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What proportion of homicides committed by juveniles involve multiple offenders? |
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Half (50%) of the number of homicides committed by known juvenile offenders in 2006 involved multiple offenders. |
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- Between 1980 and 2006, the estimated proportion of murders involving a juvenile offender acting alone gradually declined, from 66% in the 1980s, to 59% in the 1990s, to 54% in the years 2000 to 2006. During this same period, the proportion of murders committed by juveniles and adults increased from 25% in the 1980s to 37% in the years 2000 to 2006.
- Between 1994 and 2006, murders by juveniles acting alone fell 61%, murders involving multiple juvenile offenders fell 62%, and murders committed by juveniles and adults declined 41%.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/offenders/qa03106.asp?qaDate=2006.
Released on October 24, 2008. Adapted from Puzzanchera, C. and Kang, W. (2008). Easy Access to the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports: 1980-2006. Available on-line at: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/ezashr/. Data Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation. Supplementary Homicide Reports for the years 1980–2006 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: FBI.
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