| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
For all racial groups, larceny-theft arrest rates in 2010 were well below the rates in 1980.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Larceny-theft by Race, 1980-2010
|
Year
|
Whites
|
Blacks
|
American
Indians
|
Asians
|
| 1980 |
1,251.3
|
2,730.1
|
1,714.7
|
1,043.0
|
| 1981 |
1,224.2
|
2,798.9
|
1,383.5
|
944.7
|
| 1982 |
1,249.9
|
2,934.8
|
1,512.7
|
900.3
|
| 1983 |
1,231.3
|
2,831.2
|
1,466.3
|
755.0
|
| 1984 |
1,267.6
|
2,848.3
|
1,612.1
|
671.7
|
| 1985 |
1,347.6
|
2,887.3
|
1,825.4
|
776.8
|
| 1986 |
1,404.3
|
2,870.9
|
1,773.9
|
762.3
|
| 1987 |
1,469.3
|
2,803.3
|
1,674.1
|
858.9
|
| 1988 |
1,548.6
|
2,876.5
|
1,862.9
|
979.1
|
| 1989 |
1,545.7
|
2,751.1
|
1,934.6
|
643.4
|
| 1990 |
1,546.9
|
2,652.1
|
1,762.2
|
836.1
|
| 1991 |
1,576.5
|
2,682.4
|
1,749.9
|
862.7
|
| 1992 |
1,477.9
|
2,560.1
|
1,662.0
|
847.3
|
| 1993 |
1,414.6
|
2,591.0
|
1,731.3
|
869.3
|
| 1994 |
1,506.9
|
2,895.8
|
1,755.2
|
934.8
|
| 1995 |
1,492.2
|
2,822.9
|
1,758.7
|
919.8
|
| 1996 |
1,468.3
|
2,590.7
|
1,914.4
|
957.0
|
| 1997 |
1,409.7
|
2,575.2
|
1,820.0
|
903.1
|
| 1998 |
1,170.1
|
2,177.0
|
1,421.8
|
685.0
|
| 1999 |
1,020.6
|
1,933.2
|
1,298.8
|
600.5
|
| 2000 |
983.8
|
1,854.1
|
1,174.6
|
540.1
|
| 2001 |
909.2
|
1,777.2
|
986.4
|
473.8
|
| 2002 |
895.2
|
1,637.2
|
932.8
|
491.3
|
| 2003 |
847.1
|
1,568.4
|
890.8
|
434.2
|
| 2004 |
841.0
|
1,537.3
|
842.5
|
423.0
|
| 2005 |
764.0
|
1,426.2
|
772.5
|
349.0
|
| 2006 |
712.0
|
1,392.4
|
601.8
|
321.5
|
| 2007 |
756.5
|
1,577.1
|
661.9
|
341.0
|
| 2008 |
816.7
|
1,757.9
|
638.1
|
340.0
|
| 2009 |
802.0
|
1,787.3
|
662.4
|
364.3
|
| 2010 |
709.5
|
1,605.8
|
607.9
|
314.3
|
| Note: Rates are arrests of persons ages 10-17 per 100,000 persons ages 10-17 in the resident population. Persons of Hispanic ethnicity may be of any race, i.e., white, black, American Indian, or Asian. Arrests of Hispanics are not reported separately. |
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- Between 1980 and 2006, arrest rates for larceny-theft declined substantially for all racial groups: 68% for Asians, 65% for American Indians, 49% for blacks, and 43% for whites.
- Since 2006, arrest rates for larceny-theft have been relatively stable, resting at or near the lowest level of the 31-year-period for all but black youth.
- In 2010, the black juvenile larceny-theft arrest rate was 2.3 times higher than the white rate, equivalent to the 1982 peak in black-white disparity for larceny-theft.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05268.
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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