The juvenile Violent Crime Index arrest rate fell for the second consecutive year and is down 5% since 2006.

• The annual bulletin, Juvenile Arrests 2008 summarizes juvenile crimes known to the police and arrests made during 2008. In 2008, U.S. law enforcement agencies arrested an estimated 2.11 million persons younger than age 18, a 3-percent decline over 2007.

• The latest Crimes Against Children Series bulletin, Juveniles Who Commit Sex Offenses Against Minors, describes the characteristics of the juvenile sex offender population coming to the attention of law enforcement. According to this bulletin juveniles account for more than one-third (36%) of those known to police to have committed sex offenses against minors.

• Children's Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey presents findings from the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence survey. The survey measured the past-year and life-time exposure to violence for children age 17 and younger.

Data analysis and dissemination tools available through the Statistical Briefing Book give users quick and easy access to detailed statistics on a variety of juvenile justice topics. These tools allow users to create national, state, and county tables on juvenile populations, arrests, court cases, and custody populations.

• Easy Access to Juvenile Populations
• Easy Access to the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports
• Easy Access to FBI Arrest Statistics
• Easy Access to Juvenile Court Statistics
• Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement
• National Disproportionate Minority Contact Databook

Learn more about OJJDP's data analysis tools.