
| YOUTHFUL ADMISSIONS | 1,518 | 100.0% |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Male | 1,457 | 96.0% |
| Female | 61 | 4.0% |
| Race | ||
| White | 534 | 35.2% |
| Black | 951 | 62.6% |
| Other | 33 | 2.2% |
| Age at Offense | ||
| 12 | 1 | 0.1% |
| 13 | 6 | 0.4% |
| 14 | 56 | 3.7% |
| 15 | 153 | 10.1% |
| 16 | 504 | 33.2% |
| 17 | 798 | 52.6% |
| Prior DC Prison Commitments | ||
| 0 | 1,188 | 78.3% |
| 1 | 308 | 20.3% |
| 2 | 18 | 1.2% |
| 3 | 4 | 0.3% |
Type of Offense
* One of the following conditions must occur for a crime to be defined as violent under this definition: actual physical harm or threat of physical harm, or a reasonable probability existed that individual criminal acts could have resulted in unintended physical harm or the threat of physical harm. |
Youthful Offender Admissions Over Five Years![]() |
| Type of Offense | Number | Percent | Average Sentence Length In Years* | Average Age at Offense |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murder, Manslaughter | 102 | 6.7% | 22.1 years | 16.0 |
| Sexual Offenses | 105 | 6.9% | 7.3 years | 16.2 |
| Robbery | 370 | 24.4% | 5.6 years | 16.2 |
| Violent Personal Offenses | 203 | 13.4% | 5.6 years | 16.3 |
| Burglary | 337 | 22.2% | 4.0 years | 16.4 |
| Theft/Forgery/Fraud | 115 | 7.6% | 2.6 years | 16.6 |
| Drug Offenses | 200 | 13.2% | 2.7 years | 16.6 |
| Weapons | 33 | 2.2% | 3.5 years | 16.7 |
| Other | 53 | 3.5% | 3.4 years | 16.3 |
| *Sentence lengths of 50 years or longer, life, and death are coded as 50 years for calculations of averages. | ||||