| Q: |
Do delinquency case rates vary by age and offense? |
| A: |
Delinquency case rates generally increase with the age of the juvenile; however, within offense categories, there are variations in the pattern of age-specific case rates. |
Cases per 1,000 juveniles in age group, 2005
| Age |
Person |
Property |
Drugs |
Public order |
|
| 10 |
1.43 |
1.68 |
0.06 |
0.67 |
| 11 |
2.99 |
3.35 |
0.19 |
1.61 |
| 12 |
6.59 |
7.5 |
0.8 |
4.33 |
| 13 |
12.3 |
14.5 |
2.53 |
9.69 |
| 14 |
17.56 |
23.09 |
5.56 |
17.01 |
| 15 |
22.01 |
31.82 |
10.06 |
25.34 |
| 16 |
24.02 |
36.87 |
15.6 |
31.25 |
| 17 |
24.21 |
37.91 |
20.06 |
33.89 |
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- Case rates increased continuously with age across all offense categories.
- The increase in case rates between age 13 and age 17 was sharpest for drug offenses. In 2005, the drug offense case rate for 17-year-olds was nearly eight times the rate for 13-year-olds.
- For public order offenses, the case rate for 17-year-olds was more than three times the rate for 13-year-olds; for property offenses, the 17-year-old rate was more than twice the rate for 13-year-olds; for person offenses, the 17-year-old rate was almost twice the rate for 13-year-olds.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/court/qa06202.asp?qaDate=2005.
Released on September 12, 2008. Adapted from Puzzanchera, C. and Sickmund, M. (2008). Juvenile Court Statistics 2005. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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