| Q: |
Do delinquency case rates vary by age and offense? |
| A: |
Delinquency case rates generally increase with the age of the juvenile; however, within offense categories, there are variations in the pattern of age-specific case rates. |
Cases per 1,000 juveniles in age group, 2009
| Age |
Person |
Property |
Drugs |
Public order |
|
| 10 |
0.99 |
1.29 |
0.06 |
0.56 |
| 11 |
2.32 |
2.64 |
0.17 |
1.27 |
| 12 |
5.31 |
6.03 |
0.7 |
3.42 |
| 13 |
9.78 |
12.22 |
2.06 |
7.34 |
| 14 |
14.71 |
20.81 |
4.61 |
13.67 |
| 15 |
19.12 |
30.02 |
8.23 |
21 |
| 16 |
22.16 |
38.62 |
13.19 |
27.95 |
| 17 |
22.6 |
40.79 |
18.01 |
31.15 |
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- Case rates increased continuously with age across all offense categories.
- The increase in case rates between age 13 and age 17 was sharpest for drug offenses. In 2009, the drug offense case rate for 17-year-olds was nearly nine times the rate for 13-year-olds.
- For public order offenses, the case rate for 17-year-olds was more than four times the rate for 13-year-olds; for property offenses, the 17-year-old rate was three times the rate for 13-year-olds; for person offenses, the 17-year-old rate was twice the rate for 13-year-olds.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/court/qa06202.asp?qaDate=2009.
Released on May 01, 2012.
Adapted from Juvenile Court Statistics 2009 (forthcoming). Pittsburgh, PA: National Center for Juvenile Justice.
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