| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
Male arrests drove juvenile murder arrest rate trends between 1980 and 2007.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Murder by Sex, 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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- Male and female arrest rates for murder followed similar patterns between 1980 and 2007. Both reached their peak in 1993. The 1993 rate for females was 61% above its 1980 level and the male rate was 128% above its 1980 level.
- The rates declined since 1993 so that by 2007, both arrest rates were substantially below their levels of the early 1980s.
- Females accounted for 8% of all juvenile murder arrests in 2007.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05232.
October 24, 2008.
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