| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
The 2010 juvenile male arrest rate for forcible rape was 43% below the rate in 1980.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Forcible Rape by Sex, 1980-2010
|
Year
|
Males
|
Females
|
| 1980 |
28.7
|
0.6
|
| 1981 |
29.3
|
0.5
|
| 1982 |
31.2
|
0.5
|
| 1983 |
32.1
|
0.4
|
| 1984 |
36.9
|
0.4
|
| 1985 |
37.6
|
0.7
|
| 1986 |
38.9
|
0.8
|
| 1987 |
38.2
|
0.9
|
| 1988 |
38.0
|
0.8
|
| 1989 |
41.4
|
1.0
|
| 1990 |
40.3
|
0.8
|
| 1991 |
42.8
|
0.9
|
| 1992 |
40.9
|
0.9
|
| 1993 |
40.8
|
0.8
|
| 1994 |
37.5
|
0.8
|
| 1995 |
34.8
|
0.8
|
| 1996 |
34.2
|
0.6
|
| 1997 |
32.5
|
0.7
|
| 1998 |
31.2
|
0.6
|
| 1999 |
28.0
|
0.6
|
| 2000 |
25.8
|
0.3
|
| 2001 |
26.0
|
0.4
|
| 2002 |
25.9
|
0.8
|
| 2003 |
23.3
|
0.5
|
| 2004 |
23.2
|
0.7
|
| 2005 |
22.1
|
0.5
|
| 2006 |
20.0
|
0.3
|
| 2007 |
20.0
|
0.4
|
| 2008 |
18.7
|
0.3
|
| 2009 |
17.6
|
0.4
|
| 2010 |
16.2
|
0.4
|
| Note: Rates are arrests of persons ages 10-17 per 100,000 persons ages 10-17 in the resident population. |
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- After an increase throughout the 1980s, the juvenile male arrest rate for forcible rape declined continuously between 1991 and 2010, falling 62%.
- Females constitute a small share of juvenile arrests for forcible rape. In 2010, just 2% of all juvenile arrests for forcible rape involved a female.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05233.
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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