| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
Male juvenile larceny-theft arrest rates generally declined throughout the 1990s but female rates declined only after 1996.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Larceny-theft 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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- The juvenile male arrest rate for larceny-theft fell 58% between 1991 and 2007. Comparatively, the female rate declined 29% between 1996 and 2007. By 2007, the rate for males was more than half the rate in 1980 while the rate for females was just 1% below its 1980 level.
- Females represented 43% of all juvenile arrests for larceny-theft in 2007.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05238.
October 24, 2008.
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