Sexual Victimization Reported by Juvenile Correctional Authorities, 2007–12 (NCJ 249145), and Survey of Sexual Violence in Juvenile Correctional Facilities, 2007–12 - Statistical Tables (NCJ 249143)
are now available on BJS.gov.28 January 2016
Data for these reports are from BJS's Survey of Sexual Violence (SSV), which has been conducted annually since 2004.
Sexual Victimization Reported by Juvenile Correctional Authorities, 2007–12, presents national estimates of nonconsensual sexual acts, abusive sexual contacts, staff sexual misconduct, and staff sexual harassment reported by correctional authorities in state juvenile correctional systems and local and private juvenile correctional facilities from 2007 to 2012.
This report examines substantiated incidents, including characteristics of victims and perpetrators, location, time of day, nature of injuries, impact on the victims, and sanctions imposed on the perpetrators.
Companion tables in the Survey of Sexual Violence in Juvenile Correctional Facilities, 2007–12 - Statistical Tables include counts of allegations and substantiated incidents of sexual victimization for each state juvenile correctional system, juvenile correctional facility in Indian country, and sampled locally and privately operated juvenile correctional facility.