Facts and Figures

ADDING UP

The territory has seen a 45 percent increase in overall juvenile crime since 1989.

INCORRIGIBLE

• Many juveniles are charged with status offenses, crimes that only minors can be charged with. These include violating curfew, underage drinking and running away from home. According to the Human Services Department, "These youths usually demonstrate incorrigible and out-of-control behavior and are among the most difficult of the DHS caseload."
• The number of youths charged with status offenses increased 82 percent from 1993 to 1994.
• The number of youths adjudicated as delinquents in the Virgin Islands has increased 79 percent territorywide since 1989. In the districts:
• St. Thomas-St. John -- 64 percent increase.
• St. Croix -- 120 percent increase.

LOCKED UP

During fiscal year 1994 (Oct. 1, 1993-Sept. 30, 1994) 112 boys and 22 girls were in the Youth Rehabilitation Center.

GIRLS TOO

The number of girls in the Youth Rehabilitation Center increased 600 percent, from 3 to 22, from October 1993 to September 1994.

REPEATERS

In just one year, 1993 to 1994, the number of repeat offenders in the Youth Rehabilitation Center increased 38 percent.

BY THE NUMBERS

Comparisons between Virgin Islands and national statistics are virtually impossible because the FBI lists data by calendar year (January-December) in its Uniform Crime Reports, and the V.I. Human Services Department lists the data by fiscal year (October-September).