| Q: |
What are the trends in homicides committed by juveniles involving firearms? |
| A: |
The national trend in murders by known juvenile offenders reflected the growth and subsequent decline in crimes committed with firearms. |
Known juvenile homicide offenders by firearm involvement, 1980-2010
| Year |
Firearm |
No firearm |
|
| 1980 |
833 |
627 |
| 1981 |
825 |
585 |
| 1982 |
655 |
580 |
| 1983 |
570 |
529 |
| 1984 |
543 |
426 |
| 1985 |
663 |
462 |
| 1986 |
779 |
556 |
| 1987 |
820 |
528 |
| 1988 |
1,057 |
565 |
| 1989 |
1,320 |
484 |
| 1990 |
1,629 |
605 |
| 1991 |
1,856 |
601 |
| 1992 |
1,936 |
533 |
| 1993 |
2,204 |
571 |
| 1994 |
2,271 |
547 |
| 1995 |
1,820 |
522 |
| 1996 |
1,460 |
560 |
| 1997 |
1,275 |
435 |
| 1998 |
975 |
437 |
| 1999 |
780 |
387 |
| 2000 |
692 |
319 |
| 2001 |
615 |
376 |
| 2002 |
636 |
335 |
| 2003 |
640 |
289 |
| 2004 |
629 |
352 |
| 2005 |
754 |
320 |
| 2006 |
916 |
359 |
| 2007 |
923 |
334 |
| 2008 |
771 |
333 |
| 2009 |
696 |
337 |
| 2010 |
646 |
279 |
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- Between 1984 and 1994, the number of firearm related homicides committed by known juvenile offenders quadrupled.
- The sharp decline in homicides by known juvenile offenders between 1994 and 2002 was attributable entirely to a decline in homicides by firearm.
- Between 2002 and 2010, the number of nonfirearm-related homicides committed by known juvenile offenders was relatively stable. However, murders by juveniles with firearms increased about 45% between 2002 and 2007, before declining 30% through 2010. In the early 1990s, about 80% of known juvenile homicide offenders were involved in firearm-related homicides; this percentage fell to 62% in 2001 but rose to 70% by 2010.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/offenders/qa03103.asp?qaDate=2010.
Released on July 31, 2012. Adapted from Puzzanchera, C. and Kang, W. (2012). Easy Access to the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports: 1980-2010. Available on-line at: http://ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezashr/. Data Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation. Supplementary Homicide Reports for the years 1980–2010 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: FBI.
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