| Sample demographics
According to gender, male juveniles diverted to NICRO were in the majority (176 or 64.0%) compared to 87 (31.6%) females. The gender of 12 (4.36%) juveniles could not be established. In terms of age, most of the diverted juveniles were between 15 and 17 years (178 or 64.7%), followed by 56 (20.4%) below 15 years and 32 (11.64%) who were between 18 and 21 years. In terms of race, altogether 216 (78.5%) African juveniles were referred to NICRO for treatment, followed by 45 (16.4%) Indian, 3 (1.1%) Coloured and 2 (0.73%) White delinquents. Considering education, the largest number of juveniles (62 or 22.5%) had not passed Grade Eight at school, followed by 58 (21.1%) who had only passed Grade Ten (Std. 8) at secondary school level. In terms of occupation, 213 (77.5%) were scholars, while 13 (4.73%) were enrolled at a tertiary institution. Unemployed (1.45%), self-employed (0.36%) and skilled/semi-skilled (1.09%) juveniles constituted only a small percentage of diverted offenders (Table 1).
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