| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
The juvenile arrest rate for forcible rape in 2010 was one-third its 1991 peak.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Forcible Rape, 1980-2010
|
Year
|
Total
|
| 1980 |
14.9
|
| 1981 |
15.2
|
| 1982 |
16.2
|
| 1983 |
16.6
|
| 1984 |
19.1
|
| 1985 |
19.6
|
| 1986 |
20.3
|
| 1987 |
20.0
|
| 1988 |
19.9
|
| 1989 |
21.7
|
| 1990 |
21.1
|
| 1991 |
22.4
|
| 1992 |
21.4
|
| 1993 |
21.3
|
| 1994 |
19.7
|
| 1995 |
18.3
|
| 1996 |
17.8
|
| 1997 |
17.0
|
| 1998 |
16.3
|
| 1999 |
14.7
|
| 2000 |
13.4
|
| 2001 |
13.5
|
| 2002 |
13.7
|
| 2003 |
12.2
|
| 2004 |
12.2
|
| 2005 |
11.6
|
| 2006 |
10.4
|
| 2007 |
10.4
|
| 2008 |
9.7
|
| 2009 |
9.2
|
| 2010 |
8.5
|
| Note: Rates are arrests of persons ages 10-17 per 100,000 persons ages 10-17 in the resident population. |
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- Between 1980 and the peak in 1991, the juvenile arrest rate for forcible rape increased 50%.
- After 1991, the forcible rape arrest rate gradually fell, resting at a level in 2010 that was 62% below the 1991 peak. In fact, the 2,900 estimated juvenile arrests for forcible rape in 2010 were the fewest such arrests in at least three decades.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05203.
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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