Juvenile Justice Spending Tops $4.2 Billion In 1998: Residential Services Account For 66% Of Spending

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry Statistics Juvenile justice expenditures topped $4.2 billion in fiscal year 1998. This represents a 60% increase from the $2.6 billion spent in fiscal 1994. California reported the highest total expenditures in fiscal 1998, at $628 million. Pennsylvania and Florida ranked second and third in total spending in fiscal 1998, at $455 million and $402 million respectively. Illinois reported the lowest spending at merely $90,915 in fiscal 1998. North Dakota and Vermont ranked second and third in the lowest amount of juvenile justice spending in fiscal 1998 . . .