| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
American Indian juveniles had the highest arrest rate for liquor law violations in 2010.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Liquor Law Violations by Race, 1980-2010
|
Year
|
Whites
|
Blacks
|
American
Indians
|
Asians
|
| 1980 |
576.9
|
76.2
|
626.6
|
73.4
|
| 1981 |
560.6
|
84.8
|
755.4
|
69.6
|
| 1982 |
581.3
|
102.6
|
880.4
|
70.0
|
| 1983 |
536.2
|
94.7
|
753.8
|
71.4
|
| 1984 |
545.7
|
84.7
|
583.2
|
75.8
|
| 1985 |
580.4
|
97.9
|
796.6
|
94.5
|
| 1986 |
694.6
|
118.5
|
687.9
|
95.1
|
| 1987 |
692.7
|
119.3
|
1,014.7
|
93.6
|
| 1988 |
732.1
|
136.8
|
842.7
|
102.8
|
| 1989 |
668.6
|
143.3
|
835.3
|
89.5
|
| 1990 |
673.2
|
157.1
|
1,047.0
|
102.1
|
| 1991 |
600.7
|
165.8
|
983.3
|
96.8
|
| 1992 |
485.3
|
146.6
|
870.9
|
67.3
|
| 1993 |
455.3
|
135.3
|
834.3
|
63.1
|
| 1994 |
472.1
|
134.4
|
857.0
|
85.6
|
| 1995 |
480.3
|
142.6
|
993.7
|
86.4
|
| 1996 |
594.5
|
173.4
|
1,084.0
|
108.4
|
| 1997 |
505.1
|
164.6
|
1,063.4
|
107.7
|
| 1998 |
491.8
|
171.5
|
804.3
|
94.3
|
| 1999 |
492.1
|
146.0
|
856.2
|
87.7
|
| 2000 |
464.2
|
131.5
|
732.8
|
65.3
|
| 2001 |
380.8
|
111.0
|
591.3
|
60.2
|
| 2002 |
510.4
|
113.4
|
751.5
|
97.9
|
| 2003 |
465.6
|
100.4
|
710.1
|
98.5
|
| 2004 |
437.1
|
100.6
|
607.7
|
97.5
|
| 2005 |
433.2
|
101.0
|
617.3
|
75.4
|
| 2006 |
483.4
|
115.0
|
678.4
|
105.8
|
| 2007 |
483.9
|
121.5
|
665.8
|
98.3
|
| 2008 |
451.0
|
127.1
|
618.7
|
91.3
|
| 2009 |
383.6
|
119.3
|
581.4
|
84.6
|
| 2010 |
327.0
|
118.1
|
491.6
|
77.3
|
| 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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- In 2010, the liquor law violation arrest rate for white juveniles was less than the American Indian rate, nearly three times the black rate and more than four times the Asian rate.
- Race-specific trends in liquor law violation arrest rates vary greatly. Between 1980 and 2010, the liquor law violation arrest rate declined 43% for white juveniles. Over this period, the black rate increased 55%, the American Indian rate declined 22%, and the Asian rate increased 5%.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05276.
December 17, 2012.
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