| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
For each racial group, simple assault arrest rates increased more than rates for aggravated assault rates.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Simple 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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- Between 1980 and 2007, the juvenile arrest rate for simple assault increased substantially for most racial groups. These increases were greater than the corresponding increases in aggravated assault rates.
- For American Indian juveniles, the arrest rate for simple assault increased 109% between 1980 and 2007, while the rate for aggravated assault increased by 5%. For white juveniles, the increases were 126% (simple assault) and 15% (aggravated assault), for black juveniles, the increases were 154% (simple assault) and 22% (aggravated assault), and for Asian juveniles, simple assault arrests decreased 37% while aggravated assault arrests decreased by 25% over the 28-year period.
- In 2007, the simple assault arrest rate for black juveniles was more than three times the rate for whites and American Indians and twelve times the rate for Asians.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05271.
October 24, 2008.
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