– Sexual Victimization Reported By Youth In Juvenile Facilities

A Bureau of Justice Statistics (bjs.gov) December 2019 report based on 6,049 interviews of youth in 2018 and 8,707 interviews of youth in 2012

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Statistics from the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, press release, “Percentage Of Youth In Juvenile Facilities Who Reported Being Sexually Victimized Declined From 2012 To 2018,” bjs.gov, Dec. 11, 2019. Information also from the report by National Survey of Youth in Custody “Sexual Victimization Reported by Youth in Juvenile Facilities, 2018,” by Erica L. Smith, BJS Statistician, and Jessica Stroop, former BJS Statistician, bjs.gov, December 2019. “Based on 6,049 interviews of youth in 2018 and 8,707 interviews of youth in 2012.”

“These statistics are based on the National Survey of Youth in Custody, 2018, conducted from March to December of 2018. The survey is part of BJS’s National Prison Rape Statistics Program and collects data on allegations of sexual victimization as required by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-79).”

Chart created and posted by SexEd.net November 2020