| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
The 2007 juvenile male arrest rate for forcible rape was 34% below the rate in 1980.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Forcible Rape 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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- After a moderate increase throughout the 1980s, the juvenile male arrest rate for forcible rape declined continuously between 1991 and 2000, leveled off, then fell 24% through 2007.
- Females constitute a small share of juvenile arrests for forcible rape. In 2007, just 2% of all juvenile arrests for forcible rape involved a female.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05233.
October 24, 2008.
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