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JUVENILE JUSTICE STATISTICS
Department of JUSTICE Office of JUSTICE ProgramsJUVENILE JUSTICE STATISTICSNATIONAL REPORT SERIES BULLETINC aren Harp, OJJDP Administrator David B. Muhlhausen, NIJ DirectorJune 2020 JUVENILE Arrests, 2018 Charles Puzzanchera Highlights This bulletin documents the latest trends in arrests involving juveniles (youth younger than age 18) by drawing on arrest estimates developed by the Bureau of JUSTICE STATISTICS and the National Center for JUVENILE JUSTICE based on analyses of data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation s Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Overall, JUVENILE arrests have been on the decline for more than a decade, but patterns vary by demographic group and offense. In 2018, law enforcement agencies made an estimated 728,280 arrests of youth younger than 18 the fewest arrests of juveniles in nearly four decades Number of arrests, youth ages 0 17 3,000,000 2,500,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 0 Total arrests 82 86 90 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 Year n Arrests of juveniles (youth ages 0 17) peaked in 1996, at nearly million.
In this bulletin, “juvenile” refers to persons younger than age 18. In 2018, this definition was at odds with the legal definition of juveniles in nine states—seven states where all 17-year-olds are defined as adults, and two states where all 16- and 17-year-olds are defined as adults. when arrest statistics show that law
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