| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
Male arrests drove juvenile murder arrest rate trends between 1980 and 2010.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Murder by Sex, 1980-2010
|
Year
|
Males
|
Females
|
| 1980 |
10.5
|
0.9
|
| 1981 |
11.8
|
1.1
|
| 1982 |
11.0
|
1.0
|
| 1983 |
8.9
|
1.1
|
| 1984 |
8.2
|
0.9
|
| 1985 |
9.5
|
1.0
|
| 1986 |
10.8
|
0.8
|
| 1987 |
11.4
|
1.2
|
| 1988 |
15.5
|
1.2
|
| 1989 |
17.9
|
1.3
|
| 1990 |
21.2
|
1.2
|
| 1991 |
22.1
|
1.1
|
| 1992 |
20.8
|
1.3
|
| 1993 |
23.5
|
1.5
|
| 1994 |
22.5
|
1.5
|
| 1995 |
19.5
|
1.4
|
| 1996 |
16.2
|
1.2
|
| 1997 |
13.9
|
1.0
|
| 1998 |
11.6
|
1.0
|
| 1999 |
7.8
|
0.7
|
| 2000 |
6.2
|
0.8
|
| 2001 |
6.6
|
0.8
|
| 2002 |
6.9
|
0.8
|
| 2003 |
6.4
|
0.9
|
| 2004 |
5.7
|
0.6
|
| 2005 |
6.5
|
0.7
|
| 2006 |
6.8
|
0.4
|
| 2007 |
7.0
|
0.6
|
| 2008 |
6.7
|
0.5
|
| 2009 |
6.3
|
0.5
|
| 2010 |
5.3
|
0.6
|
| Note: Rates are arrests of persons ages 10-17 per 100,000 persons ages 10-17 in the resident population. |
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- Male and female arrest rates for murder followed similar patterns between 1980 and 2010. The rate for females peaked in 1994, 61% above its 1980 level. For males, the peak year in the arrest rate for murder was 1993 - 128% above its 1980 level.
- The rates declined since the mid 1990s so that by 2010, the rates for both were substantially below their levels of the early 1980s.
- Females accounted for 10% of all juvenile murder arrests in 2010.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05232.
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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