RRI Comparisons.xls

| input | percentiles and interpretation | Combined Percentile | percentile charts | RRI comparison charts |

County Name
Select County size for Comparison		(1 = Large, 2 = Medium, 3 = Small , 4 = comparison to all counties)
Comparison to be used:
	Black or African-American	Hispanic or Latino	Asian	Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islanders	American Indian or Alaska Native	Other/ Mixed	All Minorities
2. Juvenile Arrests
3. Refer to Juvenile Court
4. Cases Diverted
5. Cases Involving Secure Detention
6. Cases Petitioned
7. Cases Resulting in Delinquent Findings
8. Cases resulting in Probation Placement
9. Cases Resulting in Confinement in Secure Juvenile Correctional Facilities
10. Cases Transferred to Adult Court

Instructions:	(All cells for entry are highlighted in yellow)
1. Enter the name of the jurisdiction in cell B1
2. Select the appropriate comparison group for this jurisdiction, based on the total number of youth of an age at which they
might be eligible for juvenile court jurisdiction
3. Enter the RRI values for each population group and stage of the juvenile justice system. This may be handled by typing
the values or by a "Cut and Paste" operation from the DMC website or RRI spreadsheet
4. Select the type of comparison you want from the tabs at the bottom of the page:
a. The Percentile tab shows the percentile groupings into which the RRI values place the jurisdiction
and provides some general guides to interpretation of the findings. (This is the place to start)
b. The Combined Percentile tab graphs the percentile groupings for all population groups and decision stages
c. The Percentile Charts tab graphs the percentile grouping for all decision stages separately for each population group
d. The tab labeled RRI Comparison charts contains separate charts for each population group show the range of RRI
scores for that group across all stages and plot the RRI score of your jurisdiction in the range of scores for comparable
sized jurisdictions. The range of RRI values is shown by the 20th and 80th percentile, as well as the median RRI
value for each decision stage



Percentile Groups
	Arrest	Referral	Diversion	Detention	Petition	Delinquent	Probation	Corrections	Transfer
Black
Hispanic
Asian
Native
Other
All

Notes:
- Groupings are to the nearest 5 percent group
- Percentile Groupings are not reported for racial ethnic populations in which fewer than six jurisdictions reported results
- Percentile groupings are relative to the set of jurisdictions (N = 735) which reported data through the OJJDP sponsored DMC web site during 2006-07
- No information is presented for "Hawaiian or other Asian and Pacific Islands" youth since less than six jurisdictions reported on that population segment
- A value of 'zero' means that the data is not present or that it is not reported

General Interpretation - This jurisdiction has an RRI score for the designated demographic group and decision point in the juvenile justice system that is numerically higher than the indicated percentage of the jurisdictions reporting to the OJJDP web site. For example, if the value in the cell for "Arrest" and "All" is 70, this would mean that this jurisdiction has an RRI value which is numerically higher than 70% of the jurisdictions reporting to OJJDP.
Users of this information should keep in mind that the RRI scores for the diversion and probation stages are typically the reverse of the other stages: a lower numeric value typically means under-utilization of diversion and probation (two less restrictive therefore desirable options.) However, a higher numeric value means greater utilization of diversion and probation for minority youth.