| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
Among the four Violent Crime Index offenses, only aggravated assault had a juvenile arrest rate in 2007 above levels of the 1980s.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Aggravated Assault, 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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- The juvenile arrest rate for aggravated assault doubled between 1980 and 1994 and then fell substantially and consistently through 2004, down 39% from its 1994 peak.
- This pattern of decline was interrupted recently, as the juvenile aggravated assault arrest rate increased 2% between 2004 and 2006. By 2007, however, the rate declined 5%, reaching its lowest point since the late-1980s.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05205.
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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