| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
The increase in the juvenile robbery arrest rate for females outpaced that of males between 1988 and 1995.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Robbery by Sex, 1980-2010
|
Year
|
Males
|
Females
|
| 1980 |
264.4
|
20.6
|
| 1981 |
266.5
|
21.0
|
| 1982 |
251.0
|
18.8
|
| 1983 |
236.9
|
17.5
|
| 1984 |
222.7
|
16.2
|
| 1985 |
222.1
|
16.8
|
| 1986 |
217.0
|
16.9
|
| 1987 |
200.8
|
15.6
|
| 1988 |
210.8
|
18.2
|
| 1989 |
245.8
|
23.8
|
| 1990 |
259.2
|
25.5
|
| 1991 |
282.3
|
28.2
|
| 1992 |
283.7
|
28.2
|
| 1993 |
297.2
|
30.6
|
| 1994 |
324.6
|
34.5
|
| 1995 |
321.5
|
34.6
|
| 1996 |
281.6
|
31.4
|
| 1997 |
223.9
|
24.5
|
| 1998 |
187.4
|
20.4
|
| 1999 |
161.4
|
17.6
|
| 2000 |
147.7
|
15.8
|
| 2001 |
140.9
|
14.6
|
| 2002 |
129.4
|
13.0
|
| 2003 |
131.8
|
13.3
|
| 2004 |
130.4
|
14.7
|
| 2005 |
149.2
|
16.2
|
| 2006 |
178.9
|
19.6
|
| 2007 |
176.6
|
19.9
|
| 2008 |
183.6
|
19.6
|
| 2009 |
164.8
|
19.3
|
| 2010 |
142.2
|
16.2
|
| Note: Rates are arrests of persons ages 10-17 per 100,000 persons ages 10-17 in the resident population. |
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- Juvenile male and female robbery arrest rates both decreased through the late 1980s and climbed to a peak in the mid-1990s; by 2002, both had fallen to their lowest level since at least 1980. Following these declines, the rates for both groups increased, then fell again through 2010.
- Despite the recent declines, the rates in 2010 remained above their low points in 2002.
- In 2010, the juvenile male robbery arrest rate was nearly 9 times the female rate.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05234.
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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