| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
Male juvenile larceny-theft arrest rates generally declined throughout the late 1980s but female rates declined only after 1996.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Larceny-theft by Sex, 1980-2010
|
Year
|
Males
|
Females
|
| 1980 |
2,040.4
|
750.3
|
| 1981 |
2,012.2
|
750.1
|
| 1982 |
2,072.3
|
771.3
|
| 1983 |
2,013.5
|
763.4
|
| 1984 |
2,048.7
|
780.9
|
| 1985 |
2,140.5
|
836.7
|
| 1986 |
2,216.9
|
840.0
|
| 1987 |
2,247.7
|
898.5
|
| 1988 |
2,386.8
|
907.2
|
| 1989 |
2,332.7
|
904.3
|
| 1990 |
2,282.4
|
954.3
|
| 1991 |
2,323.8
|
977.2
|
| 1992 |
2,178.0
|
946.0
|
| 1993 |
2,073.7
|
976.6
|
| 1994 |
2,213.0
|
1,087.4
|
| 1995 |
2,177.1
|
1,079.3
|
| 1996 |
2,069.0
|
1,093.0
|
| 1997 |
1,991.0
|
1,075.6
|
| 1998 |
1,642.7
|
908.6
|
| 1999 |
1,423.2
|
819.6
|
| 2000 |
1,335.8
|
823.0
|
| 2001 |
1,210.4
|
810.8
|
| 2002 |
1,167.4
|
793.5
|
| 2003 |
1,110.8
|
754.9
|
| 2004 |
1,055.9
|
796.4
|
| 2005 |
962.3
|
729.3
|
| 2006 |
926.0
|
666.4
|
| 2007 |
964.5
|
763.3
|
| 2008 |
1,031.6
|
849.1
|
| 2009 |
996.8
|
875.4
|
| 2010 |
886.2
|
775.7
|
| Note: Rates are arrests of persons ages 10-17 per 100,000 persons ages 10-17 in the resident population. |
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- In 1980, 26% of juveniles arrested for larceny-theft were female; by 2010, this proportion had grown to 45%.
- Although larceny-theft arrest rates dropped for male and female juveniles in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the prior increases for females resulted in their 2006 rate being just 11% below their 1980 rate, whereas the 2006 rate for males was 55% below their 1980 rate.
- By 2010, the rate for males reached its lowest point since at least 1980 while the female rate was 16% above its 2006 low point.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05238.
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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