House Public Safety Committee discusses juvenile affairs data Oklahoma’s juvenile minority populations have greater contact with law enforcement the judicial system and the Office of Juvenile Affairs than their white counterparts, the House Public Safety Committee learned Wednesday. But several organizations, including OJA, are working to change that, committee members were told. Lynn Morris, OJA information technology director, walked committee members through the various data collected in the agency’s Juvenile On-Line Tracking System. The system is mandated by state statutes, Morris explained, and the data in it is available to law enforcement agencies, judges, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Corrections and others. Data in the system shows 9,952 juveniles were referred to OJA in fiscal year 2014. Sixty-nine percent of those were male and 31 percent were female. Seventy-four percent were less than 16 years old and 11 percent were less than 13 years old, a report from the system showed. For the full report, go to ecapitol.net
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 00:07:12 +0000