Division of Criminal Justice Services

Initial Juvenile Delinquent (JD) Petitions Filed and Disposed by County

Family Courts handle cases involving youth who are 7 through 17 and have a juvenile delinquency petition filed after a referral from a presentment agency; this includes cases involving 16- and 17-year-olds charged with felonies (adolescent offenders) and 13-, 14-, and 15-year olds charged with certain serious felonies (juvenile offenders), who were removed from Youth Part of Criminal Court to Family Court.
See data notes for definitions and additional information on JD petitions filed and disposed.

Data are available for the following years:

2019
2020
2021
2022