Update: Continuing collapse and racial convergence in juveniles sentenced to residential placement facilities

The OJJDP has updated juvenile residential placement commitment rates through 2021 (court ordered commitments per 100,000 juveniles,  here). Juvenile residential placement data are generally reported for every other year. The graph below reflects reported data, and straight-line interpolation for years between years of reported data, from 1997-2021. The juvenile residential placement commitment rate peaked in 1997. The ...
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