• Between 1991 and 1997, the juvenile arrest rate for drug abuse violations increased 138%. The rate declined 26% between 1997 and 2010, but the 2010 rate was 76% more than the 1991 rate.
• Over the 1980–2010 period, the juvenile drug arrest rate for whites peaked in 1997 and then held relatively constant through 2010 (down 14%). In contrast, the rate for blacks peaked in 1996, then fell 41% by 2002. Despite a recent increase for black youth—13% between 2002 and 2006—the rate fell 28% through 2010 and was 52% below the 1996 peak.

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Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available:
http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05214. December 17, 2012.

Adapted from Puzzanchera, C. and Adams, B. (2012). Juvenile Arrests 2009. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

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