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Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends
The juvenile arrest rate for disorderly conduct in 2007 was 36% above the 1980 rate.

Juvenile Arrest Rates for Disorderly Conduct, 1980-2007

Juvenile Arrest Rates for Disorderly Conduct

Note: Rates are arrests of persons ages 10-17 per 100,000 persons ages 10-17 in the resident population.

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  • Juvenile arrest rates for disorderly conduct more than doubled between 1984 and 1997, then fell 29% by 2000.
  • Between 2000 and 2007, the juvenile arrest rate for disorderly conduct increased 19%.

Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available:
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05218. October 24, 2008.

 

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