Cambria 497 5 1.0% 8 1.6% 28 5.6% 33 6.6%
Cameron 12 0 0.0% 1 8.3% 0 0.0% 1 8.3%
Carbon 183 0 0.0% 2 1.1% 4 2.2% 11 6.0%
Centre 249 0 0.0% 4 1.6% 3 1.2% 9 3.6%
Chester 1,088 3 0.3% 6 0.6% 16 1.5% 30 2.8%
Clarion 86 1 1.2% 0 0.0% 3 3.5% 5 5.8%
Clearfield 133 0 0.0% 2 1.5% 3 2.3% 15 11.3%
Clinton 46 1 2.2% 0 0.0% 4 8.7% 2 4.3%
Columbia 286 0 0.0% 1 0.3% 18 6.3% 22 7.7%
Crawford 203 1 0.5% 1 0.5% 5 2.5% 13 6.4%
Cumberland 644 0 0.0% 10 1.6% 22 3.4% 53 8.2%
Dauphin 1,548 4 0.3% 22 1.4% 61 3.9% 140 9.0%
Delaware 1,631 6 0.4% 23 1.4% 41 2.5% 112 6.9%
Elk 82 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 5 6.1%
Erie 1,061 4 0.4% 15 1.4% 39 3.7% 88 8.3%
Fayette 383 1 0.3% 3 0.8% 8 2.1% 33 8.6%
Forest 25 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 8.0%
Franklin 636 5 0.8% 6 0.9% 32 5.0% 41 6.4%
Fulton 31 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 12.9%
Greene 177 1 0.6% 2 1.1% 4 2.3% 17 9.6%
Huntingdon 87 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 4.6% 9 10.3%
Indiana 179 2 1.1% 0 0.0% 4 2.2% 14 7.8%
Jefferson 178 0 0.0% 3 1.7% 6 3.4% 14 7.9%
Juniata 53 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 3.8% 3 5.7%

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Age calculated at
date of disposition Delinquency Dispositions by Age, 2007
14 15 16 17 18 & OVER
COUNTY
N % N % N % N % N %
Adams 36 8.6% 73 17.4% 90 21.5% 132 31.5% 50 11.9%

Allegheny 520 11.1% 835 17.8% 989 21.1% 1,134 24.2% 747 15.9%
Armstrong 24 10.2% 43 18.2% 52 22.0% 54 22.9% 37 15.7%
Beaver 56 10.2% 100 18.2% 118 21.5% 133 24.3% 75 13.7%
Bedford 7 9.5% 10 13.5% 14 18.9% 23 31.1% 17 23.0%
Berks 214 11.7% 336 18.4% 414 22.6% 488 26.7% 153 8.4%
Blair 63 12.2% 92 17.8% 121 23.4% 122 23.6% 66 12.8%
Bradford 19 15.4% 25 20.3% 20 16.3% 32 26.0% 14 11.4%
Bucks 142 7.9% 237 13.2% 393 22.0% 573 32.0% 331 18.5%
Butler 45 12.4% 70 19.2% 69 19.0% 98 26.9% 39 10.7%
Cambria 64 12.9% 85 17.1% 99 19.9% 122 24.5% 53 10.7%
Cameron 3 25.0% 3 25.0% 1 8.3% 1 8.3% 2 16.7%
Carbon 20 10.9% 27 14.8% 42 23.0% 54 29.5% 23 12.6%
Centre 35 14.1% 36 14.5% 62 24.9% 66 26.5% 34 13.7%
Chester 87 8.0% 181 16.6% 251 23.1% 311 28.6% 203 18.7%
Clarion 9 10.5% 13 15.1% 23 26.7% 22 25.6% 10 11.6%
Clearfield 15 11.3% 22 16.5% 27 20.3% 23 17.3% 26 19.5%
Clinton 2 4.3% 13 28.3% 7 15.2% 13 28.3% 4 8.7%
Columbia 18 6.3% 51 17.8% 68 23.8% 78 27.3% 30 10.5%
Crawford 34 16.7% 42 20.7% 39 19.2% 45 22.2% 23 11.3%
Cumberland 75 11.6% 84 13.0% 145 22.5% 184 28.6% 71 11.0%
Dauphin 228 14.7% 233 15.1% 338 21.8% 337 21.8% 185 12.0%
Delaware 215 13.2% 288 17.7% 390 23.9% 420 25.8% 136 8.3%
Elk 9 11.0% 20 24.4% 21 25.6% 23 28.0% 4 4.9%
Erie 137 12.9% 197 18.6% 264 24.9% 230 21.7% 87 8.2%
Fayette 45 11.7% 68 17.8% 80 20.9% 102 26.6% 43 11.2%
Forest 0 0.0% 4 16.0% 9 36.0% 10 40.0% 0 0.0%
Franklin 75 11.8% 87 13.7% 139 21.9% 167 26.3% 84 13.2%
Fulton 1 3.2% 11 35.5% 7 22.6% 3 9.7% 5 16.1%
Greene 27 15.3% 37 20.9% 35 19.8% 41 23.2% 13 7.3%
Huntingdon 9 10.3% 10 11.5% 16 18.4% 25 28.7% 14 16.1%
Indiana 22 12.3% 43 24.0% 29 16.2% 39 21.8% 26 14.5%
Jefferson 19 10.7% 33 18.5% 28 15.7% 56 31.5% 19 10.7%
Juniata 3 5.7% 8 15.1% 10 18.9% 22 41.5% 5 9.4%

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Age calculated at
Delinquency Dispositions by Age, 2007 date of disposition
10 11 12 13
TOTAL
COUNTY DISPOSITIONS
N % N % N % N %
Lackawanna 425 0 0.0% 7 1.6% 13 3.1% 28 6.6%

Lancaster 1,494 3 0.2% 13 0.9% 43 2.9% 72 4.8%
Lawrence 382 0 0.0% 5 1.3% 11 2.9% 33 8.6%
Lebanon 402 4 1.0% 10 2.5% 19 4.7% 18 4.5%
Lehigh 1,521 7 0.5% 29 1.9% 65 4.3% 112 7.4%
Luzerne*(1) 1,066 8 0.8% 19 1.8% 23 2.2% 75 7.0%
Lycoming 567 4 0.7% 5 0.9% 15 2.6% 27 4.8%
McKean 105 0 0.0% 1 1.0% 7 6.7% 15 14.3%
Mercer 303 1 0.3% 4 1.3% 17 5.6% 25 8.3%
Mifflin 85 0 0.0% 1 1.2% 7 8.2% 5 5.9%
Monroe 481 2 0.4% 3 0.6% 12 2.5% 34 7.1%
Montgomery 2,294 7 0.3% 26 1.1% 52 2.3% 123 5.4%
Montour 55 2 3.6% 0 0.0% 2 3.6% 3 5.5%
Northampton 1,089 4 0.4% 11 1.0% 29 2.7% 40 3.7%
Northumberland 502 0 0.0% 9 1.8% 22 4.4% 33 6.6%
Perry 136 0 0.0% 2 1.5% 5 3.7% 8 5.9%
Philadelphia 8,796 35 0.4% 130 1.5% 317 3.6% 679 7.7%
Pike 136 0 0.0% 1 0.7% 0 0.0% 2 1.5%
Potter 72 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 5 6.9%
Schuylkill 443 0 0.0% 9 2.0% 18 4.1% 30 6.8%
Snyder 174 1 0.6% 0 0.0% 7 4.0% 12 6.9%
Somerset 178 1 0.6% 2 1.1% 10 5.6% 6 3.4%
Sullivan 16 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 18.8% 3 18.8%
Susquehanna 80 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 1.3% 4 5.0%
Tioga 103 1 1.0% 1 1.0% 0 0.0% 8 7.8%
Union 48 0 0.0% 2 4.2% 0 0.0% 7 14.6%
Venango 181 0 0.0% 3 1.7% 2 1.1% 10 5.5%
Warren 144 3 2.1% 2 1.4% 7 4.9% 7 4.9%
Washington 911 5 0.5% 19 2.1% 36 4.0% 77 8.5%
Wayne 80 0 0.0% 1 1.3% 3 3.8% 3 3.8%
Westmoreland 1,219 5 0.4% 14 1.1% 30 2.5% 68 5.6%
Wyoming 116 0 0.0% 1 0.9% 5 4.3% 12 10.3%
York*(1) 1,881 3 0.2% 18 1.0% 45 2.4% 106 5.6%
TOTAL 45,573 165 0.4% 540 1.2% 1,389 3.0% 3,037 6.7%

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Age calculated at
date of disposition Delinquency Dispositions by Age, 2007
14 15 16 17 18 & OVER
COUNTY
N % N % N % N % N %
Lackawanna 55 12.9% 69 16.2% 90 21.2% 116 27.3% 47 11.1%

Lancaster 147 9.8% 242 16.2% 348 23.3% 429 28.7% 197 13.2%
Lawrence 63 16.5% 71 18.6% 87 22.8% 79 20.7% 33 8.6%
Lebanon 51 12.7% 79 19.7% 75 18.7% 111 27.6% 35 8.7%
Lehigh 217 14.3% 278 18.3% 314 20.6% 364 23.9% 135 8.9%
Luzerne*(1) 114 10.7% 194 18.2% 256 24.0% 294 27.6% 82 7.7%
Lycoming 61 10.8% 120 21.2% 131 23.1% 154 27.2% 50 8.8%
McKean 14 13.3% 16 15.2% 18 17.1% 28 26.7% 6 5.7%
Mercer 40 13.2% 45 14.9% 54 17.8% 79 26.1% 38 12.5%
Mifflin 17 20.0% 18 21.2% 17 20.0% 19 22.4% 1 1.2%
Monroe 60 12.5% 75 15.6% 112 23.3% 121 25.2% 62 12.9%
Montgomery 255 11.1% 404 17.6% 520 22.7% 656 28.6% 251 10.9%
Montour 4 7.3% 12 21.8% 11 20.0% 12 21.8% 9 16.4%
Northampton 125 11.5% 183 16.8% 242 22.2% 352 32.3% 103 9.5%
Northumberland 71 14.1% 79 15.7% 110 21.9% 143 28.5% 35 7.0%
Perry 20 14.7% 24 17.6% 21 15.4% 37 27.2% 19 14.0%
Philadelphia 1,125 12.8% 1,697 19.3% 1,986 22.6% 2,256 25.6% 571 6.5%
Pike 12 8.8% 22 16.2% 37 27.2% 40 29.4% 22 16.2%
Potter 7 9.7% 12 16.7% 26 36.1% 14 19.4% 8 11.1%
Schuylkill 43 9.7% 88 19.9% 87 19.6% 127 28.7% 41 9.3%
Snyder 16 9.2% 24 13.8% 45 25.9% 50 28.7% 19 10.9%
Somerset 24 13.5% 28 15.7% 43 24.2% 38 21.3% 26 14.6%
Sullivan 1 6.3% 4 25.0% 1 6.3% 3 18.8% 1 6.3%
Susquehanna 12 15.0% 11 13.8% 18 22.5% 19 23.8% 15 18.8%
Tioga 15 14.6% 18 17.5% 22 21.4% 27 26.2% 11 10.7%
Union 1 2.1% 3 6.3% 11 22.9% 12 25.0% 12 25.0%
Venango 16 8.8% 28 15.5% 30 16.6% 53 29.3% 39 21.5%
Warren 20 13.9% 34 23.6% 38 26.4% 22 15.3% 11 7.6%
Washington 112 12.3% 134 14.7% 202 22.2% 223 24.5% 103 11.3%
Wayne 11 13.8% 12 15.0% 18 22.5% 19 23.8% 13 16.3%
Westmoreland 141 11.6% 212 17.4% 250 20.5% 292 24.0% 207 17.0%
Wyoming 13 11.2% 18 15.5% 25 21.6% 32 27.6% 10 8.6%
York*(1) 216 11.5% 329 17.5% 412 21.9% 579 30.8% 172 9.1%
TOTAL 5,377 11.8% 8,000 17.6% 10,067 22.1% 11,983 26.3% 5,013 11.0%
*There are a total of 2 dates of birth that were unavailable.


Delinquency Dispositions by School Status, 2007
TOTAL IN OUT OF NOT

COUNTY DISPOSITIONS SCHOOL SCHOOL REPORTED
Adams 419 373 42 4
Allegheny 4,692 4,252 416 24
Armstrong 236 156 25 55
Beaver 548 495 45 8
Bedford 74 59 15 0
Berks 1,828 1,621 195 12
Blair 516 285 28 203
Bradford 123 106 17 0
Bucks 1,790 1,397 226 167
Butler 364 317 36 11
Cambria 497 486 10 1
Cameron 12 10 2 0
Carbon 183 162 20 1
Centre 249 224 25 0
Chester 1,088 761 327 0
Clarion 86 76 10 0
Clearfield 133 108 21 4
Clinton 46 44 2 0
Columbia 286 237 5 44
Crawford 203 187 11 5
Cumberland 644 593 50 1
Dauphin 1,548 1,381 142 25
Delaware 1,631 1,466 155 10
Elk 82 75 6 1
Erie 1,061 930 119 12
Fayette 383 316 61 6
Forest 25 19 1 5
Franklin 636 457 50 129
Fulton 31 28 3 0
Greene 177 169 8 0
Huntingdon 87 79 8 0
Indiana 179 132 9 38
Jefferson 178 153 12 13
Juniata 53 46 4 3

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Delinquency Dispositions by School Status, 2007
TOTAL IN OUT OF NOT

COUNTY DISPOSITIONS SCHOOL SCHOOL REPORTED
Lackawanna 425 380 39 6
Lancaster 1,494 1,069 212 213
Lawrence 382 325 37 20
Lebanon 402 336 43 23
Lehigh 1,521 1,275 246 0
Luzerne 1,066 554 38 474
Lycoming 567 536 30 1
McKean 105 99 6 0
Mercer 303 255 21 27
Mifflin 85 62 6 17
Monroe 481 416 64 1
Montgomery 2,294 1,527 119 648
Montour 55 49 6 0
Northampton 1,089 1,048 38 3
Northumberland 502 389 54 59
Perry 136 113 21 2
Philadelphia 8,796 7,097 1,055 644
Pike 136 108 13 15
Potter 72 63 9 0
Schuylkill 443 214 37 192
Snyder 174 131 13 30
Somerset 178 153 24 1
Sullivan 16 16 0 0
Susquehanna 80 71 4 5
Tioga 103 98 5 0
Union 48 37 9 2
Venango 181 158 9 14
Warren 144 127 11 6
Washington 911 586 13 312
Wayne 80 73 7 0
Westmoreland 1,219 1,200 19 0
Wyoming 116 108 3 5
York 1,881 1,210 124 547
TOTAL 45,573 37,083 4,441 4,049
% of Total 100.0% 81.4% 9.7% 8.9%

Delinquency Dispositions by
Highest Grade Completed, 2007
TOTAL
COUNTY DISPOSITIONS UNDER 9TH 9TH 10TH 11TH 12TH OTHER NOT REPORTED
Adams 419 132 99 102 64 18 0 4

Allegheny 4,692 1,725 929 982 703 201 112 40
Armstrong 236 65 42 40 29 5 0 55
Beaver 548 197 135 100 62 18 28 8
Bedford 74 19 20 16 15 2 2 0
Berks 1,828 837 458 314 163 27 16 13
Blair 516 133 68 57 47 4 3 204
Bradford 123 50 29 19 19 1 4 1
Bucks 1,790 393 301 376 356 106 42 216
Butler 364 123 70 77 59 22 1 12
Cambria 497 200 97 103 85 10 1 1
Cameron 12 7 1 0 1 1 1 1
Carbon 183 69 35 56 19 3 0 1
Centre 249 76 47 63 42 15 6 0
Chester 1,088 128 175 245 264 241 4 31
Clarion 86 36 22 18 9 1 0 0
Clearfield 133 51 35 21 20 2 0 4
Clinton 46 15 12 7 10 2 0 0
Columbia 286 75 45 67 28 17 9 45
Crawford 203 80 31 35 23 6 21 7
Cumberland 644 176 101 88 76 4 199 0
Dauphin 1,548 576 341 292 253 56 5 25
Delaware 1,631 628 295 274 181 70 174 9
Elk 82 20 23 19 17 0 0 3
Erie 1,061 533 270 151 72 10 11 14
Fayette 383 127 79 84 65 11 2 15
Forest 25 7 7 3 2 0 1 5
Franklin 636 213 76 99 87 17 15 129
Fulton 31 10 8 9 1 2 0 1
Greene 177 79 39 33 18 4 0 4
Huntingdon 87 37 15 13 15 7 0 0
Indiana 179 34 34 26 30 13 2 40
Jefferson 178 71 28 22 29 5 0 23
Juniata 53 12 6 15 13 1 3 3
Lackawanna 425 149 91 79 40 11 46 9

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Highest Grade Completed, 2007
TOTAL
COUNTY DISPOSITIONS UNDER 9TH 9TH 10TH 11TH 12TH OTHER NOT REPORTED
Lancaster 1,494 527 281 222 161 49 41 213

Lawrence 382 169 86 66 38 3 0 20
Lebanon 402 151 80 69 63 10 6 23
Lehigh 1,521 296 392 323 262 214 0 34
Luzerne 1,066 251 111 121 89 20 0 474
Lycoming 567 186 141 102 111 19 7 1
McKean 105 59 20 17 8 1 0 0
Mercer 303 102 59 48 45 9 9 31
Mifflin 85 39 19 4 5 0 1 17
Monroe 481 159 72 93 101 48 2 6
Montgomery 2,294 359 263 304 365 194 62 747
Montour 55 24 14 5 9 1 2 0
Northampton 1,089 295 247 253 225 64 3 2
Northumberland 502 211 99 83 34 5 11 59
Perry 136 54 22 30 17 9 2 2
Philadelphia 8,796 1,710 2,074 1,745 935 621 974 737
Pike 136 35 36 24 21 5 0 15
Potter 72 11 11 37 13 0 0 0
Schuylkill 443 106 54 47 38 5 0 193
Snyder 174 56 35 34 11 1 7 30
Somerset 178 62 39 33 30 10 3 1
Sullivan 16 9 4 0 2 0 0 1
Susquehanna 80 33 9 20 7 1 0 10
Tioga 103 39 13 17 19 12 1 2
Union 48 16 6 10 12 1 1 2
Venango 181 59 24 28 31 1 24 14
Warren 144 73 27 23 10 5 0 6
Washington 911 195 109 131 110 7 35 324
Wayne 80 26 18 22 11 3 0 0
Westmoreland 1,219 433 161 254 355 16 0 0
Wyoming 116 54 20 16 10 4 1 11
York 1,881 550 336 233 143 29 35 555
TOTAL 45,573 13,432 8,946 8,319 6,208 2,280 1,935 4,453
% of Total 100.0% 29.5% 19.6% 18.3% 13.6% 5.0% 4.2% 9.8%

Delinquency Dispositions by Family Status, 2007

FAMILY STATUS OF YOUTH’S BIOLOGICAL PARENTS
BOTH NOT
TOTAL ONE PARENT NEVER
PARENTS MARRIED OTHER REPORTED
COUNTY DISPOSITIONS MARRIED DIVORCED SEPARATED DECEASED
DECEASED
Adams 419 121 132 14 28 1 110 9 4
Allegheny 4,692 746 375 147 196 9 3,094 92 33
Armstrong 236 36 96 10 8 1 21 9 55
Beaver 548 115 120 29 16 1 207 52 8
Bedford 74 25 33 1 6 0 5 4 0
Berks 1,828 370 400 132 102 5 794 11 14
Blair 516 76 74 25 24 1 118 2 196
Bradford 123 38 44 7 5 0 19 10 0
Bucks 1,790 540 438 88 100 5 360 89 170
Butler 364 122 169 12 16 6 26 1 12
Cambria 497 107 83 18 23 0 263 2 1
Cameron 12 2 6 0 1 0 0 3 0
Carbon 183 43 62 8 18 1 49 1 1
Centre 249 72 120 6 7 2 41 1 0
Chester 1,088 333 167 38 31 0 120 399 0
Clarion 86 19 24 16 7 2 16 2 0
Clearfield 133 39 46 9 7 0 20 8 4
Clinton 46 9 17 1 7 0 10 2 0
Columbia 286 55 76 17 8 1 57 20 52
Crawford 203 49 74 15 5 0 33 21 6
Cumberland 644 170 39 3 4 0 38 390 0
Dauphin 1,548 266 252 71 40 2 870 22 25
Delaware 1,631 378 231 79 87 7 822 9 18
Elk 82 28 41 0 1 0 9 1 2
Erie 1,061 176 200 101 63 1 479 29 12
Fayette 383 62 80 59 14 0 137 28 3
Forest 25 4 10 0 1 0 4 1 5
Franklin 636 110 254 56 12 3 26 46 129
Fulton 31 12 7 3 1 0 3 5 0
Greene 177 90 61 3 1 0 18 1 3
Huntingdon 87 26 26 4 6 0 24 1 0
Indiana 179 48 23 14 11 0 37 8 38
Jefferson 178 39 69 9 13 0 27 0 21
Juniata 53 12 27 2 5 0 4 0 3
Lackawanna 425 125 113 11 33 3 130 1 9

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Delinquency Dispositions by Family Status, 2007
FAMILY STATUS OF YOUTH’S BIOLOGICAL PARENTS
BOTH NOT
TOTAL ONE PARENT NEVER
PARENTS MARRIED OTHER REPORTED
COUNTY DISPOSITIONS MARRIED DIVORCED SEPARATED DECEASED
DECEASED
Lancaster 1,494 262 284 60 74 3 576 22 213
Lawrence 382 77 115 22 17 0 126 5 20
Lebanon 402 98 122 7 17 1 131 3 23
Lehigh 1,521 309 246 106 62 3 743 0 52
Luzerne 1,066 145 130 41 36 5 228 7 474
Lycoming 567 104 131 11 11 2 291 16 1
McKean 105 24 40 2 8 4 25 2 0
Mercer 303 47 91 12 14 1 92 13 33
Mifflin 85 11 27 4 7 0 18 1 17
Monroe 481 249 96 11 22 2 90 5 6
Montgomery 2,294 395 303 65 84 2 433 272 740
Montour 55 13 18 3 3 0 17 1 0
Northampton 1,089 279 43 681 45 1 7 32 1
Northumberland 502 137 173 15 17 1 96 4 59
Perry 136 43 58 4 6 1 18 4 2
Philadelphia 8,796 781 463 331 772 29 5,736 10 674
Pike 136 54 33 7 9 0 17 1 15
Potter 72 11 45 1 4 1 5 5 0
Schuylkill 443 47 70 27 27 1 66 14 191
Snyder 174 36 68 11 8 0 17 2 32
Somerset 178 48 70 3 9 0 42 5 1
Sullivan 16 4 7 1 1 0 3 0 0
Susquehanna 80 27 27 6 5 0 6 0 9
Tioga 103 28 48 5 4 0 14 3 1
Union 48 6 25 2 1 0 10 2 2
Venango 181 51 53 6 17 0 32 9 13
Warren 144 39 47 13 5 0 31 3 6
Washington 911 136 101 28 20 0 208 91 327
Wayne 80 33 25 8 4 2 7 1 0
Westmoreland 1,219 344 397 17 42 5 293 121 0
Wyoming 116 24 49 3 5 1 20 7 7
York 1,881 311 263 72 49 7 424 213 542
TOTAL 45,573 8,636 7,657 2,593 2,312 123 17,813 2,154 4,285
% of Total 100.0% 18.9% 16.8% 5.7% 5.1% 0.3% 39.1% 4.7% 9.4%

Living Arrangement of Youth, 2007
FATHER/ MOTHER/
TOTAL BOTH STEP- STEP- FOSTER NOT
COUNTY
DISPOS. PARENTS MOTHER FATHER RELATIVE MOTHER FATHER FAMILY OTHER REPORTED
Adams 419 125 155 36 22 12 42 7 16 4
Allegheny 4,692 699 2,766 376 337 44 192 30 241 7
Armstrong 236 33 78 22 12 9 15 2 10 55
Beaver 548 119 251 48 27 13 33 7 42 8
Bedford 74 25 31 3 4 2 3 3 3 0
Berks 1,828 380 888 164 120 41 137 16 72 10
Blair 516 74 234 63 42 8 19 13 15 48
Bradford 123 38 32 12 4 3 19 3 12 0
Bucks 1,790 553 532 127 84 33 140 2 150 169
Butler 364 120 124 48 15 5 24 2 14 12
Cambria 497 104 245 58 34 5 25 0 25 1
Cameron 12 2 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 0
Carbon 183 41 87 28 13 3 6 1 3 1
Centre 249 74 80 22 26 6 25 2 14 0
Chester 1,088 331 432 120 62 17 60 0 66 0
Clarion 86 18 35 8 11 2 8 2 2 0
Clearfield 133 37 36 15 12 4 19 0 6 4
Clinton 46 12 12 5 8 2 5 0 2 0
Columbia 286 60 113 20 12 4 19 3 5 50
Crawford 203 49 78 21 8 2 6 0 33 6
Cumberland 644 186 253 84 18 8 38 6 51 0
Dauphin 1,548 278 799 117 119 20 97 15 78 25
Delaware 1,631 307 825 104 98 27 115 15 130 10
Elk 82 30 28 9 1 0 12 0 1 1
Erie 1,061 184 540 91 67 22 91 4 50 12
Fayette 383 71 178 22 34 9 32 7 27 3
Forest 25 3 5 3 1 0 6 1 1 5
Franklin 636 106 269 44 4 7 27 10 40 129
Fulton 31 10 9 1 3 0 3 0 5 0
Greene 177 83 48 14 11 4 7 5 4 1
Huntingdon 87 28 28 8 7 3 7 1 5 0
Indiana 179 50 44 15 3 6 15 4 4 38
Jefferson 178 39 74 20 3 1 12 1 9 19
Juniata 53 13 15 4 8 2 7 0 1 3
Lackawanna 425 128 181 44 20 7 28 3 10 4

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Delinquency Dispositions
by Living Arrangement of Youth, 2007
FATHER/ MOTHER/
TOTAL BOTH STEP- STEP- FOSTER NOT
COUNTY
DISPOS. PARENTS MOTHER FATHER RELATIVE MOTHER FATHER FAMILY OTHER REPORTED
Lancaster 1,494 261 563 97 68 40 159 7 84 215
Lawrence 382 77 180 40 19 4 30 6 6 20
Lebanon 402 102 155 40 21 10 30 3 18 23
Lehigh 1,521 308 710 118 126 34 122 15 67 21
Luzerne 1,066 156 254 56 44 9 49 5 20 473
Lycoming 567 112 279 86 30 5 15 20 19 1
McKean 105 26 38 7 3 2 7 9 13 0
Mercer 303 46 129 24 31 7 27 6 6 27
Mifflin 85 16 18 9 7 2 10 3 3 17
Monroe 481 234 122 31 33 7 28 12 13 1
Montgomery 2,294 394 627 149 108 38 120 22 96 740
Montour 55 11 12 10 3 1 7 0 11 0
Northampton 1,089 276 525 117 64 9 28 15 54 1
Northumberland 502 102 174 29 22 10 55 19 32 59
Perry 136 43 39 11 9 7 14 2 9 2
Philadelphia 8,796 819 4,894 536 1,176 53 0 94 608 616
Pike 136 52 35 7 3 3 16 0 5 15
Potter 72 10 23 8 8 7 5 0 11 0
Schuylkill 443 58 99 31 14 4 29 4 13 191
Snyder 174 33 57 9 8 2 20 7 6 32
Somerset 178 52 70 16 6 3 14 1 16 0
Sullivan 16 4 7 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
Susquehanna 80 22 30 7 7 0 2 2 7 3
Tioga 103 33 30 17 8 3 7 2 3 0
Union 48 5 25 4 5 0 4 1 2 2
Venango 181 51 57 16 17 3 14 0 11 12
Warren 144 38 48 23 4 5 12 0 8 6
Washington 911 134 250 73 40 11 20 1 60 322
Wayne 80 31 26 5 6 3 7 0 2 0
Westmoreland 1,219 342 544 138 22 11 79 7 76 0
Wyoming 116 25 44 14 8 2 10 0 8 5
York 1,881 309 619 152 69 21 71 16 87 537
TOTAL 45,573 8,592 20,192 3,659 3,242 647 2,306 444 2,525 3,966
% of Total 100.0% 18.9% 44.3% 8.0% 7.1% 1.4% 5.1% 1.0% 5.5% 8.7%

Dependency Dispositions, 2007
In 1991, the Commission began collecting information on dependency cases that are processed by juvenile probation departments.
These figures do not reflect the total number of dependency cases in the Commonwealth, nor do they represent the total number of
dependency cases handled by juvenile probation departments. A dependency case is defined as a new referral that is processed by the
juvenile probation department and that does not have accompanying delinquency allegations.
Only the counties that report dependency dispositions are shown in the tables in this section.
WARNED, DISMISSED, REFERRED TO

COUNTY TOTAL COUNSELED, NOT ANOTHER CONSENT PROTECTIVE
DISPOSITIONS CASE CLOSED SUBSTANTIATED AGENCY DECREE OTHER PLACEMENT SUPERVISION
Armstrong 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 122 9 20 0 0 0 39 54
Bedford 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Berks 437 423 0 0 0 14 0 0
Butler 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Cambria 78 12 2 3 1 3 0 57
Cameron 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Crawford 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erie 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Fayette 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Franklin 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
Fulton 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Greene 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 13
Indiana 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jefferson 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Montgomery 173 7 13 3 0 20 10 120
Northumberland 67 43 0 0 0 11 0 13
Philadelphia 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Schuylkill 64 0 0 64 0 0 0 0
Snyder 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Susquehanna 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Venango 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Westmoreland 468 180 6 4 1 14 32 231
TOTAL 1,453 680 43 75 4 70 83 498
% of Total 100.0% 46.8% 3.0% 5.2% 0.3% 4.8% 5.7% 34.3%

Dependency Dispositions by Age, 2007
Age calculated at date of disposition

TOTAL NOT
COUNTY 9 & UNDER 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18+
DISPOS. REPORTED
Armstrong 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 122 37 2 4 6 9 6 13 14 15 0 16
Bedford 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Berks 437 0 1 3 9 29 52 127 142 64 10 0
Butler 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambria 78 0 1 0 3 10 13 14 35 2 0 0
Cameron 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Crawford 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Erie 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Fayette 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Franklin 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0
Fulton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Greene 13 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 4 1 0
Indiana 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jefferson 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Montgomery 173 1 0 0 6 9 24 51 54 26 2 0
Northumberland 67 7 3 8 6 1 5 22 12 3 0 0
Philadelphia 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Schuylkill 64 2 1 0 8 6 11 16 19 1 0 0
Snyder 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Susquehanna 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Venango 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Westmoreland 468 7 2 9 22 36 84 115 116 69 6 2
Total 1,453 57 16 28 61 102 198 367 398 187 20 19
% of Total 100.0% 3.9% 1.1% 1.9% 4.2% 7.0% 13.6% 25.3% 27.4% 12.9% 1.4% 1.3%

Outcomes of Delinquency Disposition Reviews, 2007

A disposition review is a hearing conducted by the court regarding a previous disposition which did not result
in out-of-home placement.
CONTINUED
TOTAL CONSENT ON PREVIOUS
COUNTY DISPOSITIONS WITHDRAWN DISMISSED REFERRED DECREE PROBATION DISPOSITION OTHER PLACEMENT
Adams 34 0 0 0 1 1 10 0 22
Allegheny 3,503 1,786 0 1 1 26 1,380 2 307
Armstrong 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
Beaver 65 2 12 0 0 20 9 0 22
Bedford 32 0 1 0 0 7 7 9 8
Berks 417 2 0 1 5 82 176 17 134
Blair 11 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 4
Bradford 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bucks 401 35 1 5 1 65 76 28 190
Butler 229 0 0 5 1 48 145 2 28
Cambria 109 8 0 0 0 0 95 4 2
Cameron 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4
Carbon 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8
Centre 77 0 0 0 1 45 15 0 16
Chester 58 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 53
Clarion 30 0 1 0 1 2 19 1 6
Clearfield 17 0 0 0 0 8 3 2 4
Clinton 11 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 7
Columbia 12 0 0 1 0 2 7 0 2
Crawford 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Cumberland 291 170 0 1 16 2 88 2 12
Dauphin 276 13 0 2 1 65 49 5 141
Delaware 706 55 5 6 1 14 357 0 268
Elk 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Erie 95 1 0 1 0 23 2 5 63
Fayette 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
Forest 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Franklin 8 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 4
Fulton 8 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 1
Greene 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
Huntingdon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indiana 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jefferson 20 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 16
Juniata 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3

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Outcomes of Delinquency Disposition Reviews, 2007
CONTINUED
TOTAL CONSENT ON PREVIOUS
COUNTY DISPOSITIONS WITHDRAWN DISMISSED REFERRED DECREE PROBATION DISPOSITION OTHER PLACEMENT
Lackawanna 868 0 0 0 0 1 807 31 29
Lancaster 127 1 2 2 0 82 0 0 40
Lawrence 14 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 9
Lebanon 50 1 0 0 5 8 26 4 6
Lehigh 163 21 0 0 0 3 74 5 60
Luzerne 149 0 0 2 0 9 39 5 94
Lycoming 176 6 4 2 18 29 38 25 54
McKean 46 0 0 0 0 6 35 2 3
Mercer 22 1 0 0 0 3 9 2 7
Mifflin 27 0 0 0 0 2 3 9 13
Monroe 76 1 0 2 0 4 10 0 59
Montgomery 132 0 0 0 0 13 19 11 89
Montour 15 0 0 1 0 1 3 4 6
Northampton 62 0 0 0 0 11 3 3 45
Northumberland 16 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 8
Perry 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Philadelphia 21,122 3,843 212 19 359 849 11,957 1,916 1,967
Pike 17 0 0 1 0 4 6 2 4
Potter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Schuylkill 15 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 13
Snyder 14 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 7
Somerset 19 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 8
Sullivan 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Susquehanna 15 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 2
Tioga 8 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2
Union 13 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 3
Venango 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Warren 12 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 5
Washington 77 0 0 0 0 6 24 1 46
Wayne 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Westmoreland 207 93 0 1 0 7 60 5 41
Wyoming 17 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 11
York 582 6 0 0 0 20 446 26 84
TOTAL 30,543 6,047 243 59 415 1,509 16,054 2,145 4,071
% of Total 100.0% 19.8% 0.8% 0.2% 1.4% 4.9% 52.6% 7.0% 13.3%
NOTE: Dispositional outcomes were combined for these tables. Informal Adjustment and Fines and Costs are included in the category titled Other.
Transferred to Other Juvenile Court and Referred to Another Agency/Individual are included in the category Referred. Complaint Withdrawn and
Warned, Counseled, Case Closed are included in the category Withdrawn. Protective Supervision and Probation with Day Treatment are included
with Probation.

Outcomes of Delinquency Placement Reviews, 2007

A placement review is a hearing conducted by the court regarding a previous disposition that resulted in out-
of-home placement.
OUTCOME
TOTAL PLACEMENT
COUNTY REVIEWS CONTINUED RELEASED TRANSFERRED
Adams 77 34 27 16
Allegheny 1,584 757 702 125
Armstrong 17 9 5 3
Beaver 9 1 0 8
Bedford 30 17 12 1
Berks 470 142 285 43
Blair 44 21 12 11
Bradford 1 0 0 1
Bucks 444 216 152 76
Butler 86 41 41 4
Cambria 29 12 12 5
Cameron 8 4 4 0
Carbon 40 16 18 6
Centre 44 9 30 5
Chester 429 222 174 33
Clarion 24 12 11 1
Clearfield 7 5 2 0
Clinton 33 16 10 7
Columbia 29 14 7 8
Crawford 35 14 19 2
Cumberland 79 42 29 8
Dauphin 550 281 181 88
Delaware 748 208 465 75
Elk 1 0 0 1
Erie 467 168 242 57
Fayette 45 19 14 12
Forest 4 3 1 0
Franklin 116 63 37 16
Fulton 3 2 1 0
Greene 8 4 2 2
Huntingdon 10 5 4 1
Indiana 2 1 1 0
Jefferson 47 20 24 3
Juniata 12 7 4 1

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Outcomes of Delinquency Placement Reviews, 2007
OUTCOME
TOTAL PLACEMENT
COUNTY REVIEWS CONTINUED RELEASED TRANSFERRED
Lackawanna 148 69 63 16
Lancaster 223 170 9 44
Lawrence 6 5 1 0
Lebanon 43 31 9 3
Lehigh 350 158 177 15
Luzerne 466 105 310 51
Lycoming 182 66 83 33
McKean 24 13 9 2
Mercer 39 20 16 3
Mifflin 24 9 14 1
Monroe 255 100 128 27
Montgomery 580 254 294 32
Montour 6 2 3 1
Northampton 121 98 15 8
Northumberland 30 17 5 8
Perry 1 0 0 1
Philadelphia 9,665 6,964 2,440 261
Pike 36 14 20 2
Potter 0 0 0 0
Schuylkill 54 46 2 6
Snyder 23 10 8 5
Somerset 15 11 2 2
Sullivan 0 0 0 0
Susquehanna 19 11 2 6
Tioga 35 20 12 3
Union 11 9 2 0
Venango 52 33 16 3
Warren 15 13 0 2
Washington 188 98 66 24
Wayne 26 13 10 3
Westmoreland 275 137 105 33
Wyoming 15 5 10 0
York 428 181 187 60
TOTAL 18,887 11,067 6,546 1,274
% of Total 100.0% 58.6% 34.7% 6.7%

Delinquency Placement Review Transfers

by Type of Placement, 2007
TOTAL PRIVATE DPW GROUP FOSTER DRUG & WILDERNESS BOOT INDEP. OTHER
COUNTY PLACEMENTS INSTITUTION OPEN YDC HOME CARE SECURITY ALCOHOL BASED CAMP LIVING TYPE
Adams 16 4 2 2 3 0 2 0 0 2 1
Allegheny 125 28 8 30 0 23 6 15 2 12 1
Armstrong 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver 8 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0
Bedford 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Berks 43 20 1 2 0 7 2 3 0 4 4
Blair 11 0 0 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 1
Bradford 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bucks 76 12 2 14 15 10 8 10 4 0 1
Butler 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Cambria 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Carbon 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
Centre 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Chester 33 15 1 7 1 5 0 2 2 0 0
Clarion 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinton 7 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Columbia 8 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
Crawford 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Cumberland 8 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
Dauphin 88 30 4 22 4 4 3 0 4 7 10
Delaware 75 22 3 7 0 17 5 14 4 3 0
Elk 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Erie 57 15 0 18 0 10 2 0 5 7 0
Fayette 12 6 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0
Franklin 16 5 0 0 4 1 0 2 1 1 2
Greene 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Huntingdon 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jefferson 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Juniata 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

continued
Delinquency Placement Review Transfers
by Type of Placement, 2007
TOTAL PRIVATE DPW GROUP FOSTER DRUG & WILDERNESS BOOT INDEP. OTHER
COUNTY PLACEMENTS INSTITUTION OPEN YDC HOME CARE SECURITY ALCOHOL BASED CAMP LIVING TYPE
Lackawanna 16 4 0 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 4
Lancaster 44 4 12 13 0 6 0 0 1 8 0
Lebanon 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
Lehigh 15 4 0 0 2 5 0 2 0 1 1
Luzerne 51 15 0 2 0 3 16 6 1 8 0
Lycoming 33 14 1 0 9 3 0 0 6 0 0
McKean 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Mercer 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Mifflin 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Monroe 27 3 0 4 0 14 0 0 5 1 0
Montgomery 32 14 1 6 4 2 3 1 0 1 0
Montour 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northampton 8 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
Northumberland 8 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1
Perry 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia 261 62 10 45 7 60 21 9 15 17 15
Pike 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Schuylkill 6 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Snyder 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Somerset 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Susquehanna 6 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Tioga 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Venango 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Warren 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Washington 24 6 0 5 1 3 1 0 0 4 4
Wayne 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Westmoreland 33 10 2 9 4 1 1 0 1 5 0
York 60 14 1 6 1 4 5 1 2 22 4
TOTAL 1,274 350 51 209 67 216 81 67 63 113 57
% of Total 100.0% 27.5% 4.0% 16.4% 5.3% 17.0% 6.4% 5.3% 4.9% 8.9% 4.5%

Summary of all Delinquency and

DELINQUENCY CASES DEPENDENCY CASES
TOTAL NEW DISPOSITION PLACEMENT NEW DISPOSITION PLACEMENT
COUNTY DISPOSITIONS SUBTOTAL ALLEGATIONS REVIEWS REVIEWS SUBTOTAL ALLEGATIONS REVIEWS REVIEWS
Adams 530 530 419 34 77 0 0 0 0
Allegheny 9,779 9,779 4,692 3,503 1,584 0 0 0 0
Armstrong 260 259 236 6 17 1 1 0 0
Beaver 763 622 548 65 9 141 122 1 18
Bedford 140 136 74 32 30 4 2 2 0
Berks 3,152 2,715 1,828 417 470 437 437 0 0
Blair 571 571 516 11 44 0 0 0 0
Bradford 126 126 123 2 1 0 0 0 0
Bucks 2,636 2,635 1,790 401 444 1 0 0 1
Butler 684 679 364 229 86 5 5 0 0
Cambria 774 635 497 109 29 139 78 60 1
Cameron 27 26 12 6 8 1 1 0 0
Carbon 232 232 183 9 40 0 0 0 0
Centre 370 370 249 77 44 0 0 0 0
Chester 1,575 1,575 1,088 58 429 0 0 0 0
Clarion 140 140 86 30 24 0 0 0 0
Clearfield 157 157 133 17 7 0 0 0 0
Clinton 91 90 46 11 33 1 0 0 1
Columbia 327 327 286 12 29 0 0 0 0
Crawford 242 241 203 3 35 1 1 0 0
Cumberland 1,014 1,014 644 291 79 0 0 0 0
Dauphin 2,374 2,374 1,548 276 550 0 0 0 0
Delaware 3,085 3,085 1,631 706 748 0 0 0 0
Elk 87 87 82 4 1 0 0 0 0
Erie 1,630 1,623 1,061 95 467 7 3 1 3
Fayette 440 438 383 10 45 2 2 0 0
Forest 30 30 25 1 4 0 0 0 0
Franklin 764 760 636 8 116 4 4 0 0
Fulton 43 42 31 8 3 1 1 0 0
Greene 202 189 177 4 8 13 13 0 0
Huntingdon 98 97 87 0 10 1 0 0 1
Indiana 186 185 179 4 2 1 1 0 0
Jefferson 250 245 178 20 47 5 4 0 1
Juniata 72 72 53 7 12 0 0 0 0
Lackawanna 1,442 1,441 425 868 148 1 0 1 0

continued
Summary of all Delinquency and
DELINQUENCY CASES DEPENDENCY CASES
TOTAL NEW DISPOSITION PLACEMENT NEW DISPOSITION PLACEMENT
COUNTY DISPOSITIONS SUBTOTAL ALLEGATIONS REVIEWS REVIEWS SUBTOTAL ALLEGATIONS REVIEWS REVIEWS
Lancaster 1,844 1,844 1,494 127 223 0 0 0 0
Lawrence 402 402 382 14 6 0 0 0 0
Lebanon 495 495 402 50 43 0 0 0 0
Lehigh 2,034 2,034 1,521 163 350 0 0 0 0
Luzerne 1,682 1,681 1,066 149 466 1 0 1 0
Lycoming 925 925 567 176 182 0 0 0 0
McKean 176 175 105 46 24 1 0 0 1
Mercer 365 364 303 22 39 1 0 0 1
Mifflin 136 136 85 27 24 0 0 0 0
Monroe 812 812 481 76 255 0 0 0 0
Montgomery 3,222 3,006 2,294 132 580 216 173 14 29
Montour 76 76 55 15 6 0 0 0 0
Northampton 1,272 1,272 1,089 62 121 0 0 0 0
Northumberland 617 548 502 16 30 69 67 0 2
Perry 140 140 136 3 1 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia 39,587 39,583 8,796 21,122 9,665 4 2 2 0
Pike 189 189 136 17 36 0 0 0 0
Potter 72 72 72 0 0 0 0 0 0
Schuylkill 576 512 443 15 54 64 64 0 0
Snyder 214 211 174 14 23 3 1 0 2
Somerset 212 212 178 19 15 0 0 0 0
Sullivan 20 20 16 4 0 0 0 0 0
Susquehanna 116 114 80 15 19 2 2 0 0
Tioga 146 146 103 8 35 0 0 0 0
Union 73 72 48 13 11 1 0 0 1
Venango 238 237 181 4 52 1 1 0 0
Warren 171 171 144 12 15 0 0 0 0
Washington 1,176 1,176 911 77 188 0 0 0 0
Wayne 111 111 80 5 26 0 0 0 0
Westmoreland 2,481 1,701 1,219 207 275 780 468 146 166
Wyoming 148 148 116 17 15 0 0 0 0
York 2,893 2,891 1,881 582 428 2 0 0 2
TOTAL 96,914 95,003 45,573 30,543 18,887 1,911 1,453 228 230
100% 98.0% 2.0%

Appendix
County Class and Population
Total Juvenile Total Juvenile

County Class Population Population County Class Population Population
10-17 10-17
Philadelphia 1 1,453,212 163,899 Adams 6 100,050 10,963
Armstrong 6 69,325 6,962
Allegheny 2 1,224,993 121,747 Bedford 6 49,700 5,074
Bradford 6 61,594 6,870
Bucks 2A 619,407 70,509 Carbon 6 62,152 6,187
Delaware 2A 553,732 63,726 Clarion 6 40,194 3,829
Montgomery 2A 773,866 84,231 Clearfield 6 81,897 8,151
Clinton 6 37,277 3,490
Berks 3 398,749 44,531 Columbia 6 64,668 5,803
Chester 3 478,990 55,582 Crawford 6 88,887 9,420
Dauphin 3 254,068 27,891 Elk 6 32,869 3,380
Erie 3 279,686 31,161 Greene 6 39,609 3,878
Lackawanna 3 209,146 20,747 Huntingdon 6 45,487 4,216
Lancaster 3 493,849 57,462 Indiana 6 87,924 7,775
Lehigh 3 333,833 36,906 Jefferson 6 45,132 4,509
Luzerne 3 311,626 30,215 McKean 6 44,009 4,544
Northampton 3 289,884 31,074 Mifflin 6 46,891 4,943
Westmoreland 3 363,480 36,191 Pike 6 57,252 7,272
York 3 414,505 45,494 Somerset 6 78,206 7,464
Susquehanna 6 41,425 4,578
Beaver 4 174,021 17,652 Tioga 6 40,741 4,188
Butler 4 181,179 19,874 Venango 6 55,167 5,984
Cambria 4 146,080 13,462 Warren 6 41,167 4,318
Cumberland 4 225,772 22,167 Wayne 6 51,561 5,384
Fayette 4 144,919 14,533
Schuylkill 4 147,037 13,698 Juniata 7 23,155 2,453
Washington 4 205,297 20,443 Perry 7 44,869 4,973
Snyder 7 38,042 3,886
Blair 5 125,643 12,365 Union 7 43,543 3,598
Centre 5 144,205 10,944 Wyoming 7 27,874 3,110
Franklin 5 139,685 14,674
Lawrence 5 91,351 9,545 Cameron 8 5,399 584
Lebanon 5 126,441 13,216 Forest 8 7,028 693
Lycoming 5 117,349 11,761 Fulton 8 14,756 1,583
Mercer 5 117,558 12,422 Montour 8 17,848 1,940
Monroe 5 162,913 20,670 Potter 8 17,365 1,955
Northumberland 5 91,049 8,631 Sullivan 8 6,229 676
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JUVENILE COURT JUDGES’ COMMISSION

CENTER FOR JUVENILE JUSTICE TRAINING AND RESEARCH

INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION

JUVENILE COURT JUDGES’ COMMISSION

This report provides an overview of juvenile court dispositions in Pennsylvania during

James E. Anderson Honorable Arthur E. Grim

a) the number of youth who are processed by the court;

b) the number of offenses charged to juveniles.

Disposition and Placement Reviews

Summary of all Dispositional Activity

1 - 60 101 - 200 501 - 1,000 2,501 - 4,700

PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

Highlights of the 2007 Disposition Report

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN 2

Delinquency Dispositions, 2003 - 2007

32,768 32,085 Remaining

9,016 8,480 8,894 8,796

Please refer to the note on page 2 regarding Philadelphia dispositions.

3 PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

Frequencies of Statewide Delinquency

There were 45,573 delinquency-related dispositions in Pennsylvania during 2007.

Consent Decree 18.4%

Informal Adjustment 14.3%

Fines/Costs Ordered 8.7%

Complaint Withdrawn 7.9%

Warned/Counseled/Case Closed 6.4%

Dismissed/Not Substantiated 4.5%

Transfer to Other Juvenile Court 3.5%

Continued on Previous Disposition 2.1%

Probation w/Day Treatment 1.1%

Referred to Other Agency/Individual 0.4%

Transfer to Criminal Court 0.3%

Protective Supervision 0.1%

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN 4

Delinquency Dispositions, 2003 - 2007

COUNTY 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 % CHANGE

5 PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

COUNTY 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 % CHANGE

Please refer to the note on page 2 regarding Philadelphia dispositions.

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN 6

Delinquency Dispositions as a Percent

7 PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN 8

Delinquency Dispositions by Type, 2007

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

9 PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN 10

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.

11 PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN 12

Type of Attorney Representation

13 PENNSYLVANIA JUVENILE COURT DISPOSITIONS

Transfer to 154 94 61.0% 33 21.4% 24 15.6% 3 2.0% 0 0.0%

Warned, 872 549 63.0% 191 21.9% 87 10.0% 45 5.2% 0 0.0%

Informal 84 53 63.1% 13 15.5% 5 6.0% 13 15.5% 0 0.0%

Fines/Costs 368 250 67.9% 51 13.9% 45 12.2% 22 6.0% 0 0.0%

Referred to 45 34 75.6% 3 6.7% 4 8.9% 4 8.9% 0 0.0%

Continued 527 374 71.0% 83 15.8% 46 8.7% 24 4.6% 0 0.0%

Other 1,334 948 71.1% 251 18.8% 52 3.9% 83 6.2% 0 0.0%

Protective 24 20 83.3% 0 0.0% 1 4.2% 3 12.5% 0 0.0%

NOTE: Does not include disposition and placement reviews.