---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch72"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 72"
heading: "Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch72"
sections_count: 91
---

# Chapter 72 — Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Generally](/usc/42/ch72-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Programs and Offices](/usc/42/ch72-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Runaway and Homeless Youth](/usc/42/ch72-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Missing Children](/usc/42/ch72-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs](/usc/42/ch72-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Public Outreach](/usc/42/ch72-schVI.md)