| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
After reaching a peak in the mid 1990s, the juvenile arrest rate for aggravated assault declined for all racial groups; however, rates in 2007 remained above the 1980 rates for all racial groups except Asians.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Aggravated Assault by Race, 1980-2007
| Note: Rates are arrests of persons ages 10-17 per 100,000 persons ages 10-17 in the resident population. Persons of Hispanic ethnicity may be of any race, i.e., white, black, American Indian, or Asian. Arrests of Hispanics are not reported separately. |
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- The period from 1980 through 1994 saw substantial increases in aggravated assault arrest rates for juveniles in each racial group: black (129% increase), Asian (116%), white (84%), and American Indian (66%). Following this increase, the rates declined for each racial group between 1994 and 2007: 65% for Asians, 47% for blacks, 37% for American Indians, and 37% for whites.
- The aggravated assault arrest rate in 2007 remained above the 1980 level for blacks (22%), whites (15%), and American Indians (5%). For Asians, the 2007 rate was 25% below the 1980 level.
- The black-white disparity in aggravated assault arrest rates peaked in 1988, when the black rate was more than four times the white rate.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05265.
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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