Transcription of JUVENILE JUSTICE STATISTICS
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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.
Analysis of arrest data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Juvenile Justice. (See data source note on page 13 for details.) After increasing between 2012 and 2017, the juvenile arrest rate for murder held steady through 2018, while the rates for robbery and aggravated assault reached a new low in 2018.
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