Juvenile Arrests for Selected Offenses statistics



Offense	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998


Number of contributing agencies	5,073	5,490	6,264	5,946	6,279	7,528	7,253	7,479	9,213	9,833	8,178	10,382	9,832	10,827	10,696	11,263	10,747	10,616	10,077	10,502	10,765	10,148	11,058	10,277	10,693	10,037	10,026	9,472	9,651
Population covered (1,000)..	145,014	149,491	160,997	156,356	145,584	156,854	164,566	163,288	187,544	183,941	169,439	186,013	187,346	200,692	199,475	206,269	202,818	202,337	192,275	199,098	204,543	189,962	217,754	213,705	208,035	206,762	195,805	194,925	196,083

NUMBER

Violent crime total.	54,860	62,859	68,963	71,695	74,373	76,131	75,165	72,694	91,075	84,200	77,220	80,205	76,363	74,682	72,687	75,077	75,500	72,829	71,251	84,551	97,103	95,677	118,358	122,434	125,141	123,131	104,455	100,273	90,703
Murder	1,350	1,499	2,091	1,690	1,542	1,373	1,523	1,497	1,649	1,643	1,475	1,727	1,579	1,345	1,298	1,384	1,507	1,592	1,827	2,204	2,661	2,626	3,025	3,473	3,114	2,812	2,184	1,887	1,592
Forcible rape..	3,233	3,489	3,871	3,997	3,888	3,457	3,751	3,765	4,271	4,400	3,668	3,972	4,159	4,388	4,820	5,073	5,077	4,909	4,278	4,691	4,971	4,766	5,451	5,490	4,873	4,556	4,228	4,127	4,013
Robbery..	29,363	32,999	35,468	37,671	39,227	39,388	36,246	35,063	46,366	40,256	38,529	39,861	36,480	35,219	32,142	31,833	30,332	27,682	25,459	30,728	34,944	35,632	42,639	44,598	47,046	47,240	39,788	36,419	30,047
Aggravated assault..	20,914	24,872	27,533	28,337	29,716	31,913	33,645	32,369	38,789	37,901	33,548	34,645	34,145	33,730	34,427	36,787	38,584	38,646	39,687	46,928	54,527	52,653	67,243	68,873	70,108	68,523	58,255	57,840	55,051

Weapon law violations.	17,111	17,848	19,133	20,423	21,158	19,341	20,383	19,362	22,382	23,575	21,203	23,524	22,759	22,492	23,578	27,035	26,792	25,653	27,473	31,480	33,123	37,575	49,903	54,414	52,278	46,506	40,145	39,358	34,210

Drug abuse, total..	71,517	79,544	94,565	137,288	133,980	136,996	116,607	114,413	132,044	105,265	86,685	83,965	71,607	68,336	69,224	78,660	68,122	71,716	72,303	86,757	66,300	58,603	73,232	90,618	124,931	149,236	148,783	155,444	148,712
Sale and manufacturing..	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	37,776	13,123	15,166	12,209	13,004	10,694	10,004	10,537	11,552	14,846	15,126	18,718	23,174	33,652	24,575	22,929	25,331	27,635	32,746	34,077	32,558	30,761	29,475
Heroin/cocaine.	10,041	9,220	7,393	7,748	5,574	4,902	1,210	1,477	1,464	1,389	1,318	1,340	1,315	1,299	1,829	2,851	6,257	9,315	14,914	19,760	17,511	16,915	17,881	18,716	20,327	19,187	17,465	15,855	15,189
Marijuana..	35,818	43,070	63,191	104,490	108,837	95,027	30,421	9,350	11,205	8,274	8,876	6,880	6,276	6,449	6,936	8,646	6,177	5,922	4,811	6,781	4,372	3,579	4,853	6,144	8,812	10,682	11,489	11,208	10,866
Synthetic narcotics.	8,971	7,439	8,318	5,398	4,239	3,010	640	510	543	496	465	462	485	480	461	414	389	1,189	846	701	346	570	663	455	465	701	614	671	819
Dangerous nonnarcotic drugs.	16,687	19,815	15,663	19,652	15,330	34,057	5,505	1,786	1,954	2,050	2,345	2,012	1,928	2,309	2,326	2,935	2,303	2,292	2,603	6,410	2,346	1,865	1,934	2,320	3,142	3,507	2,990	3,027	2,601
Possession	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	78,831	101,290	116,878	93,056	73,681	73,271	61,603	57,799	57,672	63,814	52,996	52,998	49,129	53,105	41,725	35,674	47,901	62,983	92,185	115,159	116,225	124,683	119,237
Heroin/cocaine.	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	2,510	3,681	4,377	3,574	2,614	2,586	3,447	5,112	5,529	7,809	10,834	13,428	15,754	19,745	15,194	13,747	16,855	17,726	21,004	21,253	17,560	18,328	16,339
Marijuana..	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	70,324	88,910	103,336	81,230	64,465	65,125	52,895	47,649	47,574	50,582	36,987	34,981	28,885	27,253	20,940	16,490	25,004	37,915	61,003	82,015	87,712	94,046	91,833
Synthetic narcotics.	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	1,714	1,621	1,555	1,588	1,524	1,441	1,337	984	966	1,085	902	1,051	1,096	1,115	1,155	885	897	1,008	1,227	2,047	1,713	1,987	1,920
Dangerous nonnarcotic drugs.	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	(¹)	4,283	7,078	7,610	6,664	5,078	4,119	3,924	4,054	3,603	4,338	4,273	3,538	3,394	4,992	4,436	4,552	5,145	6,334	8,951	9,844	9,240	10,322	9,145

PERCENT CHANGE FROM
PRIOR YEAR SHOWN
Violent crime total.	(NA)	14.6	9.7	4.0	3.7	2.4	-1.3	-3.3	25.3	-7.5	-8.3	3.9	-4.8	-2.2	-2.7	3.3	0.6	-3.5	-2.2	18.7	14.8	-1.5	23.7	3.4	2.2	-1.6	-15.2	-4.0	-9.5
Murder	(NA)	11.0	39.5	-19.2	-8.8	-11.0	10.9	-1.7	10.2	-0.4	-10.2	17.1	-8.6	-14.8	-3.5	6.6	8.9	5.6	14.8	20.6	20.7	-1.3	15.2	14.8	-10.3	-9.7	-22.3	-13.6	-15.6
Forcible rape..	(NA)	7.9	10.9	3.3	-2.7	-11.1	8.5	0.4	13.4	3.0	-16.6	8.3	4.7	5.5	9.8	5.2	0.1	-3.3	-12.9	9.7	6.0	-4.1	14.4	0.7	-11.2	-6.5	-7.2	-2.4	-2.8
Robbery..	(NA)	12.4	7.5	6.2	4.1	0.4	-8.0	-3.3	32.2	-13.2	-4.3	3.5	-8.5	-3.5	-8.7	-1.0	-4.7	-8.7	-8.0	20.7	13.7	2.0	19.7	4.6	5.5	0.4	-15.8	-8.5	-17.5
Aggravated assault..	(NA)	18.9	10.7	2.9	4.9	7.4	5.4	-3.8	19.8	-2.3	-11.5	3.3	-1.4	-1.2	2.1	6.9	4.9	0.2	2.7	18.2	16.2	-3.4	27.7	2.4	1.8	-2.3	-15.0	-0.7	-4.8

Weapon law violations.	(NA)	4.3	7.2	6.7	3.6	-8.6	5.4	-5.0	15.6	5.3	-10.1	10.9	-3.3	-1.2	4.8	14.7	-0.9	-4.3	7.1	14.6	5.2	13.4	32.8	9.0	-3.9	-11.0	-13.7	-2.0	-13.1

Drug abuse, total..	(NA)	11.2	18.9	45.2	-2.4	2.3	-14.9	-1.9	15.4	-20.3	-17.7	-3.1	-14.7	-4.6	1.3	13.6	-13.4	5.3	0.8	20.0	-23.6	-11.6	25.0	23.7	37.9	19.5	-0.3	4.5	-4.3
Sale and manufacturing..	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(X)	-65.3	15.6	-19.5	6.5	-17.8	-6.5	5.3	9.6	28.5	1.9	23.7	23.8	45.2	-27.0	-6.7	10.5	9.1	18.5	4.1	-4.5	-5.5	-4.2
Heroin/cocaine.	(NA)	-8.2	-19.8	4.8	-28.1	-12.1	(X)	22.1	-0.9	-5.1	-5.1	1.7	-1.9	-1.2	40.8	55.9	119.5	48.9	60.1	32.5	-11.4	-3.4	5.7	4.7	8.6	-5.6	-9.0	-9.2	-4.2
Marijuana..	(NA)	20.2	46.7	65.4	4.2	-12.7	(X)	-69.3	19.8	-26.2	7.3	-22.5	-8.8	2.8	7.6	24.7	-28.6	-4.1	-18.8	40.9	-35.5	-18.1	35.6	26.6	43.4	21.2	7.6	-2.4	-3.1
Synthetic narcotics.	(NA)	-17.1	11.8	-35.1	-21.5	-29.0	(X)	-20.3	6.5	-8.7	-6.3	-0.6	5.0	-1.0	-4.0	-10.2	-6.0	205.7	-28.8	-17.1	-50.6	64.7	16.3	-31.4	2.2	50.8	-12.4	9.3	22.1
Dangerous nonnarcotic drugs.	(NA)	18.7	-21.0	25.5	-22.0	122.2	(X)	-67.6	9.4	4.9	14.4	-14.2	-4.2	19.8	0.7	26.2	-21.5	-0.5	13.6	146.3	-63.4	-20.5	3.7	20.0	35.4	11.6	-14.7	1.2	-14.1
Possession	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(X)	28.5	15.4	-20.4	-20.8	-0.6	-15.9	-6.2	-0.2	10.6	-17.0	0.0	-7.3	8.1	-21.4	-14.5	34.3	31.5	46.4	24.9	0.9	7.3	-4.4
Heroin/cocaine.	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(X)	46.7	18.9	-18.3	-26.9	-1.1	33.3	48.3	8.2	41.2	38.7	23.9	17.3	25.3	-23.0	-9.5	22.6	5.2	18.5	1.2	-17.4	4.4	-10.9
Marijuana..	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(X)	26.4	16.2	-21.4	-20.6	1.0	-18.8	-9.9	-0.2	6.3	-26.9	-5.4	-17.4	-5.6	-23.2	-21.3	51.6	51.6	60.9	34.4	6.9	7.2	-2.4
Synthetic narcotics.	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(X)	-5.4	-4.1	2.1	-4.0	-5.4	-7.2	-26.4	-1.8	12.3	-16.9	16.5	4.3	1.7	3.6	-23.4	1.4	12.4	21.7	66.8	-16.3	16.0	-3.4
Dangerous nonnarcotic drugs.	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(X)	65.3	7.5	-12.4	-23.8	-18.9	-4.7	3.3	-11.1	20.4	-1.5	-17.2	-4.1	47.1	-11.1	2.6	13.0	23.1	41.3	10.0	-6.1	11.7	-11.4

1 Prior to 1976, drug abuse arrests were collected with no distinctions between the present day classifications of sales/ manufacturing and possession.

Source: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Crime in the United States, annual.

http://WWW.fbi.GOV/ucr/ucr.htm * Uniform Crime Reports

The FBIs UCR Program, which began in 1929, collects information on the following crimes reported to law enforcement authorities: homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. Arrests are reported for 21 additional crime categories. The UCR data are compiled from monthly law enforcement reports or individual crime incident records transmitted directly to the FBI or to centralized state agencies that then report to the FBI. Each report submitted to the UCR Program is examined thoroughly for reasonableness, accuracy, and deviations that may indicate errors. Large variations in crime levels may indicate modified records procedures, incomplete reporting, or changes in a jurisdictions boundaries. To identify any unusual fluctuations in an agencys crime counts, monthly reports are compared with previous submissions of the agency and with those for similar agencies.

In 1995, law enforcement agencies active in the UCR Program represented approximately 251 million United States inhabitants95 percent of the U.S. population. The UCR Program provides crime counts for the Nation as a whole, as well as for regions, states, counties, cities, and towns. This permits studies among neighboring jurisdictions and among those with similar populations and other common characteristics. UCR findings for each calendar year are published in a preliminary release in the spring, followed by a detailed annual report, Crime in the United States, issued in the following calendar year. In addition to crime counts and trends, this report includes data on crimes cleared, persons arrested (age, sex, and race), law enforcement personnel (including the number of sworn officers killed or assaulted), and the characteristics of homicides (including age, sex, and race of victims and offenders, victim-offender relationships, weapons used, and circum-stances surrounding the homicides). Other special reports are also available from the UCR Program. * Arrests

The arrest statistics report the number of arrests made by law enforcement agencies in a particular year -- not the number of individuals arrested, nor the number of crimes committed. The number of arrests is not equivalent to the number of people arrested because an unknown number of individuals are arrested more than once in the year. Nor do arrest statistics represent counts of crimes committed by arrested individuals, because a series of crimes committed by one individual may culminate in a single arrest or a single crime may result in the arrest of more than one person. This latter situation, many arrests resulting from one crime, is relatively common in juvenile law-violating behavior, because juveniles are more likely than adults to commit crimes in groups. This is the primary reason why arrest statistics should not be used to indicate the relative proportion of crime committed by juveniles and adults. Arrest statistics are most appropriately a measure of flow into the criminal and juvenile justice systems.

Arrest statistics also have limitations in measuring the volume of arrests for a particular offense. Under the UCR Program, the FBI requires law enforcement agencies to classify an arrest by the most serious offense charged in that arrest. For example, the arrest of a youth charged with aggravated assault and possession of a controlled substance would be reported to the FBI as an arrest for aggravated assault. Therefore, when arrest statistics show that law enforcement agencies made an estimated 220,700 arrests of young people for drug abuse violations in 1997, it means that a drug abuse violation was the most serious charge in these 220,700 arrests. An unknown number of additional arrests in 1997 included a drug charge as a lesser offense.

* The Crime Index

The following offenses and attempts to commit these offenses are used in compiling the Crime Index: (1) murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, (2) forcible rape, (3) robbery, (4) aggravated assault, (5) burglary, (6) larceny-theft, (7) motor vehicle theft, and (8) arson. Arson was added as the eighth index offense in October 1978. (Manslaughter by negligence and simple or minor assaults are not included in the Crime Index.)

Criminal homicide-- a. Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter: the willful (nonnegligent) killing of one human being by another. Deaths caused by negligence, attempts to kill, assaults to kill, suicides, accidental deaths, and justifiable homicides are excluded. Justifiable homicides are limited to: (1) the killing of a felon by a law enforcement officer in the line of duty and (2) the killing of a felon by a private citizen. b. Manslaughter by negligence: the killing of another person through gross negligence. Traffic fatalities are excluded. While manslaughter by negligence is a Part I crime, it is not included in the Crime Index.

Forcible rape--The carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will. Included are rapes by force and attempts or assaults to rape. Statutory offenses (no force used--victim under age of consent) are excluded.

Robbery--The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.

Aggravated assault--An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Simple assaults are excluded.

Burglary--breaking or entering--The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. Attempted forcible entry is included.

Larceny-theft (except motor vehicle theft)--The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another. Examples are thefts of bicycles or automobile accessories, shoplifting, pocket-picking, or the stealing of any property or article which is not taken by force and violence or by fraud. Attempted larcenies are included. Embezzlement, "con" games, forgery, worthless checks, etc., are excluded.

Motor vehicle theft--The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. A motor vehicle is self-propelled and runs on the surface and not on rails. Specifically excluded from this category are motorboats, construction equipment, airplanes, and farming equipment.

Part II offenses

Weapons; carrying, possessing, etc.--All violations of regulations or statutes controlling the carrying, using, possessing, furnishing, and manufacturing of deadly weapons or silencers. Attempts are included. Drug abuse violations--State and local offenses relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, and manufacturing of narcotic drugs. The following drug categories are specified: Opium or cocaine and their derivatives (morphine, heroin, codeine); marijuana; synthetic narcotics--manufactured narcotics that can cause true addiction (demerol, methadone); and dangerous non-narcotic drugs (barbiturates, benzedrine). *

http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/344_juvenile_arrests_for_selected_offenses.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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