| Juvenile Arrest Rate Trends |
Male juvenile larceny-theft arrest rates generally declined throughout the late 1980s but female rates declined only after 1996.
Juvenile Arrest Rates for Larceny-theft by Sex, 1980-2010
| Note: Rates are arrests of persons ages 10-17 per 100,000 persons ages 10-17 in the resident population. |
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- In 1980, 26% of juveniles arrested for larceny-theft were female; by 2010, this proportion had grown to 45%.
- Although larceny-theft arrest rates dropped for male and female juveniles in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the prior increases for females resulted in their 2006 rate being just 11% below their 1980 rate, whereas the 2006 rate for males was 55% below their 1980 rate.
- By 2010, the rate for males reached its lowest point since at least 1980 while the female rate was 16% above its 2006 low point.
Internet Citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05238.
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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