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Statistics on children, youth and families in Mississippi from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Mississippi KIDS COUNT
Juvenile court
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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.
because one or more years have been deselected.
Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
This data is broken down into three categories: (1) Total Youth – the total number of youth having interactions with the juvenile justice system. This only appears the first time the youth shows up in the data to avoid being counted multiple times for multiple offenses. (2) Total Cases – counts the number of interactions youth had during the year which could be more than one for an individual youth. (3) Total Referrals – counts the number of referrals (offenses) committed during the year. A single case could have multiple offenses.
Data Source
Mississippi Department of Human Services, Division of Youth Services, [Year] Annual Report
Available at: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/media-news-room/division-of-youth-services-annual-reports/
Available at: https://www.mdhs.ms.gov/media-news-room/division-of-youth-services-annual-reports/
Notes
Updated November 2022.
Data for the city of Pearl was added into Rankin County for this indicator.
Data for the city of Pearl was added into Rankin County for this indicator.
Last Updated
November 2022