Fig.4-2-2-1 shows the number of juveniles referred by the police to family courts for special law offenses(excluding violations of four statute traffic related laws;hereinafter the same in this Section)since1956(see Appendix4-5 for the number by type of offense).

Fig.4-2-2-1  Trends in the number of juveniles referred by police for special law offenses(1956-2004)