| Q: |
How many arrests are made of persons under age 18? |
| A: |
The 2.18 million arrests of juveniles in 2007 was 20% fewer than the number of such arrests in 1998. |
Estimated number of juvenile arrests, 2007
| Most serious offense |
Number of
juvenile arrests |
Percent of total
juvenile arrests |
|
| Female |
Under
age 15 |
Percent change |
|
1998-07
|
2003-07
|
2006-07
|
|
| Total |
2,180,500 |
|
29 |
% |
28 |
% |
-20 |
% |
-3 |
% |
-2 |
% |
| Violent Crime Index |
97,100 |
|
17 |
|
28 |
|
-14 |
|
5 |
|
-3 |
|
| |
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter |
1,350 |
|
8 |
|
10 |
|
-23 |
|
26 |
|
3 |
|
| |
Forcible rape |
3,580 |
|
2 |
|
35 |
|
-32 |
|
-13 |
|
-2 |
|
| |
Robbery |
34,490 |
|
10 |
|
21 |
|
6 |
|
35 |
|
-1 |
|
| |
Aggravated assault |
57,650 |
|
23 |
|
31 |
|
-21 |
|
-6 |
|
-4 |
|
| Property Crime Index |
419,000 |
|
35 |
|
31 |
|
-33 |
|
-10 |
|
4 |
|
| |
Burglary |
81,900 |
|
12 |
|
30 |
|
-30 |
|
-3 |
|
-2 |
|
| |
Larceny-theft |
300,300 |
|
43 |
|
31 |
|
-32 |
|
-9 |
|
8 |
|
| |
Motor vehicle theft |
29,600 |
|
16 |
|
22 |
|
-49 |
|
-30 |
|
-14 |
|
| |
Arson |
7,200 |
|
12 |
|
59 |
|
-19 |
|
-7 |
|
-8 |
|
| Nonindex |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Other assaults |
240,700 |
|
34 |
|
39 |
|
0 |
|
-1 |
|
-3 |
|
| |
Forgery and counterfeiting |
3,100 |
|
31 |
|
12 |
|
-60 |
|
-37 |
|
-11 |
|
| |
Fraud |
7,800 |
|
36 |
|
16 |
|
-26 |
|
-6 |
|
-2 |
|
| |
Embezzlement |
1,700 |
|
42 |
|
4 |
|
5 |
|
43 |
|
25 |
|
| |
Stolen property (buying, receiving, possessing) |
22,400 |
|
18 |
|
24 |
|
-33 |
|
-9 |
|
-4 |
|
| |
Vandalism |
111,800 |
|
13 |
|
41 |
|
-14 |
|
4 |
|
-4 |
|
| |
Weapons (carrying, possessing, etc.) |
43,900 |
|
10 |
|
32 |
|
-8 |
|
12 |
|
-7 |
|
| |
Prostitution and commercialized vice |
1,500 |
|
78 |
|
13 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
-4 |
|
| |
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) |
15,500 |
|
10 |
|
48 |
|
-15 |
|
-18 |
|
-4 |
|
| |
Drug abuse violations |
195,700 |
|
16 |
|
15 |
|
-6 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Gambling |
2,100 |
|
2 |
|
14 |
|
-27 |
|
9 |
|
-14 |
|
| |
Offenses against the family and children |
5,800 |
|
38 |
|
29 |
|
-46 |
|
-16 |
|
11 |
|
| |
Driving under the influence |
18,200 |
|
24 |
|
3 |
|
-17 |
|
-10 |
|
-6 |
|
| |
Liquor law violations |
141,000 |
|
37 |
|
9 |
|
-20 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Drunkenness |
16,900 |
|
25 |
|
11 |
|
-28 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
| |
Disorderly conduct |
201,200 |
|
33 |
|
38 |
|
3 |
|
-1 |
|
-5 |
|
| |
Vagrancy |
3,800 |
|
29 |
|
31 |
|
51 |
|
-33 |
|
-21 |
|
| |
All other offenses (except traffic) |
378,900 |
|
26 |
|
24 |
|
-22 |
|
-3 |
|
-3 |
|
| |
Suspicion |
400 |
|
24 |
|
26 |
|
-72 |
|
-25 |
|
-8 |
|
| |
Curfew and loitering |
143,000 |
|
31 |
|
26 |
|
-30 |
|
3 |
|
-5 |
|
| |
Runaways |
108,900 |
|
56 |
|
32 |
|
-36 |
|
-9 |
|
-3 |
|
|
[ Excel file ]
- In 2007, there were an estimated 300,300 juvenile arrests for larceny-theft. Between 1998 and 2007, the number of such arrests fell by one-third (32%).
- Of the four offenses that make up the Violent Crime Index, only juvenile arrests for murder increased in the last year (up 3%).
- In 2007, females accounted for 17% of juvenile Violent Crime Index arrests, 35% of juvenile Property Crime Index arrests, and 33% of juvenile disorderly conduct arrests.
- Youth younger than age 15 accounted for more than one-forth (28%) of all juvenile arrests for Violent Crime Index offenses in 2007 and nearly one-third (31%) of all Property Crime Index offenses.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/crime/qa05101.asp?qaDate=2007.
Released on 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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