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State juvenile justice data book shows overall declines but rising share of violent offenses
Summary
Researchers reported juvenile justice involvement in Washington has generally declined since before the pandemic, with arrests and other measures rebounding to roughly 75–80% of pre‑COVID levels; detention admissions remain lower, but the share of violent-person felonies has increased and law‑enforcement ethnicity data quality has worsened.
Andrew Peterson, principal research associate with the Washington State Center for Court Research, told the Partnership Council that the center’s biennial databook shows broad declines in juvenile justice involvement while some measures and risks are rising.
“We’re back up to around 80 percent, maybe, of where we were pre COVID,” Peterson said, summarizing statewide arrest trends for 2024 compared with 2019. He said the center’s county-level and dashboard tools will allow stakeholders to dig into trends by race, age and offense type.
The presentation highlighted that detention admissions remain far below pre‑pandemic levels — roughly 60% of earlier levels — a change the researchers said…
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