| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
The 2010 juvenile arrest rate for murder was at its lowest point since at least 1980.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Murder, 1980-2010
|
Year
|
Total
|
| 1980 |
5.8
|
| 1981 |
6.6
|
| 1982 |
6.1
|
| 1983 |
5.1
|
| 1984 |
4.6
|
| 1985 |
5.3
|
| 1986 |
5.9
|
| 1987 |
6.4
|
| 1988 |
8.5
|
| 1989 |
9.8
|
| 1990 |
11.4
|
| 1991 |
11.9
|
| 1992 |
11.3
|
| 1993 |
12.8
|
| 1994 |
12.3
|
| 1995 |
10.7
|
| 1996 |
8.9
|
| 1997 |
7.6
|
| 1998 |
6.5
|
| 1999 |
4.4
|
| 2000 |
3.6
|
| 2001 |
3.8
|
| 2002 |
3.9
|
| 2003 |
3.7
|
| 2004 |
3.2
|
| 2005 |
3.7
|
| 2006 |
3.7
|
| 2007 |
3.9
|
| 2008 |
3.7
|
| 2009 |
3.5
|
| 2010 |
3.0
|
| Note: Rates are arrests of persons ages 10-17 per 100,000 persons ages 10-17 in the resident population. |
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- From the mid-1980s to the peak in 1993, the juvenile arrest rate for murder more than doubled.
- Then, the juvenile arrest rate for murder declined through the mid-2000s, reaching a level in 2004 that was 75% less than the 1993 peak.
- The growth in the juvenile murder arrest rate that began in 2004 was reversed in the last 3 years as the rate fell 23% since 2007, resting at a level that was 77% below its 1993 peak.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05202.
December 17, 2012. Adapted from Puzzanchera, C. and Adams, B. (2012). Juvenile Arrests 2009. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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