Juvenile Justice System
in Platte County Missouri
A Report Card to Our Citizens
A Report Card to Our Citizens
FURTHERING COMMUNITY SAFETY
JUVENILE CRIME: Two important indicators of
juvenile crime trends are the per capita rate of juvenile
offenders who are adjudicated delinquent by the
Juvenile Court or commit crimes that warrant a waiver
to Adult Court. In the year 2007, sixteen (16) youth
were found to be delinquent. That means that in our
community 2.8 of every 1,000 juveniles were adjudged
delinquent in 2007. (Juvenile population includes
youth grade seven through eleven) Table A at right
illustrates how that compares with delinquency rates over the past
five years.
TRANSFER TO ADULT COURT: In 2007, two
youth committed crimes that warranted prosecution in
Adult Court. Table B illustrates how that figure compares
with the five previous years.
RECIDIVISM RATE FOR JUVENILE
OFFENDERS: Recidivism is the rate at which
juveniles re-offend (commit new crimes). Recidivism
rates included in this section includes offenders that
have completed Accountability Agreements (efforts to
intervene before an offender is adjudicated delinquent
by the court) and offenders that are formally charged in
Juvenile Court.
LAW ABIDING BEHAVIOR:
Data from 2007 indicated that 91% of the youth
supervised in 2007 had no additional delinquency
offenses within one year of beginning supervision.
Data from 2007 indicates that within 12 months after
release into the community, following supervision, 97%
had no charges filed against them for a new criminal
offense within one year of completing the order.
ADULT CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS:
289 youth supervised for delinquencies during 2005-
2007 aged out of the juvenile system (turned 17 y/o).
Missouri Case Net reveals that 91% of those youth had
no adult criminal convictions in Missouri as of
December 31, 2007.
Table A
Adjudications
Year
Rate
2007
2.8
2006
4.4
2005
5.7