The Survey of Youth in Residential Placement (SYRP) is the third component in the
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s constellation of surveys providing
updated statistics on youth in custody in the juvenile justice system. It joins the Census of
Juveniles in Residential Placement and the Juvenile Residential Facility Census, which
are biennial mail surveys of residential facility administrators conducted in alternating
years. SYRP is a unique addition, gathering information directly from youth through
anonymous interviews. This bulletin series reports on the first national SYRP, covering its
development and design and providing detailed information on the youth’s characteristics,
backgrounds, and expectations; the conditions of their confinement; their needs and the
services they received; and their experiences of victimization in placement.