| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
For all racial groups, larceny-theft arrest rates in 2007 were well below the rates in 1980.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Larceny-theft 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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- Between 1980 and 2007, arrest rates for larceny-theft declined for all racial groups: 74% for Asians, 52% for American Indians, 43% for blacks, and 40% for whites.
- The black-white disparity in larceny-theft arrest rates peaked in 1982, when the black rate was 2.5 times higher than the white rate. In 2007, the black rate was 2.2 times the white rate.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05268.
October 24, 2008.
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