JUVENILE JUSTICE STATISTICS
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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