Percent of victims of armed offenders, within offender category

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Working for Youth Justice and Safety

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Violent Crime Victimization

Q:	Among victims of juvenile violent crime, is any age group more likely than others to be victimized by armed offenders?
A:	Young adult victims of juvenile violent crime were more likely than other victims to face an armed offender.

Victim age	Victim type
Victim age	Victims of juvenile offenders		Victims of adult offenders

0	8.9	%	5.8	%
1	7.0		8.8
2	1.4		3.8
3	0.6		3.1
4	1.0		2.2
5	1.2		2.5
6	2.1		3.0
7	4.2		3.9
8	4.8		4.9
9	8.0		3.9
10	8.2		6.2
11	9.3		6.2
12	7.3		5.3
13	7.3		5.8
14	9.2		7.0
15	9.9		10.6
16	12.8		15.9
17	17.0		20.3
18	23.0		23.0
19	25.5		22.7
20	26.1		22.2
21	26.5		23.3
22	27.1		22.7
23	31.7		21.3
24	28.9		22.0
25	25.9		20.8
26	25.1		19.8
27	26.4		20.4
28	23.0		18.6
29	18.1		18.3
30	18.4		19.6
31	18.9		17.2
32	19.8		18.4
33	16.5		17.8
34	17.4		17.1
35	18.3		17.6
36	19.0		17.6
37	17.7		17.3
38	16.8		15.5
39	15.8		16.6
40	17.1		18.5
41	18.5		17.1
42	13.8		19.2
43	16.5		18.8
44	15.6		19.0
45	11.4		19.1

Note: Violent offenses include sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault.

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About one-third of 23-year-old victims of violent juvenile crime faced an armed offender, compared with about one-fifth of those victimized by adults.
Gun crimes involving juvenile offenders constituted 20% of all gun crime.

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/victims/qa02609.asp?qaDate=20050531. Released on May 31, 2005.

Adapted from McCurley, C., and Snyder, H. (2004). Victims of Violent Juvenile Crime. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Federal Bureau of Investigation. (2000). National Incident-Based Reporting System Master Files for the years 1997 and 1998 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation.