Just Updated on Kidsdata.org: Juvenile Felony Arrest Rates

The kidsdata.org statewide expansion continues with new data for juvenile felony arrest rates and total felony arrests for all counties in California.  These data are provided by the California Department of Justice, and are further broken down by age, gender, race and type of offense. Insights from these data include:

• California’s juvenile felony arrests have declined over the last 10 years, to 14 per 1,000 youth ages 10-17 in 2008.
• CA juvenile males are at least 4 times more likely than females to be arrested for a felony.
• African American juveniles are arrested at higher rates than their peers in other ethnic groups.
• Property offenses are the most frequent felony offense for CA youth, at about 40% of all offenses. Sex offenses were the lowest, at 2%.

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Tags: New Data, Statewide Expansion

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