. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 29.

Published in final edited form as: Youth Violence Juv Justice. 2004 Jan 1;2(3):237. doi: 10.1177/1541204004265875

TABLE 2.

Descriptive Statistics of the Adjudicated Versus Enrolled Group

	Adjudicated (n = 2,443)		Enrolled (n = 1,354)
	M	SD	M	SD	Significance
Age at adjudication	16.1	1.2	15.9	1.4	t = −4.42, p < .001
Number of prior petitions	1.5	1.9	2.1	2.4	t = 8.78, p < .001
Age at first prior petition	14.2	1.7	13.9	1.7	t = −3.29, p = < .001
Gender
Male	91%		86%		χ² = 22.81, p < .001
Female	9%		14%
Race
White	20%		25%		χ² = 33.66, p < .001
African American	49%		44%
Hispanic	28%		29%
Other	3%		2%
Disposition at adjudication
Adjudicated with later case dismissal	2%		1%		χ² = 118.51, p < .001
Fines/restitution	1%		1%
Probation	50%		41%
Nonincarcerated residential placement	15%		21%
Incarcerate/jail	10%		21%
Pending	22%		15%