| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
Like the other Violent Crime Index offenses, the juvenile arrest rate for robbery declined substantially after its mid-1990s peak, falling 47% from 1995 through 2007.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Robbery, 1980-2007
| 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 contrast with the juvenile arrest rates for other violent crimes, the rate for robbery declined through much of the 1980s, reaching a low point in 1988.
- Then, like the violent crime arrest rate in general, by the mid-1990s the juvenile robbery arrest rate grew to a point above the 1980 level.
- The juvenile robbery arrest rate declined substantially (62%) between 1995 and 2002.
- Since 2002, however, the arrest rate rose again, so that by 2007 the rate was 41% above its low point in 2002 but it was still 47% below its 1995 peak.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05204.
October 24, 2008. Adapted from Puzzanchera, C. Juvenile Arrests 2007 [Forthcoming]. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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