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Juvenile Delinquency in Newport News City, VA

Unfortunately, in many areas of the Newport News City County, juvenile delinquency issues are on the rise. There are many reasons for the rise in youth offenders. The juvenile sentence in Virginia often depends on the severity of the crime, the number of crimes, and other family matters.

In 2017, a total of 1138 juvenile cases were reported for every 100,000 people age 10 to adulthood in the jurisdiction of Newport News City County. Of that total, 75% of those proceedings were delinquencies which equaled 853 court cases. Another 0% were dependency cases that accounted for 0 of the juvenile cases.

A lot of counties, including, Newport News City County, are focusing on family therapy and relationships rather than punishment for juvenile crimes. Future Newport News City County juvenile delinquency numbers will show whether or not this approach is working.

Juvenile Cases Number of cases
Delinquency11,338
Dependency0
Status9,542