This article contains a lot of interesting facts and statistics. The number of juveniles being arrested for arson has dropped substantially in the last 30-40 years. In 2017 the arrest rates of juveniles, related to arson, were the lowest level between 1980 and 2017, which is an incredible improvement. Though arson may have become less popular in juveniles, motor vehicle theft gained a lot of traction. Across the board, females, males, white, black, asian, and American indian, in the last four years arrests have gone up involving motor vehicle theft in juveniles. Unlike the trends of other property crimes, juveniles being arrested for burglary has steadily dropped since the 80's. In 2017 we hit our lowest rate of juveniles being arrested for burglary in almost 40 years. Across the board, in the years between 1980 and 1994 we saw the highest rates of violent crimes. Within those statistics, it is said that the increase in juvenile involvement was higher than that in adults of the time. Following over a decade of decline in vandalism arrest rates, juveniles hit an all time low in 2017, 78% lower than the climax of arrests in 1994. Female crime rates have risen overall, but you can especially see that in our juveniles. Female juveniles accounted for 26% of the aggravated assault arrests, in juveniles, in the year of 2017, which is much higher than any trend we have seen in the past. Along with that, females accounted for 20% of juvenile violent crime arrests. As a society, I think we have become accustomed to the idea that males hold most of the responsibility for violent crimes, which they still do, but the rate at which females are catching up is somewhat alarming. The final statistic I will address from this article is the one involving race and juvenile crime rates. Over half of the juveniles arrested in the year of 2017 were black, whites following behind accounting for 45% of those involved, 1% were American Indian and 1% Asian. On the surface those percentages don't look to crazy until you look at the juvenile population, and the racial composition of that time. For individuals aged 10-17 in 2017, 75% of them were white, 16% black, 6% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 2% American Indian. The numbers speak for themselves. This article had some very informational content, and interesting facts that some of us probably do not like being confronted with. This is the stuff we are all here to learn, the things that will matter when it comes to embarking on a career in criminal justice. -psych001
It seems in the past 30-40 years that juveniles decided crimes like vandalism, theft, and use of narcotics are not enough for them. Although the statistics show dramatic decreases in juvenile crimes as a whole, it seems the more dangerous and life-threatening crimes are on the rise, especially within the female crowd. -LW001
As the rates show that the crime rates are going down there are still crime rates that have stayed the same since 1980 and they need to look at those crimes and see what they can do to help the teens stop doing these crimes because if they don’t then the teens might keep doing them and the rate of that crime will just go up. - vossie001
With all of the statistics I'm sure we can all notice one thing. Juveniles committing crime has gone down by a lot compared to adults. I think, I said in my comment to this post, that is because it is easier to help kids now and our system has become a bit more educated on to how to handle kids. We need to rehabilitate rather than warehouse. The race status on the other hand seems to be pretty similar to the adult side when it comes to who gets arrested for what. For example, Blacks are more commonly arrested for things like Violent crime and Robbery. Whites on the other hand might be arrested for more things involving money but each are equally capable of committing all of these crimes. -TanLionNala001
The juvenile crime rate in the United States has always been an ongoing issue that needs to be fixed. Since 1981 juvenile crime rates have surpassed extreme highs, and are now heading in the right direction. Juvenile crime rates are near historic lows in the United States, I believe that this is a great sign for the future. If the United States continues helping young children I believe the juvenile crime rates will continue to diminish. Although juvenile crime rates are near historical lows I find it important that the murder rates continue to increase, so even though the crime rates in general are decreasing there are violent crimes that are happening more and more each year. Many people may believe that the number of juvenile arrests directly correlate with the number of different crimes but people must understand that most juvenile crimes are done in groups, meaning one crime can result in multiple arrests. The main crime that juveniles tend to commit are property crimes, this is significant because the amount of property crimes committed continues to diminish each year, this means more children are deciding to do either more violent crimes are less violent crimes. The craziest thing I read in this article is the fact that female juveniles committing crimes of any sort tend to be increasing while the male juveniles have been decreasing. To me this is crazy because when I think crime my mind mostly shifts toward men, due to their instances of anger and occasional stupidity. According to the text in 2017 females accounted for 20% of the juvenile violent crimes and 26% of the aggravated assault crimes. These may seem to be small percentages. But compared to the past years for females, these numbers are large. Lastly, older juvenile crime rates are higher than the crime rates of younger adults. To me this is significant because these juveniles most likely have a parent or guardian taking care of them, or at least watching over them, and most young adults do not. I find it crazy how young children can be considered more dangerous, and commit more crimes than an independent young adult. -LW001
I do agree with you about the fact about female juveniles committing crimes. In 2017 alone the law enforcement agencies made 234,990 arrests of females younger than age 18. In which 37% are larceny-theft, 41% liquor law violations, 37% simple assault, and 36% for disorderly conduct. It sounds surreal, but it happened. -Cancun001
In 2017 there was a decline in arrests against teens for aggravated assault. Although the murder arrest rate went up for teens the robbery rate stayed the same threw out time. Also, the arrest rate for property crimes have gone down and theft, burglary, and arson were at their lowest rates since 2012. The violent crime rate for younger teens was lower than the rate for young adults. Male and female arrest rates have gone down over the years, but the male rates have decreased at a lower rate then the females. More of the violent crime have been committed by African American teens rather than white teens. I feel that is true because there is more gang violence in black neighborhoods than in white neighborhoods so that could be the reason why it is a higher rate for African American teens than white teens. 2017 also had the lowest levels of arrests for teens since 1980. So over the course of the years the rate for different crimes has gone down and there aren’t as many teens being arrested but on some crimes the rate has stayed the same which means that some of those crime are more common between teens than other crimes because they are going down and the rate of those have stayed the same over the course 30 years. I think that people should focus on those crimes more and find a reason that those crimes are still accruing and find a solution to help solve those crimes and also find a way to help teens stop doing those crimes and find a better way to cope with things that they are going threw so that they don’t have to revert to crime to cope with their situation. I believe that would help allot and we could start to see those rates go down instead of staying the same and the other ones will drop even further. – vossie001
I agree, a lot of any humans actions have to do with where they are raised. Therefore being said, if and since there are more gang violence in black neighborhoods than it is a lot easier to get sucked into those violent tendencies. I also think it wouldn't be a bad idea to try and find a answer to the problem instead of being okay with the crime rates staying the same.-arii001
I am responding to both you and arii001 who responded. I will use the same example with how people are raised BUT staying away from race this all has to do with not only who raised the person but where they live, where they went to school or if they had any educaton at all, and media influences. The juvenile mind, though we are suseptable to exposure, is more likely to suck this information and act upon it in whatever way their brain divides it down. This can be stressful on their mental health and force them to make bad decisions really fast when they only see one option to help themselves when there is really several but more times than wanted that sometimes moves to criminal acts. For example, a relative dies and a child is no longer getting attention so they act out. That can be in the form of being annoying to scaling up and doing things like panhandling for money, stealing from their parents, etc. In those cases the parent is not held responsible. That was just one example but there are probably several more, like peer pressure etc.
In 2017 there was a decline in arrests against teens for aggravated assault. Although the murder arrest rate went up for teens the robbery rate stayed the same threw out time. Also, the arrest rate for property crimes have gone down and theft, burglary, and arson were at their lowest rates since 2012. The violent crime rate for younger teens was lower than the rate for young adults. Male and female arrest rates have gone down over the years, but the male rates have decreased at a lower rate then the females. More of the violent crime have been committed by African American teens rather than white teens. I feel that is true because there is more gang violence in black neighborhoods than in white neighborhoods so that could be the reason why it is a higher rate for African American teens than white teens. 2017 also had the lowest levels of arrests for teens since 1980. So over the course of the years the rate for different crimes has gone down and there aren’t as many teens being arrested but on some crimes the rate has stayed the same which means that some of those crime are more common between teens than other crimes because they are going down and the rate of those have stayed the same over the course 30 years. I think that people should focus on those crimes more and find a reason that those crimes are still accruing and find a solution to help solve those crimes and also find a way to help teens stop doing those crimes and find a better way to cope with things that they are going threw so that they don’t have to revert to crime to cope with their situation. I believe that would help allot and we could start to see those rates go down instead of staying the same and the other ones will drop even further. – vossie001
The rate of arrests for juveniles have gone down by 70% ever since 1996. For some types of crime the rate goes down and for others the rate has gone up. It is a good idea to figure out what influences juveniles to commit crimes and to figure out a way to stop it. -Ram001
The part I liked most about your post was that you noticed certain crimes were being committed by juveniles and the rates for those crimes have been at a steady pace while other crime rates were dropping. I agree with you that we need to focus on finding out why those crimes are being committed over the other ones. -HL001
Although juvenile arrests for aggravated assault have declined, youth theft rates have stayed the same, and juvenile murders have increased every year since 1012. So even though some might say our juvenile crimes have gone down, we initially still have a big problem. There were 1,395 murder victims under the age of 18 in 2017, and more than half were killed by a firearm. According to the chart shown, there were 910 juvenile arrests for murder in 2017. 8 of them being by females and only one more (9) being younger than the age of 15. With 38 of them being white that leaves the rest of the 872 arrests being of other ethnicities. To my surprise there were no statistics for rape or any sex offenses,because as of today i know we have a problem with these types of offenses,further along the bulletin they included an "up to date" rape definition. The highest number of larceny and theft arrests were 118,660 in the year of 2017. 37 of them being female, and 28 being younger than 15. Since 1980 the juvenile murder arrest rate dropped 44% between '07 and '12, shortly after increasing by 26% in 2017. According to the graphs given show that the arrest rates for older juveniles were higher than the younger kids, ranging from 19% to 48% Female arrest rates have also grew from 21% to 37% between 1980 and 2017. And since 2006 the male arrests dropped 71% while females fell 66% Nevada and Delaware have the most arrests from aggravated assault ranging from 195 to 199. The most theft arrest were located in Louisiana and Wisonsin, ranging from 1,052 to 1,173. To my surprise South Dakota and Wyoming had the most drug abuse arrests on record for 2017 ranging from 881 to 1,258 arrests. -arii001
In 2017 the fewest arrests of juveniles was recorded in the last forty years. According to the text In 1996 there was recorded 2.7 million juveniles arrested. As of 2017 there was a recorded 809,700 arrested juveniles.This is a step in the right track, but the number of juveniles getting arrested on a yearly basis is still very high. Trying to picture that 2.7 million juveniles were actually arrested in one year is absolutely crazy to me. As the number of juveniles being arrested seems to decrease every year the amount of female juveniles being arrested increases. Since 1980 the amount of female juveniles being arrested has been steadily increasing. As of 2017 females accounted for 29% of all juveniles arrested. As a whole juvenile arrest rates for aggravated assault declined since 2012, while the robbery arrest rates stayed the same. Murder on the other hand fell 44% from 2007 to 2012. In 2012 murder was at its lowest point since 1980. After reaching this new lowest point there was a 26% increases in juvenile murder from 2012 to 2017. Even though there was a 26% increase in the murder rate of juveniles; it’s still 79% less murders than the staggering amount in 1993. With this being said I think the future is looking good, because even with this increase the rate of murder is still lower than in previous decades. Robbery has also increased 4% since 2015. Any increase in crime rates especially in juveniles is problematic. I believe that with the help of adults, juvenile crimes will get back on that decreasing trend. While there are some crimes on the rise lately there also some who are not. As of 2017 rates of burglary, larceny theft, arson, vandalism, and weapon arrests have all reached an all time low. All of these crimes who have reached an all time low should be less focused on now. With that being said I don’t think any of these crimes should be ignored; they are important too, but there are other crimes that need more attention now. I believe that young children need to be a main focus too, because it all starts in the core. Teaching young children the importance of doing good can be one way to help continue decreasing the rate of juvenile arrests. -CRJB002
I agree with you that it starts at the core of these juveniles, whether that be a poor home life resorting to gangs or some one in a abusive family a lot of them resort to the crime committing life style. If we find ways to better help juveniles understand the importance of whats good and bad I believe it will help a lot. It will hopefully help decrease the crime rates too. Even with that it will help future generations and help make the world a bit of a better place. I hope we find something that helps more kids out of that lifestyle and get them on the right track in life. -wags002
I wonder why the arrest rates for female juveniles is increased while male arrest rates is decreased. I like your point that it starts with the parents or guardian. It was great to see that a lot of the crimes have been on a decrease throughout the years. I hope that the rates can continue to decrease. -wb002
I agree that we need to shift our focus on how we teach and assist children, especially those at risk, so that they do not go to a life of crime. With the numbers on most crimes decreasing as you have stated, I believe the way children are raised, taught, treated, etc. is improving greatly and we should continue on with the patterns that are working and modify what is not for the coming generations. -Gamma002
I also think that a child finds out what his values, morals, and sense of right and wrong come from his parents. I also think that their beliefs play a huge part in that. I listened to a podcast in which it said it’s easier for a kid who grew up with religious parents to do good, because oddly enough everyone shapes their idea of morals, values, and sense of right and wrong off of what religion has outlined. The reason we believe murder is wrong, is that somewhere in a religion someone created the idea that the wrongful taking of another life is a sin. I am not religious, I just saw an interesting point being made in the idea that everyone bases there values, and morals off religions, or so I think, and Ben Shapiro. Jorg002
809,700. Thats how many kids under the age of 18 that were arrested in 2017. That statistic in itself should scare the crap out of adults. I understand that there are a lot more teenagers now then there were 20 years ago but the sheer size of that number is simply staggering to me. It makes you wonder as a young adult who plans on having kids in the future. Is this a parenting problem, or is it from external influences from the world in their lives. The prefrontal cortex plays a major role in this as well. 48,470 of these arrest were violent offences such as robbery, aggravated battery, and even murder. Property crimes are actually declining which is a good sign but i'd rather have someone trespass on my property, than kill me in cold blood. Vandalism, trespassing, and even burglary are some examples of these declining property crimes but just because they are declining, doesn't mean they aren't happening in substantial amounts. The police have their hands tied too because the population is always growing while law enforcement numbers are shrinking. Another tragis statistic that I read in this article is the fact that arrest rates for murder and robbery cases were much higher in the black race than any other race. It is sad because most of the time, the kids haven't been taught any better. The broken window theory has a large effect on these kids and it is truly tragic to see kids get put away for things that other races have never been exposed to. With that being said, it is also tragic that the underage liquor offenses are significantly higher in American Indian teens than any other race. The poverty rate is so drastic in these areas that depression takes control and can literally ruin someone's life, often times ending them up being bars.FIRE002
I'd have to agree that the difference in numbers between races has a lot to do with the Broken Window Theory and what kids are exposed to. I also understand that many times black children are arrested more often than white children just because they are black, but minorities have also long been impoverished, therefore leading to worse living conditions. It is very sad. -Smallz001
It's interesting to see how crime has changed over so many years. Juvenile arrests when from a whopping 2.7 million, and has ended up at an incredible number of a little over 800,00. Over the course of roughly 37 years juvenile crime was able to drop cutting most crimes committed by juveniles in half. I have tried to think of possible conclusions as to why these numbers would drop so drastically. I think that with the advancements in technology, it has made it significantly harder for people to commit crimes, and get away with it. Interestingly enough to support the claim, according to NY State Police, in 1986 " the first use of DNA to solve a crime and exonerate an innocent suspect" This makes me wonder if the new technology the rise of solving crimes changed how many crimes were committed even among juveniles. Another statistic that I found interesting was that burglary in juveniles from 2008 to 2017 fell roughly 63%, but adults only dropped about 25%. I thought maybe this statistic was a connection with becoming desperate as an adult you have many obligations, and mouths to feed. When you’re a juvenile you have less responsibility. Maybe juvenile burglary dropped because they became less and less responsible. The parents took better care of them. Whereas adults may have struggles that bring them to committing these crimes just to feed their family. Juvenile crime is interesting, because we see all across the board drastic drops in the amount of arrests of juveniles. A surprising statistic that is so interesting and poses a few questions. How did the murder rate in Juveniles over the course of 24 yeears drop a whopping 79%? Are the juveniles in America less aggressive? Have we become a more nurtured society? Now we see a rise in school shootings and with this rise, and the age of the assailants affect the statistics? Possibly causing a rise in the murder arrest rate? Overall to conclude this article has posed many questions that are intriguing, and hopefully there will be answers over the course of the next decade. Jorg002
I agree that it is pretty neat how much juvenile crime rate has gone down but it kind of makes me wonder if its because kids are starting to act right and be functioning members of society, or if the police force is severely lacking manpower and no longer has the ability to catch every single crime happening. FIRE002
I thought it was interesting how you included advancements in technology as a possible reason for why juvenile crime went down so much. When I was trying to come up with my own reason for this drop I didn't think to include this, but I think this very well could be a factor. I would like to think that in our generation juveniles are thinking more before they act.-CRJB002
this article has a lot of very well organized diagrams and information for the reader to pick up while he/she is reading this text. for instance if you look at the first diagram titled numbers of arrest, youth ages 0-17. you will see that overall it started as a well going arrest rate then once it hit 1993 to 1996 the amount of arrest spike dramatically, this indicates that the number of arrest from the ages of 0 to 17 were in affect to sky rocket in the 90s but then it started to go down as time went on and that the laws began to get more and more serious with getting in trouble and just having to pay a ticket instead of getting arrested. What really surprised me was the number of arrested made with teenage under the age of 17, 809,700 just in 2017 alone! all around teenagers under the age of 17 were more likely to be doing more property crime than likely to do violent crime. if the parents of these children were to raise the kids better i feel that there would not be as many arrest but the reason for kids to be getting arrested even if they were raised good could also lead to the peers of others forcing and having them do the things that would lead on the kids to do bad things. Beretta001
In the year of 2017 there had been the fewest juvenile arrests in four decades which in amazing. It went from a whopping 2.7 million in 1996 down to 809,700 in 2017, that was 70 percent difference from both those years. This is great and all but we still have a lot of juveniles out in the world doing crimes. Hearing about the all time high in 1996 raises a question of what made that rapid increase of arrested juveniles? Now, even with a adults, the number was down 21 percent in the same period but again we still have a lot of people still doing crimes. The good thing is that the numbers seems to be decreasing at some sort of rate each year, which can kind of show that were are doing something right. With all that being said by looking at the data and statistics of this article, it seems that from the years of 2008-2077 there was a higher decrease in juveniles than adults. Especially which crimes of murder, aggravated battery, and property crimes. This could bring up the question of how come its decreasing so much and how could we improve those numbers in juveniles and adults. It would be great to get those numbers down even more. Now with gender and race we get more narrowed down statistics. For example, the text shows that in 2017 more males were arrested than females, which brings up another question of why do males seem to do and get arrested more than the women? Dont get me wrong, I know females can do a lot of the crimes however, why is there more men doing the crimes and what makes it different for them to do it more. As times has gone on though, there have been more females committing crimes that it seems like ever before. Why is this? Now with race, a lot but certainly not all black were arrested for many crimes including murder and robbery. Not just black but black males were arrested for a lot of these crimes. In the article it states that most robberies were done by black males. Now no matter the race or gender of the arrestees, there still is crime going on and hopefully we can get the rates lower in years to come. The good point in all of this being said is that these were all at a historic low from 1996 to 2017. -wags002
In this article, it shows a national report of statistics for Juvenile Arrests in the year of 2017 and from years in the past showing the difference between then and now. There are many aspects to this article, especially with how the crime reporting is done. One area that I thought was interesting was how the UCR program provides the data with the juvenile arrests. In the article, it states that the arrest statistics is the number of arrests the law enforcement agencies made in one year rather than the number of individuals arrested or the number of crimes people committed. The program does it this way because it would be confusing and they would end up with the wrong statistics. Another interesting aspect of the article is in general just how many juveniles were arrested in the year of 2017 alone. Crime wise it shows that the Property Crime Index has the highest in the chart of about 168,000 with Larceny-theft being the most estimated in that category. To continue, an interesting fact from the article that goes with Property Crime is that it’s actually been having a decline in juvenile arrests since 2008. The overall percentage of decline between 1994 and 2017 is about 78% and it has been at the lowest level since the 1980s. An interesting aspect from the article that really showed in 2017 was how the juvenile arrest rates for certain crimes like burglary, arson, and larceny-theft were at its historic low for juveniles. In the article, it talks about how women juveniles are actually rising in arrests over men juveniles, but one part that was surprising was how 20% of the violent crime arrests and 26% of aggravated assault for juveniles are females. A fact from the article that I thought was engaging surrounding the crime of murder was that white juveniles and black juveniles had hit their historic low in 2012 and 2013. Another captivating part of the article is within the age groups of the juveniles and it shows that older juveniles and young adults had followed a very similar pattern between 1996 through 2017, with that being their high point and their lowest point. To continue, one last point I thought was interesting from the article was how arrest rates for violent crimes within a group of people younger than 45 fell significantly from its peak back in 1994, also it states that the largest decline within that group was in fact juveniles. -HL001
The amount of juveniles arrested is at an all time low in the last 4 decades. With nearly 2.7 million juveniles arrested in 1996 it has since dropped to below 1 million in 2017. With an almost 70% decrease in juveniles arrested since 1996 it still amazes me that at one time 2.7 million juveniles were arrested in 1996. While the juvenile males and females arrest rates have decreased the males have shown a bigger decrease than the females. Aggravated assault for juveniles have decreased 9% in the years 2013-2017, while arrests for robbery had increased by 1%. In 2017 arrests for simple assault was more than one third female, 4 out of 10 were younger than 15 and 58% were white. Violent crimes for juveniles was at record low in 2015 and had increased by 1% in 2017. Even though it was a 1% increase it is still considerably lower than what it once was. In the 9 year span of 2008-2017 violent crime rate has decreased by 48%. Property crime by juveniles has steadily decreased since 2008, showing in 2017 it was down by 61%. The drop from those 9 years is great to see that less and less juveniles are getting arrested for property crimes. Murder arrest rates by juveniles was a big problem but it was good to see how much it has changed in the past few deecades. The juvenile murder arrest rate between 2007-2014 dropped by 44% making it the lowest murder arrest rate since 1980. Juvenile murder arrest rate did increase 26% in the year 2017. Aggravated assault and simple assault have both been on a steady decrease in the past few decades as well. Reading this article it shows us statistically that almost every crime committed by a juvenile is either steadily dropping or at an all time low in decades. -wb002
I also find it amazing how much the crime rates have dropped. The world we live in today seems so riddled with crime so seeing how it has actually dropped is pretty hard to believe. It seems as though the younger generations aren't as bad as everyone these days makes them out to be!JU002
It really is great reading about the drop in juvenile crime rates over the decades. With everything going on and the news sensationalizing every piece of drama they can find its relieving to get a hold of some real statistics that don't paint the nation in such a depressing and bleak picture. -CamSlifton002
This article contained many statistics that interested me. One of these reasons is that the arrest rate for aggravated assault has declined in the last 5 years, but the murder rate has increased since 2012. Also, the total number of arrests involving juveniles in 2017 was the lowest it has ever been since 1980 with much of the decline happening in the past 10 years. The declines have become much more significant for males than it has for females as the rate for females has jumped from 18% in 1980 to 29% in 2017.In this year alone there was an estimated 123,040 juvenile arrests made for simple-assault and more than one-third of them involved were females, this fact surprised me because I would have imagined that the crime rate would be higher for males considering the fact that they seem to be the ‘troublemakers’ at a younger age. In total for 2017 there have been over 809,700 arrests for people under the age of 18, this 59% lower than the amount that were arrested in 2008 which may show that a change for the good is coming around. The rates for juvenile arrests for murder, robbery, and aggravated assault were very close to historic lows, the amount that it has decreased was much more than I would expect it to be, the murder rate alone fell by 44% in a 5 year span between 2007 and 2012, which is when it fell to its lowest point since 1980. Drug abuse has also decreased in the past 10 years, it dropped to 55% for black youth, 43% for white youth, and 28% for Asian youth. With all of the statistics and trends that are reported in this article, it makes it seem as if the younger generations are starting to veer off of the path of crime and drug abuse and making something more out of themselves. JU002
For the past two decades or so crime rates have gone down significantly. The data chart on page 1 of the article shows that since 1996 juvenile arrests have gone down by approximately 70%. Certain crimes by juveniles have gone up while others have gone down. For example juveniles arrested for property crimes and aggravated assault have gone down while motor vehicle theft and murder arrest rates have increased. Arrest rates for men have gone down over the years while the rates for women have increased. According to a chart made by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Juvenile Justice there have been a total of 809,700 arrests of people younger than 18 made in 2017. Simple assault has the largest amount of arrests. the charge with the lowest amount of arrests is for gambling. The arrest rates deem to disproportionately involve black youth more than any other race. The rate of decline for arrests are greater for older juveniles. People who commit crimes usually have started committing crimes when they are young. There can be a number of reasons as to why a juvenile commits crimes at a young age. It could be that they are peer pressured by others into doing it, they may think its cool, or maybe it is because of how their life at home is. It is important that people understand right from wrong and they have to be taught from a young age. If we do this then the rate of juvenile arrests will continue to go down. -Ram001
It is interesting to the statistics regarding black youth and white youth. It makes me wonder whether the dipropionate amount of black youth being arrested is due to over policing in certain areas. I agree with your statement about the importance of people understanding right from wrong, and being taught that at a young age. I believe it to be beneficial to get youth involved with the community at a young age because that could lead to a sense of responsibility. This could help keep the youth from getting involved in anti-social behaviors. ~PJWB001
After reading the article, the first thing that caught my eye is that in 2017 the law enforcement agencies in the United States made more than 809,700 arrests of persons younger than 18, which is lower from 2008 to 2016. It also states that 2017 is the lowest level of juvenile arrest since at least 1980. The violent crime arrest rate for older juveniles was lower than the rates for young adults. The juvenile arrest rates involving violent crimes tend to be much higher for black youth than for white youth. In addition to that, the arrest rates for liquor law violations were higher for American Indian and white youth than black youth. There were an estimated 123,040 juvenile arrests for simple assault, which involve one-third or 37% of these arrests involved females. About 4 in 10 or 39% involved are youth younger than 15, and 58% involved are white youth. The juvenile arrest rate for aggravated assault declined in the last five years. The robbery arrest rate stayed about the same, and the murder arrest rate increased annually since 2012, which is bad. I found that Arson is the criminal act with the most significant proportion of juvenile arrestees. 25% of all arson arrests were of juveniles happened in 2017 and of these juvenile arrests involved are youth younger than 15 about 57%. Compared to 12% of juveniles arrest because of larceny-theft arrests in and 28% of these juvenile arrests involved are youth younger than 15. The drug abuse arrest of juvenile has declined for most race groups in the last ten years. Falling to 55% for black youth, 43% for white youth and 28% for Asian youth but the arrest rate for American Indian youth increased to 13%. Another is that 1 in 5 juvenile violent crime arrests involved females and more than half involved minority youth. In 2017, law enforcement agencies made 234,990 arrests of females younger than age 18. In which 37% are larceny-theft, 41% liquor law violations, 37% simple assault, and 36% for disorderly conduct. In my understanding, the article shows the statistics of every crime committed by a juvenile. In which some are steadily dropping and at some point, at an all-time low. -Cancun001
I also thought it was extremely shocking how many arrests were made in 2017 alone. I like how you highlighted the violent arrests involving African american juveniles was much higher than the Caucasian youth, maybe this shows racism is still very alive. The rise of female arrests in upon us. So maybe we are reaching more gender equality but lacking fairness due to race. -KF001
Reading the majority of the 2017 National Arrest statistics were for the most part very uplifting. It's always a plus for society to record that our juvenile arrest records are/were at a historic low since the 1980s. Violent crimes were at a record low in 2015, with less arrests related to aggravated assault and simple assault. It is however unfortunate that juvenile arrests for murder have increased annually since 2012. The increase in murder and robbery charges, which was quoted that on average the ratio has declined since the 1990s and early 2000s, saw the black homicide rate was more than seven times the white rate in 2017. I believe this may have more to do with an ingrained history of institution segregation, a lack of opportunity, and a vacuum created by the failed war on drugs. A war which more often than not targeted minorities and further complicated the lives and challenges people face in low income neighborhoods. I believe that what I found to be the most interesting statistic however was the increase in female arrests compared to their male counterparts, which have been on a steady decline over the reported years. Incredibly the female share of juvenile arrests increased from a measly 18% in 1980 to 29% in 2017. Simple assaults for females from 21% in 1980 to 37% in 2017 along with a greater share of disorderly conduct arrests which increased to 36% in 2017. I cannot think of why, despite a decrease in juvenile arrests across both genders, female participation has increased over the years. I believe it may have something to do with males on average receiving harsher sentences for similar crimes. The lack of severe punishment compared to male counterparts could embolden repeat offenders and thus drive up female juvenile arrest statistics. Overall very informative -CamSlifton002
I find it interesting that female juvenile crime has increased over the years and I wonder what the cause could be compared to males. The statistics given show only arrests as well, so that leaves me to wonder how many arrests ended with conviction and how many were found not guilty. The arrest rates are mostly decreasing with small exceptions in the female population and the murder rate. Even with those increases, the rate of arrests in juveniles is at a historical low. This shows that something has changed in our school systems, communities, or even with law enforcement. This is incredible considering the public's outrage and protests on unfair police work, school shootings, etc., so as I stated before I wonder how many juveniles were not convicted and possibly went out and committed worse crimes than their first arrests. -Gamma002
I do agree with you. I thought the same thing about female juveniles. I like how he put charts in the bulletin so we could see how the rates has declined in the past year in 2017. I would like too know what the rates are in 2019. I think it probably hasn't changed but it might of changed but who knows. Softball002
Juvenile is when someone is younger than 18. As I read the Juvenile Justice Statistics Bulletin, I do agree that juvenile arrest has declined over the years but the patterns varies. For example, the patterns varies on the group and the offenses that the juvenile had part in. According to Puzzanchera “ In 1996, arrests of juveniles went up to 2.7 million But in 2017 the number has decreased a lot.” This is a good thing that the rates are down because kids should never get in trouble with the law. The offenses that has declined over the years are aggravated assault, property crime, and violent crime. Violent crimes was low in 2015 but it went back up 1% in 2017. This percent really don’t make a change. If it was 50% then it would make a big change on the charts. Property crimes fell 61% in 2017. According to Puzzanchera “In 2017, about 1 in 5 juvenile violent crime arrests involved females and more than half involved minority youth.” Law enforcement agencies arrested 234,990 females but they arrested 574,715 males in 2017. Males juveniles are usually the ones that get arrested but females juveniles are getting arrested for certain offenses. Those offenses are larceny-theft, liquor law violations, simple assault, and disorderly conduct. In 2008 to 2017, female juvenile rates have declined less than the male juvenile rate. Also juvenile arrests could involve the kids racial background. Ages 10-17 in 2017 there was 75% white, 16% blacks, 6% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 2% American Indians got arrested. Half of Juvenile arrests were black youths. The highest rate of juvenile arrest doing aggravated assault was in Nevada. Juveniles highest arrest doing larceny theft was in Louisiana. For drug abuse arrests was in South Dakota. The highest juveniles arrests that have weapons on them was in Rhode Island. I still do believe that the rates are declining in the past year but we have to wait and see what happens in 2019. Softball002
I found the statistics on female juveniles to be very interesting. To see that they are getting arrested at higher rates than males was unexpected to say the least. This isn't to say more females are being arrested than males, rather that females are being arrested at a higher pace than males. ENFJA001
You are right. No child should be in trouble with the law. They are still learning life. How can a non-adlut make these types of decisions. Where are their parents? It is good to see the number decrease but it is something that shouldn't even be a thing.
You are right. No child should be in trouble with the law. They are still learning life. How can a non-adlut make these types of decisions. Where are their parents? It is good to see the number decrease but it is something that shouldn't even be a thing. -PB008
What I first noticed about this document, was the organization of the data. It was easy to read and interpret the statistics that were displayed. I found it interesting that the arrest rate involving aggravated assault among juveniles had steadily decreased between the years 2007 and 2012. I don’t know what would have caused this. It may be due to harsher punishments put in place for such crimes in order to discourage this behavior. However, it could also be due to juveniles just shooting each other on the spot, as the statistics also show that murder arrests had gone up around the same time. Something else I noticed was that female juveniles were being arrested at higher rates than male juveniles. As discussed in class, this may be due to female juveniles taking up for male adults since they get shorter jail sentences. This would mostly be seen in drug related crimes. Again, this is just a theory and I’d have to research the matter further. The murder arrest rate for juveniles has dropped drastically since 1993 while aggravated assault arrest had declined at a much more gradual rate. While the drastic decline in murder rates can be explained by the War on Drugs and the harsh mandatory sentencing, the gradual decline in aggravated assault has me curious. According to the UCR, 56% of juvenile murders were carried out via firearm. This could be due to the easy accessibility of such weapons for juveniles (illegally). They are relatively easier to use than a knife or a blunt object. Guns are also harder to trace back to the shooter making them and ideal weapon for murder. The final thing that I noticed was that most juvenile crimes have gone down to record lows. I don’t know whether this is due to harsher sentencing for juveniles, or maybe due to a generational change in mindset. Regardless, juvenile crimes have been dropping making our communities and youth safer, and hopefully it will stay that way. ENFJA001
I am also curious as to why the crime rates have decreased in the juvenile system. The article was very factual and gave lots of information, but I wish it had gone more in depth with reasoning on why certain areas were higher or lower. Further research to explain the crime rates would be interesting and beneficial. -arm002
In the selected article, quite a few interesting facts are stated. It is interesting to find out that juvenile is at an all time low since about 1980. Juvenile crime rates have been fluctuating in the past forty years with a steady decline from about 2008 to 2017. It is definitely a good sign that the rates are decreasing, but the article explained that it is difficult to get exact information from the statistics presented by the government. This is due to the fact that when reporting an arrest into these databases, only the most serious crime is recorded and multiple arrests may occur from a single criminal act. That means if a juvenile committed robbery and murder, only murder would be recorded for the databases and if there were several juveniles involved in the same robbery, then the statistics would show several robberies instead of just one committed by several people. Because of this, there are definite faults in the statistics given, but it still gives the readers a good idea on crime rates without being exact. Overall the crime rates are decreasing, but in certain areas such as murder, the rates are increasing. What has happened in the past few years to lower crime rates and why is murder becoming more prevalent? Another area that is not seeing as much decline is females offending. Whereas crime involving females is declining, it isn't declining as much as males committing crimes. As to why females are committing crimes more frequently in both the juvenile and adult system would be interesting to find more information on. All in all, it is great that crime rates are decreasing, especially with the media making it seem like the opposite lately. -arm002
I wanted to start off by saying that this article is was very knowledgeable and also surprising. Since I am a visual I wouldn’t have guessed that the number of juvenile arrests has decreased. With the way the world is nowadays and how people I would have thought the opposite. It’s crazy to me that young children actually commit crimes. It’s sad to think that. The murder arrest rate for white juveniles reached a historic low in 2013, 82% below its 1994 peak, while the rate for black juveniles reached its low point 1 year earlier in 2012, 87% below its 1993 peak. Since their respective low points, rates for both increased through 2017: 47% for black juveniles and 22% for white juveniles. I found this interesting, the chart that’s above this shows the color of people and how many murder arrests there have been. The large decline in juvenile burglary arrests was not reflected in the adult statistics. For example, between 2008 and 2017, the number of juvenile burglary arrests fell 63%, while adult burglary arrests fell 25%. As a result of this decline, 15% of all burglary arrests in 2017 were juvenile arrests, compared with 27% in 2008. Between 1994 and 2004, juvenile arrests for violent crimes increased through 2006 and then declined each year through 2015, reaching its lowest level since at least 1980. Despite a 1% increase since 2015, the number of juvenile arrests for violent crimes in 2017 was 66% less than the 1994 peak. I would have never of guessed that arson is the criminal act with the largest proportion of juvenile arrestees. In 2017, 25% of all arson arrests were arrests of juveniles, and most of these juvenile arrests (57%) involved youth younger than 15. In comparison, 12% of all larceny-theft arrests in 2017 involved juveniles, but only 28% of these juvenile arrests involved youth younger than 15.
I agree and disagree. Those five, seven or ten may know the pledge means. When I was those ages I did. But I was also told what it meant. Children may be young and may not fully understand certain things but they can have their own opinion. They can decide what they want to do or believe. -PB008
I think the fact the juvenile arrests are at an all-time low is incredible. In fact, crimes like burglary and larceny-theft are at the lowest point since 2008, at a staggering 63% reduction. Other crimes like murder and robbery have been dropping steadily. There were 3 murder arrests per 100,000 youth aged 10-17, and there were around 60 robbery arrests per 100,00 youth. I still think there is work to be done to get these numbers even lower. We could implement more deterrence measures in our justice system and offer better counseling to juvenile offenders to prevent them from becoming career criminals. Even thought these numbers have been dropping, there is another side to the coin, female and minority offenders. In 2017, it was estimated that over half of all violent crime arrests involving juveniles were minorities, and that 1 in 5 of these arrests were female youth. In fact, 29% of juvenile arrests were of females. The article also suggests that black youth arrests are a bit disproportioned. While this maybe due to the fact that some agencies leave ethnicity data out of their Uniform Crime Reports, this could still be a possibility. Its suggested that the black proportion of violent crime was 52% in 2017. While this number is more than likely lower than its has been in previous years, we still have a lot of work to also get this number down. While there is still some room for improvement, the fact that these numbers are at a historical low is an awesome indicator that our youth are gradually migrating away from committing crime. We could work with prisons to offer better rehab programs for youth to give them the best possible chance to get better be for its too late and they become repeat offenders. All in all, these are great numbers and I hope they continue to get better in the near future.
The first thing that I want to address with this article is how many juveniles were arrested in 1996 compared to 2017. I am educated in a few areas but I was always one of the people that thought that currently juveniles were arrested a ton. It turns out that those numbers went down.To add to that point, the article also states that juvenile arrests for violent crime remain near HISTORICALLY low levels. Juvenile property crime also decreased each year since 2008. Between 2008-2017, arrests declined for individual property offenses: burglary (60%), larceny-theft (63%), motor vehicle theft (34%), and arson (65%). Not only these crimes but throughout the entire article everything is declining and that is a good thing. The BIGGEST thing that caught my eye in this article was how the juvenile arrest rates have declined in the last 10 years. The declines have been GREATER for MALES THAN FOR FEMALES. Since 2004, the relative decline in the number of juvenile arrests for simple assault outpaced that of adults (51-9). As a result, 12% of simple assault arrests in 2017 involved a juvenile, compared with 20% in 2004. I think it is interesting that there is a bigger decline in juveniles than in adults but that could be one of two reasons. 1) Children can be swayed more when arrested, given counseling, etc.2) 17 year olds charged as adults can change this as well. For violent crime, juveniles has the largest decrease--falling more than 65% in each age group from 10-17. Again, another decrease, I personally think this is because there really is not much reason for juveniles to commit violent crimes unless convinced to do so OR from bad influences. Continuing on, in 2017 1 in 5 juvenile violent crime arrests involved FEMALES. This tells me that women, young and adults, are more prevalent to doing more complex crimes. Females accounted for 20% of juvenile violent crime arrests and 26% of aggravated assault arrests in 2017. Arrest rates for murder and robbery were much higher for black youth than for other races. In every class I have taken there has been numbers for blacks to be in more of the robbery and murder category at the top. This probably because they normally live in lower quality neighborhoods, influences from schools (the students), and other factors.
These numbers in shocking in a lot of different ways because they are all the exact opposite of what I thought they would be. I also find it interesting that women are committing more crimes similar to males. -TanLionNala001
I agree with what you are saying, I also thought that juvenile arrest rates would be at a much higher rate. I’m also surprised at the fact that juvenile arrest rate is declining. Just like with the high rates of black youth with crime. Typically black youth who are in poor class neighborhoods. Batman001
According to Juvenile Justice Statistic, law enforcement agencies made an estimated 809,700 arrests of youth younger than 18–the fewest arrest of juveniles in nearly four decades. It went from 2.7 million in 1996 decreased to 809,700 in 2017. In the city of Chicago there are a lot of juvenile arrests. These children are getting arrested because of marijuana and violent crimes. It’s hard growing up in Chicago because there are so many influences around such as friends parents, and new and upcoming rappers. In the article it states that “Juvenile arrests rates involving crimes such as murder or robbery tend to be much higher for black youth than for whole youth. Conversely, arrest rates for liquor law violations white youth than black youth. This explains so much because I’ve been seeing more violent crimes being committed by teens than adults. Teens are often trying to fit in with the crowd and some think that it’s cool to commit these crimes. It’s hard growing up in a rough city, sometimes people do any and everything to survive. Another fact I would like to point out is the drug abuse violation rate. Following. A period of relative stability between 2000 and 2006, the juvenile drug abuse rate declined 51% through 2017 reaching its lowest level since the 1990’s. During the 90s era there was great music and lots of drugs and violence. This is a great article because it contains a lot of facts and statistics. Did you know that female proportion of juveniles grew from 21% in the 1989 to 37% in 2017. Its surprising to see that women are starting to commit the same crimes as men. Even though men stats are much higher there has been an increase in women committing crimes. To conclude, I believe that this was a very informative article. They used plenty of diagrams to support the Juvenile justice statistics -Jas002
It was interesting to see a decline in most areas in regards to arrest rates. In the past ten years there has been a decline of 59% in juvenile arrests made. What’s interesting is that with this major decline there has been an increase in arrest for certain crimes. The way the data is shown gives the number of arrests from law enforcement agencies in a given year. These statistics do not give the number of individuals arrested nor the number of crimes committed. This also doesn’t show how many crimes a certain person has committed, and there could be multiple crimes committed for on arrest. Something that caught my eye was that a single arrest may involve multiple individuals. This is common in juvenile behavior according to this report. This could help explain why such a decline in arrests has been happening because if juveniles are choosing to do less anti-social behaviors that lead to crimes perhaps certain programs or activities have been aiding in this. Another interesting statistic was that female arrest rates for violent offense decreased less than males arrest rates. This seems to show a cultural shift in the dynamics of how normal gender roles are being challenged. What was once a male crime is changing, it seems, into a genderless crime. African American youth accounted for 52% of the violent crime arrests and white youth accounted for 45%. This does bring up questions about whether over policing in certain areas has led to this considering the racial composition of American juvenile’s is 75 % white and 16% black. Another thing that caught my eye was that arrest rates for juveniles was lower than arrest rates for young adults. It seems to show that between the ages of 18-20 is a still a major influential time and people are still maturing, brain development continues till 25 in males which is why some countries like Germany have pushed the age of someone considered juvenile to a little passed 20.~PJWB001
The percentage of arrests in people under the age of eighteen has decreased significantly over the course of the last decade, from 1980-2017. According to the article, the peak of juvenile arrests was in the year 1996, with an astounding 2.7 million. Surprisingly the arrests of adults in 1996 was on the drop the same year, decreasing by 21%. Both male and female juvenile offenders has decreased, yet the males percentage has decreased much more substantially. Overall we have more female offenders than we have had but maybe this is because justice is being found from women much more fairly over the years. The more intense crimes in these young people such as; murder, robbery, and violent crimes in general has decreased over time. Between 2013 and 2017 aggravated assaults decreased by 9%, unfortunately murder arrests had increased by 23%. The arrest rates for the older portion of older juveniles is lower than younger offenders. It’s somewhat shocking the decline in young adult offenses, but also intriguing the female arrests have increased. In the year 2017 alone, different agencies inside of the United States made roughly 809,700 arrests of people under the age of eighteen, actually the lowest it has been since 1980. Between 2008 and 2017 young adult arrests fell by 59%, which is a great example for our society. Showing if the youth can do more good maybe so can the adults. The rise or majority of the crimes in 2017 were property crimes, making up 168,050 of the 809,700. Also in 2017, more than one-third of simple assault arrests involved females, four out of ten were younger than fifteen years old and over half were caucasian. Oddly in 2013 the FBI changed and more broadened the definition of rape, taking away “force” from the name. Due to this change in reporting practices sex offenses are not available after 2012, the violent crime category replaces forcible rape. Murder, robbery, and aggravated assault account for more than 95% of violent crime offenses. How concerning can these statistics be if we are on the decline? If we can influence younger people do good maybe the majority can continue to strive for better among us. -KF001
This article is about statistics on juvenile arrests in 2017. In the Crime in the United States reports data on murder victims section, it says “An estimated 17,284 murders were reported to law enforcement agencies in 2017, or 5.3 murders for every 100,000 U.S residents.” That’s sad to think that all of these murders happened in one year. Twenty nine percent of females that are juveniles were arrested in 2017. Arrests that were females under the age of 18 had 234,990 and males had 574,715 arrests. The violent crime arrest rate for juveniles ages 15 to 17 was lower than the rates for young adults ages 18 to 20 and 21 to 24. Most of the arrests that happened involved black juveniles. Which I could understand because the black community was in poverty. Young black kids boys and girls grew up in poor neighborhoods and wanted more so they stole. Sometimes it was because they had to fend for themselves or they parents couldn’t provide enough food or clothes. Or it could have been the fact that they were in gangs and that’s what they had to do to be in one. At this time, in the 80s the head of the gangs would ask young kids to sell drugs or steal for them because they knew that having the kids do it could mean less time. The older a juvenile became the arrest rates lowered. Which makes since because most juveniles that get arrested get scared and want to do better. Juveniles typically grow out of crime at a certain age. Male and female juvenile arrest rates have declined in the last ten years; however, the relative declines have been greater for males than for females across many offenses. As a result, the female share of juvenile arrests has grown since 1980. Batman001
Cant couldn't we all just all just get along. I see we need to fix our juvenile system. I just wanna say we let the juveniles rot in prison? I know the is a restrain on our resource but sometimes it isn't right. Maybe we need you have more cooperative opposites in jail like workshops for employment. Black people need to be involved in more programs like after school activities. More mentor ship. I best help is get to the younger so they create these monstrosities. Depending on gangs arrests seem to be down. So liquor was up among whites and Indians than blacks. I can see the murder rate being high because of the accidental drug dealings and shots fired during a dealing the bullet going into a house. it seems like alot of the juvenile arrests seem to be easy prey to the fallen summoning the right to get action to a weapon. Why has females gone upi more arrested? Are they easier prey? In my eyes it seems like prostitution is the big one. Why is it that robbery among everthying against whites was a big number? Just another question? Why does the table only list white and not other origin for crime statistics? navy001
The fact that juvenile crime rates have been dropping in recent years surprises me considering all the mass shootings we have had lately, but I guess that's not really something the news would report on, so it's not as common knowledge. The fact that crime rates have been increasing for women does not surprise me, however, because of the feminist movement that has taken place in recent years. I'm not saying that the feminist movement is bad in itself, but it does empower women, so those who have more violent or unlawful tendencies would feel more justified in committing crime because of the "power to ya" mindset. It could also just have to do with the fact that women are getting treated more fairly, therefore getting arrested as much as men for the crimes they commit. In recent years, the violent crime rates have increased, despite the other categories of crimes decreasing. I wonder what the cause of this is. Is it video games, movies, the media, or maybe even something completely unrelated? Whatever it is, we need to find the root of the problem and get to work because this is an alarming statistic that has me stumped. I also found it interesting that because of a recent change in definition of "rape", that crime was excluded from this document because there was not an accurate estimation for juveniles committing that crime. Prostitution has gone down the most out of any of the other crimes in the most recent years, an impressive 44 percent, so that's pretty interesting. On the flip side, murder / non-negligent manslaughter increased the most by 7 percent. Once again, I wonder why these increases and decreases took place in recent years, but I just hope violent crimes start decreasing like the rest of the crimes have been doing as of late. -Smallz001
Twenty nine percent of females that are juveniles were arrested in 2017. Arrests that were females under the age of 18 had 234,990 and males had 574,715 arrests. The violent crime arrest rate for juveniles ages 15 to 17 was lower than the rates for young adults ages 18 to 20 and 21 to 24. Most of the arrests that happened involved black juveniles. Which I could understand because the black community was in poverty. Young black kids boys and girls grew up in poor neighborhoods and wanted more so they stole. Sometimes it was because they had to fend for themselves or they parents couldn’t provide enough food or clothes. Or it could have been the fact that they were in gangs and that’s what they had to do to be in one. At this time, in the 80s the head of the gangs would ask young kids to sell drugs or steal for them because they knew that having the kids do it could mean less time. The older a juvenile became the arrest rates lowered. Which makes since because most juveniles that get arrested get scared and want to do better. Juveniles typically grow out of crime at a certain age. Male and female juvenile arrest rates have declined in the last ten years; however, the relative declines have been greater for males than for females across many offenses. As a result, the female share of juvenile arrests has grown since 1980. This article is about statistics on juvenile arrests in 2017. In the Crime in the United States reports data on murder victims section, it says “An estimated 17,284 murders were reported to law enforcement agencies in 2017, or 5.3 murders for every 100,000 U.S residents.” That’s sad to think that all of these murders happened in one year. Batman002
Maybe if we can help these high poverty areas we can decrease the crime rate. Even if it is just lending a hand to people in need. We are all the same, we need to rise together and find greater good. Crime will never fully vanish but it is up to us to help the decline. KF002
I really liked how you covered the rates and the years. I totally agree with you in every way. I may not be able to fully understand for the black community, but I have a really big heart and it breaks for the kids who are in trouble, when sometimes they just made a mistake or are trying to change but sometimes it’s not that easy. SH002
According to this article the number of arrests has decreased immensely from the year 1980 to 2017 in young adults. This projects that our society has done something right in keeping these children out of detention centers. The peak of juvenile arrests was in the year 1996, roughly 2.7 million. Yet that same exact year adult arrests were on the rise by 21%. Maybe these youngsters grew up to adults in the year 1996 to result in this crime increase. Over the last decade both male and female juvenile arrests has decreased, more so the males. We currently have more female offenders than ever. Suggesting that females are let off and are being treated the same or more fairly as male offenders. On a bright note, the violent offenses such as; murder and robbery has decreased over the last decade. Maybe our youth is realizing they do not want to do unnecessary crime for a long time. Between the years 2013 and 2017 aggravated assaults has decreased by 9%. The arrest rates among the older juveniles is much lower than the younger of the offenders. Maybe we are finding ways to discipline these kids at a younger age to keep it from a lifetime of crime. In just the year 2017, law enforcement had arrested nearly 800,000 people under eighteen years of age. Between 2008 and 2017 juvenile arrests fell by 59%. This is astonishing news, such a decline. Maybe if our youth can do more good they will grow into adults with the same morals to embed into the children of our youth. The majority of crimes in the year 2017 were property crimes, nearly 170.000 out of nearly 800,000 arrests. In 2017, more than one-third of simple assault crimes involved women, four out of ten under the age of fifteen, and over half of the percentage were Caucasian. Maybe our problem is young Caucasian females. What can we do to keep the decline of young adults arrests? KF002
On the other hand. Duis were up alot among white whites were up up among females last year. Vandalism a month while white female was up to. Even fraud was high they should be tought something.Depending on gangs arrests seem to be down. So liquor was up among whites and Indians than blacks. I can see the murder rate being high because of the accidental drug dealings and shots fired during a dealing the bullet going into a house. it seems like alot of the juvenile arrests seem to be easy prey to the fallen summoning the right to get action to a weapon. Why has females gone upi more arrested? Are they easier prey? In my eyes it seems like prostitution is the big one. Why is it that robbery among everthying against whites was a big number? Just another question? Why does the table only list white and not other origin for crime statistics? navy002
As I was reading the article, Juvenile Arrests, 2017, I had a feeling on what it would be about considering the title and having some knowledge about the topic in the first place. Then once I started to read more, I started to realize that there was more that I did not know, like; the violent crime rate for juveniles from the age of 15 to 17 is lower than the adults ages 18 to 24. After seeing the numbers, and viewing our society, we all think, is something being done? The answer is yes. Yes, because the rates have gone down. In the last few years, arrests of male and females have become less, more of males than females but still an important rate to view. However, we are seeing more female arrests than males. We can see that as if the females get treated differently than males, which I believe to be true. Especially if they are a different race. 29% of females that are juveniles were arrested in 2017, therefore, females that were under the age of 18, had 234,990 arrests. Overall, maybe this is because justice is being found from women much more fairly over the years. The more intense crimes in these young people such as; murder, robbery, and violent crimes in general has decreased over time. Between 2013 and 2017 aggravated assaults decreased by 9%, unfortunately murder arrests had increased by 23%. The arrest rates for the older portion of older juveniles is lower than younger offenders. However, if we show the young kids that they can do good and be good, then we could have a decrease in juvenile arrests. The kids that are gangs or have grown up in the community that it was “normal” to sell drugs, to steal, even to kill, it is harder for those kids to leave or get help, because getting help or leaving is consider to betrayal to their community and could lead to death to the one wanting to do better. If only our society to see that there are kids who really want out of that lifestyle but can not leave because they are in fear. SH002
I agree with your statement that our society has not been helping our children in the ways that it could at full capacity. The lifestyle that many children grow up in is what influences their actions later in life, and if there were more things we were able to to help the juveniles I am certain we could further reduce the juvenile arrest rates. -Blues001
I definitely seen more than 8 interesting facts but the top 8 that stood out was when they stated “In the last 10 years, the drug arrest rate declined 55% for black youth, 43% for white youth, and 28% for Asian youth, but increased 13% for American Indian youth.”, “The female proportion of juvenile simple assault arrests grew from 21% in 1980 to 2017”, “The number of arrests of females increased more than males through the mid-1990s, and then decreased less through 2017. As a result, the female share of juvenile arrests has increased, from 18% in 1980 to 29% in 2017” main two are interesting because women are starting to get more violent than man no a days not being b able to cope with stress and deal with their emotions most importantly.”From 2008 through 2017, arrests of juvenile females decreased less than male arrests in most offense categories (e.g., aggravated and simple assault, robbery, vandalism, and drug abuse violations).”in 2017, the female share was relatively high for certain offenses, including larceny-theft (37%), liquor law violations (41%), simple assault (37%), and disorderly conduct (36%). “The juvenile drug abuse arrest rate declined for most race groups in the last 10 years, falling 55% for black youth, 43% for white youth, and 28% for Asian youth; during this same period, the arrest rate for American Indian youth increased 13%.” “ The relative decline in weapons law violation arrests in the last 10 years was not replicated in the adult statistics. Since 2008, the number of juvenile weapons law violation arrests fell 54%, while adult arrests increased 5%.” seems like everything taking a huge turn from man to woman and juveniles to adults.-KenzieLand001
This article is very informative on many statistics but some of the most important in my opinion were the stats on arrests. While it states that juvenile arrests are at their lowest since 1980 and while most of the statistics are mixed, overall the number of arrests had fallen 59% since 2017. This somewhat mirrors adult incarceration rates also falling over the years due to recovering from the mass incarceration era. Also something else that mirrors the adult arrest rates is that female rates have been rising steadily. In 1980 the rates of female juvenile arrest rate was 18% and as of 2017 it had risen 11% to a total of 29%. This is very interesting to see that across the board for females, whether juvenile or not, the rates have been steadily rising. Another very interesting fact was that the violent crime arrest rates for juveniles was lower than that of the age group of 18-24. One other fact I believe can go along with that last fact is that in 1996 the arrest rates of juveniles peaked at 2.7 million which is astonishing if you think about it. The numbers have dropped over 70% since that spike and I believe both of these facts may have changed or been reduced due to the changing laws regarding juveniles. Now there are different procedures regarding when juveniles may be arrested and when they have to be released. With society leading citizens to believe the rates of violence have been rising, the overall rates of violent crime arrests have dropped roughly 9% with aggravated assault but for murder, it has risen by 23%. I am unsure what leading factors are contributing to the murder rates rising that much but I am certain with time it will soon decline as we find new studies of ways to handle juveniles and their mindsets. -Blues001
I find it interesting the the juvenile crime rates are on the decline. To us especially some of us in certain areas see all the stupid things that the kids and teenagers are doing. But if you look at the numbers the arrest rate has dropped significantly as time has passed. Property crimes are one of the crimes that you see when dealing with juveniles. But I find it interesting that murder has gone up by 9% which is a significant jump. Prostitution has also gone down a huge 44%. One of the main crimes that has been noticed in my community is vehicle theft and car break-ins, and almost all of the arrests involved a person under eighteen. But you can also see kids who are raised in an environment where crime is the norm and kids strive to do it because of the respect and fast cash they can gain. But with all the info we see in this article can lead you to believe that kids are on the fast track to being good. Could it be that there is now more that can keep them busy? Or is it due to fear that is being put into them by other? I think this article is helpful and very easy to read and will definitely be used for future papers.-Purdue001
It seems as if the media portrays crime as being on the rise, especially vehicle theft. I believe that many youth see this as a fun victim-less crime. It would be interesting to see the social economic demographics of population of youth committing these crimes. Property crimes tend to occur in all areas, including suburban areas. Perhaps we should also examine the way these crimes are reported. In the past, these were seen as teenagers joyriding. Perhaps the reason why the property crime and vehicle theft rates are higher is because more are being prosecuted.
By all accounts in society, it appears that juvenile delinquency is at an all-time high. However, the article shows that as of 2017, juvenile delinquency is actually on the decline for the most part. However, there was indicated 1% increase since 2015 in violent crimes. These crimes include murder, robbery and aggravated assault. An area that needs to be examined closely is that one in five arrests for violent crime involves female offenders. Even more there are an estimated 52% of juvenile arrests for violent crime were African American. There are many aspects to consider with this statistic. Many feel that social-economic aspects are mostly to blame. In these cases crimes such as armed robbery are committed to obtain goods and/or money to either survive or to fit the mold of what is shown on media. Regarding social economic factors include the cost of an attorney. Those with higher social economic status are more likely to have paid attorneys that have more resources than a public defender. This may result in higher convictions in certain communities. Others feel that there is the since of belonging or external belonging factors contribute to violent crimes being so prevalent. Many of these crimes are committed with a group mentality or mob mentality. In contrast, property crimes tend to have a larger percentage of white youth (56%). Again factors to consider are the influence of attempting to show toughness or being a part of a crowd by appearances. I found it surprising that juvenile crime is on the decline; however it is important to look at the demographics in order to see how to rehabilitate these crimes.-Zen002
AnonymousAugust 28, 2019 at 3:17 PM By all accounts in society, it appears that juvenile delinquency is at an all-time high. However, the article shows that as of 2017, juvenile delinquency is actually on the decline for the most part. However, there was indicated 1% increase since 2015 in violent crimes. These crimes include murder, robbery and aggravated assault. An area that needs to be examined closely is that one in five arrests for violent crime involves female offenders. Even more there are an estimated 52% of juvenile arrests for violent crime were African American. There are many aspects to consider with this statistic. Many feel that social-economic aspects are mostly to blame. In these cases crimes such as armed robbery are committed to obtain goods and/or money to either survive or to fit the mold of what is shown on media. Regarding social economic factors include the cost of an attorney. Those with higher social economic status are more likely to have paid attorneys that have more resources than a public defender. This may result in higher convictions in certain communities. Others feel that there is the since of belonging or external belonging factors contribute to violent crimes being so prevalent. Many of these crimes are committed with a group mentality or mob mentality. In contrast, property crimes tend to have a larger percentage of white youth (56%). Again factors to consider are the influence of attempting to show toughness or being a part of a crowd by appearances. I found it surprising that juvenile crime is on the decline; however it is important to look at the demographics in order to see how to rehabilitate these crimes.-Zen002
This article contains a lot of interesting facts and statistics. The number of juveniles being arrested for arson has dropped substantially in the last 30-40 years. In 2017 the arrest rates of juveniles, related to arson, were the lowest level between 1980 and 2017, which is an incredible improvement. Though arson may have become less popular in juveniles, motor vehicle theft gained a lot of traction. Across the board, females, males, white, black, asian, and American indian, in the last four years arrests have gone up involving motor vehicle theft in juveniles. Unlike the trends of other property crimes, juveniles being arrested for burglary has steadily dropped since the 80's. In 2017 we hit our lowest rate of juveniles being arrested for burglary in almost 40 years. Across the board, in the years between 1980 and 1994 we saw the highest rates of violent crimes. Within those statistics, it is said that the increase in juvenile involvement was higher than that in adults of the time. Following over a decade of decline in vandalism arrest rates, juveniles hit an all time low in 2017, 78% lower than the climax of arrests in 1994. Female crime rates have risen overall, but you can especially see that in our juveniles. Female juveniles accounted for 26% of the aggravated assault arrests, in juveniles, in the year of 2017, which is much higher than any trend we have seen in the past. Along with that, females accounted for 20% of juvenile violent crime arrests. As a society, I think we have become accustomed to the idea that males hold most of the responsibility for violent crimes, which they still do, but the rate at which females are catching up is somewhat alarming. The final statistic I will address from this article is the one involving race and juvenile crime rates. Over half of the juveniles arrested in the year of 2017 were black, whites following behind accounting for 45% of those involved, 1% were American Indian and 1% Asian. On the surface those percentages don't look to crazy until you look at the juvenile population, and the racial composition of that time. For individuals aged 10-17 in 2017, 75% of them were white, 16% black, 6% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 2% American Indian. The numbers speak for themselves. This article had some very informational content, and interesting facts that some of us probably do not like being confronted with. This is the stuff we are all here to learn, the things that will matter when it comes to embarking on a career in criminal justice. -psych001
ReplyDeleteIt seems in the past 30-40 years that juveniles decided crimes like vandalism, theft, and use of narcotics are not enough for them. Although the statistics show dramatic decreases in juvenile crimes as a whole, it seems the more dangerous and life-threatening crimes are on the rise, especially within the female crowd. -LW001
DeleteAs the rates show that the crime rates are going down there are still crime rates that have stayed the same since 1980 and they need to look at those crimes and see what they can do to help the teens stop doing these crimes because if they don’t then the teens might keep doing them and the rate of that crime will just go up. - vossie001
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DeleteWith all of the statistics I'm sure we can all notice one thing. Juveniles committing crime has gone down by a lot compared to adults. I think, I said in my comment to this post, that is because it is easier to help kids now and our system has become a bit more educated on to how to handle kids. We need to rehabilitate rather than warehouse. The race status on the other hand seems to be pretty similar to the adult side when it comes to who gets arrested for what. For example, Blacks are more commonly arrested for things like Violent crime and Robbery. Whites on the other hand might be arrested for more things involving money but each are equally capable of committing all of these crimes.
-TanLionNala001
The juvenile crime rate in the United States has always been an ongoing issue that needs to be fixed. Since 1981 juvenile crime rates have surpassed extreme highs, and are now heading in the right direction. Juvenile crime rates are near historic lows in the United States, I believe that this is a great sign for the future. If the United States continues helping young children I believe the juvenile crime rates will continue to diminish. Although juvenile crime rates are near historical lows I find it important that the murder rates continue to increase, so even though the crime rates in general are decreasing there are violent crimes that are happening more and more each year. Many people may believe that the number of juvenile arrests directly correlate with the number of different crimes but people must understand that most juvenile crimes are done in groups, meaning one crime can result in multiple arrests. The main crime that juveniles tend to commit are property crimes, this is significant because the amount of property crimes committed continues to diminish each year, this means more children are deciding to do either more violent crimes are less violent crimes. The craziest thing I read in this article is the fact that female juveniles committing crimes of any sort tend to be increasing while the male juveniles have been decreasing. To me this is crazy because when I think crime my mind mostly shifts toward men, due to their instances of anger and occasional stupidity. According to the text in 2017 females accounted for 20% of the juvenile violent crimes and 26% of the aggravated assault crimes. These may seem to be small percentages. But compared to the past years for females, these numbers are large. Lastly, older juvenile crime rates are higher than the crime rates of younger adults. To me this is significant because these juveniles most likely have a parent or guardian taking care of them, or at least watching over them, and most young adults do not. I find it crazy how young children can be considered more dangerous, and commit more crimes than an independent young adult.
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I do agree with you about the fact about female juveniles committing crimes. In 2017 alone the law enforcement agencies made 234,990 arrests of females younger than age 18. In which 37% are larceny-theft, 41% liquor law violations, 37% simple assault, and 36% for disorderly conduct. It sounds surreal, but it happened. -Cancun001
DeleteIn 2017 there was a decline in arrests against teens for aggravated assault. Although the murder arrest rate went up for teens the robbery rate stayed the same threw out time. Also, the arrest rate for property crimes have gone down and theft, burglary, and arson were at their lowest rates since 2012. The violent crime rate for younger teens was lower than the rate for young adults. Male and female arrest rates have gone down over the years, but the male rates have decreased at a lower rate then the females. More of the violent crime have been committed by African American teens rather than white teens. I feel that is true because there is more gang violence in black neighborhoods than in white neighborhoods so that could be the reason why it is a higher rate for African American teens than white teens. 2017 also had the lowest levels of arrests for teens since 1980. So over the course of the years the rate for different crimes has gone down and there aren’t as many teens being arrested but on some crimes the rate has stayed the same which means that some of those crime are more common between teens than other crimes because they are going down and the rate of those have stayed the same over the course 30 years. I think that people should focus on those crimes more and find a reason that those crimes are still accruing and find a solution to help solve those crimes and also find a way to help teens stop doing those crimes and find a better way to cope with things that they are going threw so that they don’t have to revert to crime to cope with their situation. I believe that would help allot and we could start to see those rates go down instead of staying the same and the other ones will drop even further. – vossie001
ReplyDeleteI agree, a lot of any humans actions have to do with where they are raised. Therefore being said, if and since there are more gang violence in black neighborhoods than it is a lot easier to get sucked into those violent tendencies. I also think it wouldn't be a bad idea to try and find a answer to the problem instead of being okay with the crime rates staying the same.-arii001
DeleteHello Hello vossie001,
DeleteI am responding to both you and arii001 who responded. I will use the same example with how people are raised BUT staying away from race this all has to do with not only who raised the person but where they live, where they went to school or if they had any educaton at all, and media influences. The juvenile mind, though we are suseptable to exposure, is more likely to suck this information and act upon it in whatever way their brain divides it down. This can be stressful on their mental health and force them to make bad decisions really fast when they only see one option to help themselves when there is really several but more times than wanted that sometimes moves to criminal acts. For example, a relative dies and a child is no longer getting attention so they act out. That can be in the form of being annoying to scaling up and doing things like panhandling for money, stealing from their parents, etc. In those cases the parent is not held responsible. That was just one example but there are probably several more, like peer pressure etc.
-TanLionNala001
In 2017 there was a decline in arrests against teens for aggravated assault. Although the murder arrest rate went up for teens the robbery rate stayed the same threw out time. Also, the arrest rate for property crimes have gone down and theft, burglary, and arson were at their lowest rates since 2012. The violent crime rate for younger teens was lower than the rate for young adults. Male and female arrest rates have gone down over the years, but the male rates have decreased at a lower rate then the females. More of the violent crime have been committed by African American teens rather than white teens. I feel that is true because there is more gang violence in black neighborhoods than in white neighborhoods so that could be the reason why it is a higher rate for African American teens than white teens. 2017 also had the lowest levels of arrests for teens since 1980. So over the course of the years the rate for different crimes has gone down and there aren’t as many teens being arrested but on some crimes the rate has stayed the same which means that some of those crime are more common between teens than other crimes because they are going down and the rate of those have stayed the same over the course 30 years. I think that people should focus on those crimes more and find a reason that those crimes are still accruing and find a solution to help solve those crimes and also find a way to help teens stop doing those crimes and find a better way to cope with things that they are going threw so that they don’t have to revert to crime to cope with their situation. I believe that would help allot and we could start to see those rates go down instead of staying the same and the other ones will drop even further. – vossie001
ReplyDeleteThe rate of arrests for juveniles have gone down by 70% ever since 1996. For some types of crime the rate goes down and for others the rate has gone up. It is a good idea to figure out what influences juveniles to commit crimes and to figure out a way to stop it.
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The part I liked most about your post was that you noticed certain crimes were being committed by juveniles and the rates for those crimes have been at a steady pace while other crime rates were dropping. I agree with you that we need to focus on finding out why those crimes are being committed over the other ones. -HL001
DeleteAlthough juvenile arrests for aggravated assault have declined, youth theft rates have stayed the same, and juvenile murders have increased every year since 1012. So even though some might say our juvenile crimes have gone down, we initially still have a big problem. There were 1,395 murder victims under the age of 18 in 2017, and more than half were killed by a firearm. According to the chart shown, there were 910 juvenile arrests for murder in 2017. 8 of them being by females and only one more (9) being younger than the age of 15. With 38 of them being white that leaves the rest of the 872 arrests being of other ethnicities.
ReplyDeleteTo my surprise there were no statistics for rape or any sex offenses,because as of today i know we have a problem with these types of offenses,further along the bulletin they included an "up to date" rape definition. The highest number of larceny and theft arrests were 118,660 in the year of 2017. 37 of them being female, and 28 being younger than 15. Since 1980 the juvenile murder arrest rate dropped 44% between '07 and '12, shortly after increasing by 26% in 2017. According to the graphs given show that the arrest rates for older juveniles were higher than the younger kids, ranging from 19% to 48% Female arrest rates have also grew from 21% to 37% between 1980 and 2017. And since 2006 the male arrests dropped 71% while females fell 66% Nevada and Delaware have the most arrests from aggravated assault ranging from 195 to 199. The most theft arrest were located in Louisiana and Wisonsin,
ranging from 1,052 to 1,173. To my surprise South Dakota and Wyoming had the most drug abuse arrests on record for 2017 ranging from 881 to 1,258 arrests. -arii001
In 2017 the fewest arrests of juveniles was recorded in the last forty years. According to the text In 1996 there was recorded 2.7 million juveniles arrested. As of 2017 there was a recorded 809,700 arrested juveniles.This is a step in the right track, but the number of juveniles getting arrested on a yearly basis is still very high. Trying to picture that 2.7 million juveniles were actually arrested in one year is absolutely crazy to me. As the number of juveniles being arrested seems to decrease every year the amount of female juveniles being arrested increases. Since 1980 the amount of female juveniles being arrested has been steadily increasing. As of 2017 females accounted for 29% of all juveniles arrested. As a whole juvenile arrest rates for aggravated assault declined since 2012, while the robbery arrest rates stayed the same. Murder on the other hand fell 44% from 2007 to 2012. In 2012 murder was at its lowest point since 1980. After reaching this new lowest point there was a 26% increases in juvenile murder from 2012 to 2017. Even though there was a 26% increase in the murder rate of juveniles; it’s still 79% less murders than the staggering amount in 1993. With this being said I think the future is looking good, because even with this increase the rate of murder is still lower than in previous decades. Robbery has also increased 4% since 2015. Any increase in crime rates especially in juveniles is problematic. I believe that with the help of adults, juvenile crimes will get back on that decreasing trend. While there are some crimes on the rise lately there also some who are not. As of 2017 rates of burglary, larceny theft, arson, vandalism, and weapon arrests have all reached an all time low. All of these crimes who have reached an all time low should be less focused on now. With that being said I don’t think any of these crimes should be ignored; they are important too, but there are other crimes that need more attention now. I believe that young children need to be a main focus too, because it all starts in the core. Teaching young children the importance of doing good can be one way to help continue decreasing the rate of juvenile arrests.
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I agree with you that it starts at the core of these juveniles, whether that be a poor home life resorting to gangs or some one in a abusive family a lot of them resort to the crime committing life style. If we find ways to better help juveniles understand the importance of whats good and bad I believe it will help a lot. It will hopefully help decrease the crime rates too. Even with that it will help future generations and help make the world a bit of a better place. I hope we find something that helps more kids out of that lifestyle and get them on the right track in life. -wags002
DeleteI wonder why the arrest rates for female juveniles is increased while male arrest rates is decreased. I like your point that it starts with the parents or guardian. It was great to see that a lot of the crimes have been on a decrease throughout the years. I hope that the rates can continue to decrease. -wb002
DeleteI agree that we need to shift our focus on how we teach and assist children, especially those at risk, so that they do not go to a life of crime. With the numbers on most crimes decreasing as you have stated, I believe the way children are raised, taught, treated, etc. is improving greatly and we should continue on with the patterns that are working and modify what is not for the coming generations. -Gamma002
DeleteI also think that a child finds out what his values, morals, and sense of right and wrong come from his parents. I also think that their beliefs play a huge part in that. I listened to a podcast in which it said it’s easier for a kid who grew up with religious parents to do good, because oddly enough everyone shapes their idea of morals, values, and sense of right and wrong off of what religion has outlined. The reason we believe murder is wrong, is that somewhere in a religion someone created the idea that the wrongful taking of another life is a sin. I am not religious, I just saw an interesting point being made in the idea that everyone bases there values, and morals off religions, or so I think, and Ben Shapiro. Jorg002
Delete809,700. Thats how many kids under the age of 18 that were arrested in 2017. That statistic in itself should scare the crap out of adults. I understand that there are a lot more teenagers now then there were 20 years ago but the sheer size of that number is simply staggering to me. It makes you wonder as a young adult who plans on having kids in the future. Is this a parenting problem, or is it from external influences from the world in their lives. The prefrontal cortex plays a major role in this as well. 48,470 of these arrest were violent offences such as robbery, aggravated battery, and even murder. Property crimes are actually declining which is a good sign but i'd rather have someone trespass on my property, than kill me in cold blood. Vandalism, trespassing, and even burglary are some examples of these declining property crimes but just because they are declining, doesn't mean they aren't happening in substantial amounts. The police have their hands tied too because the population is always growing while law enforcement numbers are shrinking. Another tragis statistic that I read in this article is the fact that arrest rates for murder and robbery cases were much higher in the black race than any other race. It is sad because most of the time, the kids haven't been taught any better. The broken window theory has a large effect on these kids and it is truly tragic to see kids get put away for things that other races have never been exposed to. With that being said, it is also tragic that the underage liquor offenses are significantly higher in American Indian teens than any other race. The poverty rate is so drastic in these areas that depression takes control and can literally ruin someone's life, often times ending them up being bars.FIRE002
ReplyDeleteI'd have to agree that the difference in numbers between races has a lot to do with the Broken Window Theory and what kids are exposed to. I also understand that many times black children are arrested more often than white children just because they are black, but minorities have also long been impoverished, therefore leading to worse living conditions. It is very sad.
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It's interesting to see how crime has changed over so many years. Juvenile arrests when from a whopping 2.7 million, and has ended up at an incredible number of a little over 800,00. Over the course of roughly 37 years juvenile crime was able to drop cutting most crimes committed by juveniles in half. I have tried to think of possible conclusions as to why these numbers would drop so drastically. I think that with the advancements in technology, it has made it significantly harder for people to commit crimes, and get away with it. Interestingly enough to support the claim, according to NY State Police, in 1986 " the first use of DNA to solve a crime and exonerate an innocent suspect" This makes me wonder if the new technology the rise of solving crimes changed how many crimes were committed even among juveniles. Another statistic that I found interesting was that burglary in juveniles from 2008 to 2017 fell roughly 63%, but adults only dropped about 25%. I thought maybe this statistic was a connection with becoming desperate as an adult you have many obligations, and mouths to feed. When you’re a juvenile you have less responsibility. Maybe juvenile burglary dropped because they became less and less responsible. The parents took better care of them. Whereas adults may have struggles that bring them to committing these crimes just to feed their family. Juvenile crime is interesting, because we see all across the board drastic drops in the amount of arrests of juveniles. A surprising statistic that is so interesting and poses a few questions. How did the murder rate in Juveniles over the course of 24 yeears drop a whopping 79%? Are the juveniles in America less aggressive? Have we become a more nurtured society? Now we see a rise in school shootings and with this rise, and the age of the assailants affect the statistics? Possibly causing a rise in the murder arrest rate? Overall to conclude this article has posed many questions that are intriguing, and hopefully there will be answers over the course of the next decade.
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I agree that it is pretty neat how much juvenile crime rate has gone down but it kind of makes me wonder if its because kids are starting to act right and be functioning members of society, or if the police force is severely lacking manpower and no longer has the ability to catch every single crime happening. FIRE002
DeleteI thought it was interesting how you included advancements in technology as a possible reason for why juvenile crime went down so much. When I was trying to come up with my own reason for this drop I didn't think to include this, but I think this very well could be a factor. I would like to think that in our generation juveniles are thinking more before they act.-CRJB002
Deletethis article has a lot of very well organized diagrams and information for the reader to pick up while he/she is reading this text. for instance if you look at the first diagram titled numbers of arrest, youth ages 0-17. you will see that overall it started as a well going arrest rate then once it hit 1993 to 1996 the amount of arrest spike dramatically, this indicates that the number of arrest from the ages of 0 to 17 were in affect to sky rocket in the 90s but then it started to go down as time went on and that the laws began to get more and more serious with getting in trouble and just having to pay a ticket instead of getting arrested. What really surprised me was the number of arrested made with teenage under the age of 17, 809,700 just in 2017 alone! all around teenagers under the age of 17 were more likely to be doing more property crime than likely to do violent crime. if the parents of these children were to raise the kids better i feel that there would not be as many arrest but the reason for kids to be getting arrested even if they were raised good could also lead to the peers of others forcing and having them do the things that would lead on the kids to do bad things. Beretta001
ReplyDeleteIn the year of 2017 there had been the fewest juvenile arrests in four decades which in amazing. It went from a whopping 2.7 million in 1996 down to 809,700 in 2017, that was 70 percent difference from both those years. This is great and all but we still have a lot of juveniles out in the world doing crimes. Hearing about the all time high in 1996 raises a question of what made that rapid increase of arrested juveniles? Now, even with a adults, the number was down 21 percent in the same period but again we still have a lot of people still doing crimes. The good thing is that the numbers seems to be decreasing at some sort of rate each year, which can kind of show that were are doing something right. With all that being said by looking at the data and statistics of this article, it seems that from the years of 2008-2077 there was a higher decrease in juveniles than adults. Especially which crimes of murder, aggravated battery, and property crimes. This could bring up the question of how come its decreasing so much and how could we improve those numbers in juveniles and adults. It would be great to get those numbers down even more. Now with gender and race we get more narrowed down statistics. For example, the text shows that in 2017 more males were arrested than females, which brings up another question of why do males seem to do and get arrested more than the women? Dont get me wrong, I know females can do a lot of the crimes however, why is there more men doing the crimes and what makes it different for them to do it more. As times has gone on though, there have been more females committing crimes that it seems like ever before. Why is this? Now with race, a lot but certainly not all black were arrested for many crimes including murder and robbery. Not just black but black males were arrested for a lot of these crimes. In the article it states that most robberies were done by black males. Now no matter the race or gender of the arrestees, there still is crime going on and hopefully we can get the rates lower in years to come. The good point in all of this being said is that these were all at a historic low from 1996 to 2017. -wags002
ReplyDeleteIn this article, it shows a national report of statistics for Juvenile Arrests in the year of 2017 and from years in the past showing the difference between then and now. There are many aspects to this article, especially with how the crime reporting is done. One area that I thought was interesting was how the UCR program provides the data with the juvenile arrests. In the article, it states that the arrest statistics is the number of arrests the law enforcement agencies made in one year rather than the number of individuals arrested or the number of crimes people committed. The program does it this way because it would be confusing and they would end up with the wrong statistics. Another interesting aspect of the article is in general just how many juveniles were arrested in the year of 2017 alone. Crime wise it shows that the Property Crime Index has the highest in the chart of about 168,000 with Larceny-theft being the most estimated in that category. To continue, an interesting fact from the article that goes with Property Crime is that it’s actually been having a decline in juvenile arrests since 2008. The overall percentage of decline between 1994 and 2017 is about 78% and it has been at the lowest level since the 1980s. An interesting aspect from the article that really showed in 2017 was how the juvenile arrest rates for certain crimes like burglary, arson, and larceny-theft were at its historic low for juveniles. In the article, it talks about how women juveniles are actually rising in arrests over men juveniles, but one part that was surprising was how 20% of the violent crime arrests and 26% of aggravated assault for juveniles are females. A fact from the article that I thought was engaging surrounding the crime of murder was that white juveniles and black juveniles had hit their historic low in 2012 and 2013. Another captivating part of the article is within the age groups of the juveniles and it shows that older juveniles and young adults had followed a very similar pattern between 1996 through 2017, with that being their high point and their lowest point. To continue, one last point I thought was interesting from the article was how arrest rates for violent crimes within a group of people younger than 45 fell significantly from its peak back in 1994, also it states that the largest decline within that group was in fact juveniles. -HL001
ReplyDeleteThe amount of juveniles arrested is at an all time low in the last 4 decades. With nearly 2.7 million juveniles arrested in 1996 it has since dropped to below 1 million in 2017. With an almost 70% decrease in juveniles arrested since 1996 it still amazes me that at one time 2.7 million juveniles were arrested in 1996. While the juvenile males and females arrest rates have decreased the males have shown a bigger decrease than the females. Aggravated assault for juveniles have decreased 9% in the years 2013-2017, while arrests for robbery had increased by 1%. In 2017 arrests for simple assault was more than one third female, 4 out of 10 were younger than 15 and 58% were white. Violent crimes for juveniles was at record low in 2015 and had increased by 1% in 2017. Even though it was a 1% increase it is still considerably lower than what it once was. In the 9 year span of 2008-2017 violent crime rate has decreased by 48%. Property crime by juveniles has steadily decreased since 2008, showing in 2017 it was down by 61%. The drop from those 9 years is great to see that less and less juveniles are getting arrested for property crimes. Murder arrest rates by juveniles was a big problem but it was good to see how much it has changed in the past few deecades. The juvenile murder arrest rate between 2007-2014 dropped by 44% making it the lowest murder arrest rate since 1980. Juvenile murder arrest rate did increase 26% in the year 2017. Aggravated assault and simple assault have both been on a steady decrease in the past few decades as well. Reading this article it shows us statistically that almost every crime committed by a juvenile is either steadily dropping or at an all time low in decades. -wb002
ReplyDeleteI also find it amazing how much the crime rates have dropped. The world we live in today seems so riddled with crime so seeing how it has actually dropped is pretty hard to believe. It seems as though the younger generations aren't as bad as everyone these days makes them out to be!JU002
DeleteIt really is great reading about the drop in juvenile crime rates over the decades. With everything going on and the news sensationalizing every piece of drama they can find its relieving to get a hold of some real statistics that don't paint the nation in such a depressing and bleak picture. -CamSlifton002
DeleteThis article contained many statistics that interested me. One of these reasons is that the arrest rate for aggravated assault has declined in the last 5 years, but the murder rate has increased since 2012. Also, the total number of arrests involving juveniles in 2017 was the lowest it has ever been since 1980 with much of the decline happening in the past 10 years. The declines have become much more significant for males than it has for females as the rate for females has jumped from 18% in 1980 to 29% in 2017.In this year alone there was an estimated 123,040 juvenile arrests made for simple-assault and more than one-third of them involved were females, this fact surprised me because I would have imagined that the crime rate would be higher for males considering the fact that they seem to be the ‘troublemakers’ at a younger age. In total for 2017 there have been over 809,700 arrests for people under the age of 18, this 59% lower than the amount that were arrested in 2008 which may show that a change for the good is coming around. The rates for juvenile arrests for murder, robbery, and aggravated assault were very close to historic lows, the amount that it has decreased was much more than I would expect it to be, the murder rate alone fell by 44% in a 5 year span between 2007 and 2012, which is when it fell to its lowest point since 1980. Drug abuse has also decreased in the past 10 years, it dropped to 55% for black youth, 43% for white youth, and 28% for Asian youth. With all of the statistics and trends that are reported in this article, it makes it seem as if the younger generations are starting to veer off of the path of crime and drug abuse and making something more out of themselves. JU002
ReplyDeleteFor the past two decades or so crime rates have gone down significantly. The data chart on page 1 of the article shows that since 1996 juvenile arrests have gone down by approximately 70%. Certain crimes by juveniles have gone up while others have gone down. For example juveniles arrested for property crimes and aggravated assault have gone down while motor vehicle theft and murder arrest rates have increased. Arrest rates for men have gone down over the years while the rates for women have increased. According to a chart made by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Juvenile Justice there have been a total of 809,700 arrests of people younger than 18 made in 2017. Simple assault has the largest amount of arrests. the charge with the lowest amount of arrests is for gambling. The arrest rates deem to disproportionately involve black youth more than any other race. The rate of decline for arrests are greater for older juveniles. People who commit crimes usually have started committing crimes when they are young. There can be a number of reasons as to why a juvenile commits crimes at a young age. It could be that they are peer pressured by others into doing it, they may think its cool, or maybe it is because of how their life at home is. It is important that people understand right from wrong and they have to be taught from a young age. If we do this then the rate of juvenile arrests will continue to go down.
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It is interesting to the statistics regarding black youth and white youth. It makes me wonder whether the dipropionate amount of black youth being arrested is due to over policing in certain areas. I agree with your statement about the importance of people understanding right from wrong, and being taught that at a young age. I believe it to be beneficial to get youth involved with the community at a young age because that could lead to a sense of responsibility. This could help keep the youth from getting involved in anti-social behaviors. ~PJWB001
DeleteAfter reading the article, the first thing that caught my eye is that in 2017 the law enforcement agencies in the United States made more than 809,700 arrests of persons younger than 18, which is lower from 2008 to 2016. It also states that 2017 is the lowest level of juvenile arrest since at least 1980. The violent crime arrest rate for older juveniles was lower than the rates for young adults. The juvenile arrest rates involving violent crimes tend to be much higher for black youth than for white youth. In addition to that, the arrest rates for liquor law violations were higher for American Indian and white youth than black youth. There were an estimated 123,040 juvenile arrests for simple assault, which involve one-third or 37% of these arrests involved females. About 4 in 10 or 39% involved are youth younger than 15, and 58% involved are white youth. The juvenile arrest rate for aggravated assault declined in the last five years. The robbery arrest rate stayed about the same, and the murder arrest rate increased annually since 2012, which is bad. I found that Arson is the criminal act with the most significant proportion of juvenile arrestees. 25% of all arson arrests were of juveniles happened in 2017 and of these juvenile arrests involved are youth younger than 15 about 57%. Compared to 12% of juveniles arrest because of larceny-theft arrests in and 28% of these juvenile arrests involved are youth younger than 15. The drug abuse arrest of juvenile has declined for most race groups in the last ten years. Falling to 55% for black youth, 43% for white youth and 28% for Asian youth but the arrest rate for American Indian youth increased to 13%. Another is that 1 in 5 juvenile violent crime arrests involved females and more than half involved minority youth. In 2017, law enforcement agencies made 234,990 arrests of females younger than age 18. In which 37% are larceny-theft, 41% liquor law violations, 37% simple assault, and 36% for disorderly conduct. In my understanding, the article shows the statistics of every crime committed by a juvenile. In which some are steadily dropping and at some point, at an all-time low. -Cancun001
ReplyDeleteI also thought it was extremely shocking how many arrests were made in 2017 alone. I like how you highlighted the violent arrests involving African american juveniles was much higher than the Caucasian youth, maybe this shows racism is still very alive. The rise of female arrests in upon us. So maybe we are reaching more gender equality but lacking fairness due to race.
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Reading the majority of the 2017 National Arrest statistics were for the most part very uplifting. It's always a plus for society to record that our juvenile arrest records are/were at a historic low since the 1980s. Violent crimes were at a record low in 2015, with less arrests related to aggravated assault and simple assault. It is however unfortunate that juvenile arrests for murder have increased annually since 2012. The increase in murder and robbery charges, which was quoted that on average the ratio has declined since the 1990s and early 2000s, saw the black homicide rate was more than seven times the white rate in 2017. I believe this may have more to do with an ingrained history of institution segregation, a lack of opportunity, and a vacuum created by the failed war on drugs. A war which more often than not targeted minorities and further complicated the lives and challenges people face in low income neighborhoods. I believe that what I found to be the most interesting statistic however was the increase in female arrests compared to their male counterparts, which have been on a steady decline over the reported years. Incredibly the female share of juvenile arrests increased from a measly 18% in 1980 to 29% in 2017. Simple assaults for females from 21% in 1980 to 37% in 2017 along with a greater share of disorderly conduct arrests which increased to 36% in 2017. I cannot think of why, despite a decrease in juvenile arrests across both genders, female participation has increased over the years. I believe it may have something to do with males on average receiving harsher sentences for similar crimes. The lack of severe punishment compared to male counterparts could embolden repeat offenders and thus drive up female juvenile arrest statistics. Overall very informative -CamSlifton002
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting that female juvenile crime has increased over the years and I wonder what the cause could be compared to males. The statistics given show only arrests as well, so that leaves me to wonder how many arrests ended with conviction and how many were found not guilty. The arrest rates are mostly decreasing with small exceptions in the female population and the murder rate. Even with those increases, the rate of arrests in juveniles is at a historical low. This shows that something has changed in our school systems, communities, or even with law enforcement. This is incredible considering the public's outrage and protests on unfair police work, school shootings, etc., so as I stated before I wonder how many juveniles were not convicted and possibly went out and committed worse crimes than their first arrests. -Gamma002
ReplyDeleteI do agree with you. I thought the same thing about female juveniles. I like how he put charts in the bulletin so we could see how the rates has declined in the past year in 2017. I would like too know what the rates are in 2019. I think it probably hasn't changed but it might of changed but who knows. Softball002
DeleteJuvenile is when someone is younger than 18. As I read the Juvenile Justice Statistics Bulletin, I do agree that juvenile arrest has declined over the years but the patterns varies. For example, the patterns varies on the group and the offenses that the juvenile had part in. According to Puzzanchera “ In 1996, arrests of juveniles went up to 2.7 million But in 2017 the number has decreased a lot.” This is a good thing that the rates are down because kids should never get in trouble with the law. The offenses that has declined over the years are aggravated assault, property crime, and violent crime. Violent crimes was low in 2015 but it went back up 1% in 2017. This percent really don’t make a change. If it was 50% then it would make a big change on the charts. Property crimes fell 61% in 2017. According to Puzzanchera “In 2017, about 1 in 5 juvenile violent crime arrests involved females and more than half involved minority youth.” Law enforcement agencies arrested 234,990 females but they arrested 574,715 males in 2017. Males juveniles are usually the ones that get arrested but females juveniles are getting arrested for certain offenses. Those offenses are larceny-theft, liquor law violations, simple assault, and disorderly conduct. In 2008 to 2017, female juvenile rates have declined less than the male juvenile rate. Also juvenile arrests could involve the kids racial background. Ages 10-17 in 2017 there was 75% white, 16% blacks, 6% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 2% American Indians got arrested. Half of Juvenile arrests were black youths. The highest rate of juvenile arrest doing aggravated assault was in Nevada. Juveniles highest arrest doing larceny theft was in Louisiana. For drug abuse arrests was in South Dakota. The highest juveniles arrests that have weapons on them was in Rhode Island. I still do believe that the rates are declining in the past year but we have to wait and see what happens in 2019. Softball002
ReplyDeleteI found the statistics on female juveniles to be very interesting. To see that they are getting arrested at higher rates than males was unexpected to say the least. This isn't to say more females are being arrested than males, rather that females are being arrested at a higher pace than males. ENFJA001
DeleteYou are right. No child should be in trouble with the law. They are still learning life. How can a non-adlut make these types of decisions. Where are their parents? It is good to see the number decrease but it is something that shouldn't even be a thing.
DeleteYou are right. No child should be in trouble with the law. They are still learning life. How can a non-adlut make these types of decisions. Where are their parents? It is good to see the number decrease but it is something that shouldn't even be a thing. -PB008
DeleteWhat I first noticed about this document, was the organization of the data. It was easy to read and interpret the statistics that were displayed. I found it interesting that the arrest rate involving aggravated assault among juveniles had steadily decreased between the years 2007 and 2012. I don’t know what would have caused this. It may be due to harsher punishments put in place for such crimes in order to discourage this behavior. However, it could also be due to juveniles just shooting each other on the spot, as the statistics also show that murder arrests had gone up around the same time. Something else I noticed was that female juveniles were being arrested at higher rates than male juveniles. As discussed in class, this may be due to female juveniles taking up for male adults since they get shorter jail sentences. This would mostly be seen in drug related crimes. Again, this is just a theory and I’d have to research the matter further.
ReplyDeleteThe murder arrest rate for juveniles has dropped drastically since 1993 while aggravated assault arrest had declined at a much more gradual rate. While the drastic decline in murder rates can be explained by the War on Drugs and the harsh mandatory sentencing, the gradual decline in aggravated assault has me curious. According to the UCR, 56% of juvenile murders were carried out via firearm. This could be due to the easy accessibility of such weapons for juveniles (illegally). They are relatively easier to use than a knife or a blunt object. Guns are also harder to trace back to the shooter making them and ideal weapon for murder. The final thing that I noticed was that most juvenile crimes have gone down to record lows. I don’t know whether this is due to harsher sentencing for juveniles, or maybe due to a generational change in mindset. Regardless, juvenile crimes have been dropping making our communities and youth safer, and hopefully it will stay that way. ENFJA001
I am also curious as to why the crime rates have decreased in the juvenile system. The article was very factual and gave lots of information, but I wish it had gone more in depth with reasoning on why certain areas were higher or lower. Further research to explain the crime rates would be interesting and beneficial. -arm002
DeleteIn the selected article, quite a few interesting facts are stated. It is interesting to find out that juvenile is at an all time low since about 1980. Juvenile crime rates have been fluctuating in the past forty years with a steady decline from about 2008 to 2017. It is definitely a good sign that the rates are decreasing, but the article explained that it is difficult to get exact information from the statistics presented by the government. This is due to the fact that when reporting an arrest into these databases, only the most serious crime is recorded and multiple arrests may occur from a single criminal act. That means if a juvenile committed robbery and murder, only murder would be recorded for the databases and if there were several juveniles involved in the same robbery, then the statistics would show several robberies instead of just one committed by several people. Because of this, there are definite faults in the statistics given, but it still gives the readers a good idea on crime rates without being exact. Overall the crime rates are decreasing, but in certain areas such as murder, the rates are increasing. What has happened in the past few years to lower crime rates and why is murder becoming more prevalent? Another area that is not seeing as much decline is females offending. Whereas crime involving females is declining, it isn't declining as much as males committing crimes. As to why females are committing crimes more frequently in both the juvenile and adult system would be interesting to find more information on. All in all, it is great that crime rates are decreasing, especially with the media making it seem like the opposite lately. -arm002
ReplyDeleteI wanted to start off by saying that this article is was very knowledgeable and also surprising. Since I am a visual I wouldn’t have guessed that the number of juvenile arrests has decreased. With the way the world is nowadays and how people I would have thought the opposite. It’s crazy to me that young children actually commit crimes. It’s sad to think that. The murder arrest rate for white juveniles reached a historic low in 2013, 82% below its 1994 peak, while the rate for black juveniles reached its low point 1 year earlier in 2012, 87% below its 1993 peak. Since their respective low points, rates for both increased through 2017: 47% for black juveniles and 22% for white juveniles. I found this interesting, the chart that’s above this shows the color of people and how many murder arrests there have been. The large decline in juvenile burglary arrests was not reflected in the adult statistics. For example, between 2008 and 2017, the number of juvenile burglary arrests fell 63%, while adult burglary arrests fell 25%. As a result of this decline, 15% of all burglary arrests in 2017 were juvenile arrests, compared with 27% in 2008. Between 1994 and 2004, juvenile arrests for violent crimes increased through 2006 and then declined each year through 2015, reaching its lowest level since at least 1980. Despite a 1% increase since 2015, the number of juvenile arrests for violent crimes in 2017 was 66% less than the 1994 peak. I would have never of guessed that arson is the criminal act with the largest proportion of juvenile arrestees. In 2017, 25% of all arson arrests were arrests of juveniles, and most of these juvenile arrests (57%) involved youth younger than 15. In comparison, 12% of all larceny-theft arrests in 2017 involved juveniles, but only 28% of these juvenile arrests involved youth younger than 15.
ReplyDeleteI agree and disagree. Those five, seven or ten may know the pledge means. When I was those ages I did. But I was also told what it meant. Children may be young and may not fully understand certain things but they can have their own opinion. They can decide what they want to do or believe. -PB008
DeleteI think the fact the juvenile arrests are at an all-time low is incredible. In fact, crimes like burglary and larceny-theft are at the lowest point since 2008, at a staggering 63% reduction. Other crimes like murder and robbery have been dropping steadily. There were 3 murder arrests per 100,000 youth aged 10-17, and there were around 60 robbery arrests per 100,00 youth. I still think there is work to be done to get these numbers even lower. We could implement more deterrence measures in our justice system and offer better counseling to juvenile offenders to prevent them from becoming career criminals. Even thought these numbers have been dropping, there is another side to the coin, female and minority offenders. In 2017, it was estimated that over half of all violent crime arrests involving juveniles were minorities, and that 1 in 5 of these arrests were female youth. In fact, 29% of juvenile arrests were of females. The article also suggests that black youth arrests are a bit disproportioned. While this maybe due to the fact that some agencies leave ethnicity data out of their Uniform Crime Reports, this could still be a possibility. Its suggested that the black proportion of violent crime was 52% in 2017. While this number is more than likely lower than its has been in previous years, we still have a lot of work to also get this number down. While there is still some room for improvement, the fact that these numbers are at a historical low is an awesome indicator that our youth are gradually migrating away from committing crime. We could work with prisons to offer better rehab programs for youth to give them the best possible chance to get better be for its too late and they become repeat offenders. All in all, these are great numbers and I hope they continue to get better in the near future.
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DeleteThe first thing that I want to address with this article is how many juveniles were arrested in 1996 compared to 2017. I am educated in a few areas but I was always one of the people that thought that currently juveniles were arrested a ton. It turns out that those numbers went down.To add to that point, the article also states that juvenile arrests for violent crime remain near HISTORICALLY low levels. Juvenile property crime also decreased each year since 2008. Between 2008-2017, arrests declined for individual property offenses: burglary (60%), larceny-theft (63%), motor vehicle theft (34%), and arson (65%). Not only these crimes but throughout the entire article everything is declining and that is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteThe BIGGEST thing that caught my eye in this article was how the juvenile arrest rates have declined in the last 10 years. The declines have been GREATER for MALES THAN FOR FEMALES.
Since 2004, the relative decline in the number of juvenile arrests for simple assault outpaced that of adults (51-9). As a result, 12% of simple assault arrests in 2017 involved a juvenile, compared with 20% in 2004. I think it is interesting that there is a bigger decline in juveniles than in adults but that could be one of two reasons. 1) Children can be swayed more when arrested, given counseling, etc.2) 17 year olds charged as adults can change this as well. For violent crime, juveniles has the largest decrease--falling more than 65% in each age group from 10-17. Again, another decrease, I personally think this is because there really is not much reason for juveniles to commit violent crimes unless convinced to do so OR from bad influences.
Continuing on, in 2017 1 in 5 juvenile violent crime arrests involved FEMALES. This tells me that women, young and adults, are more prevalent to doing more complex crimes. Females accounted for 20% of juvenile violent crime arrests and 26% of aggravated assault arrests in 2017.
Arrest rates for murder and robbery were much higher for black youth than for other races. In every class I have taken there has been numbers for blacks to be in more of the robbery and murder category at the top. This probably because they normally live in lower quality neighborhoods, influences from schools (the students), and other factors.
These numbers in shocking in a lot of different ways because they are all the exact opposite of what I thought they would be. I also find it interesting that women are committing more crimes similar to males.
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I agree with what you are saying, I also thought that juvenile arrest rates would be at a much higher rate. I’m also surprised at the fact that juvenile arrest rate is declining. Just like with the high rates of black youth with crime. Typically black youth who are in poor class neighborhoods. Batman001
DeleteAccording to Juvenile Justice Statistic, law enforcement agencies made an estimated 809,700 arrests of youth younger than 18–the fewest arrest of juveniles in nearly four decades. It went from 2.7 million in 1996 decreased to 809,700 in 2017. In the city of Chicago there are a lot of juvenile arrests. These children are getting arrested because of marijuana and violent crimes. It’s hard growing up in Chicago because there are so many influences around such as friends parents, and new and upcoming rappers. In the article it states that “Juvenile arrests rates involving crimes such as murder or robbery tend to be much higher for black youth than for whole youth. Conversely, arrest rates for liquor law violations white youth than black youth. This explains so much because I’ve been seeing more violent crimes being committed by teens than adults. Teens are often trying to fit in with the crowd and some think that it’s cool to commit these crimes. It’s hard growing up in a rough city, sometimes people do any and everything to survive. Another fact I would like to point out is the drug abuse violation rate. Following. A period of relative stability between 2000 and 2006, the juvenile drug abuse rate declined 51% through 2017 reaching its lowest level since the 1990’s. During the 90s era there was great music and lots of drugs and violence. This is a great article because it contains a lot of facts and statistics. Did you know that female proportion of juveniles grew from 21% in the 1989 to 37% in 2017. Its surprising to see that women are starting to commit the same crimes as men. Even though men stats are much higher there has been an increase in women committing crimes. To conclude, I believe that this was a very informative article. They used plenty of diagrams to support the Juvenile justice statistics -Jas002
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to see a decline in most areas in regards to arrest rates. In the past ten years there has been a decline of 59% in juvenile arrests made. What’s interesting is that with this major decline there has been an increase in arrest for certain crimes. The way the data is shown gives the number of arrests from law enforcement agencies in a given year. These statistics do not give the number of individuals arrested nor the number of crimes committed. This also doesn’t show how many crimes a certain person has committed, and there could be multiple crimes committed for on arrest. Something that caught my eye was that a single arrest may involve multiple individuals. This is common in juvenile behavior according to this report. This could help explain why such a decline in arrests has been happening because if juveniles are choosing to do less anti-social behaviors that lead to crimes perhaps certain programs or activities have been aiding in this. Another interesting statistic was that female arrest rates for violent offense decreased less than males arrest rates. This seems to show a cultural shift in the dynamics of how normal gender roles are being challenged. What was once a male crime is changing, it seems, into a genderless crime. African American youth accounted for 52% of the violent crime arrests and white youth accounted for 45%. This does bring up questions about whether over policing in certain areas has led to this considering the racial composition of American juvenile’s is 75
ReplyDelete% white and 16% black. Another thing that caught my eye was that arrest rates for juveniles was lower than arrest rates for young adults. It seems to show that between the ages of 18-20 is a still a major influential time and people are still maturing, brain development continues till 25 in males which is why some countries like Germany have pushed the age of someone considered juvenile to a little passed 20.~PJWB001
The percentage of arrests in people under the age of eighteen has decreased significantly over the course of the last decade, from 1980-2017. According to the article, the peak of juvenile arrests was in the year 1996, with an astounding 2.7 million. Surprisingly the arrests of adults in 1996 was on the drop the same year, decreasing by 21%. Both male and female juvenile offenders has decreased, yet the males percentage has decreased much more substantially. Overall we have more female offenders than we have had but maybe this is because justice is being found from women much more fairly over the years. The more intense crimes in these young people such as; murder, robbery, and violent crimes in general has decreased over time. Between 2013 and 2017 aggravated assaults decreased by 9%, unfortunately murder arrests had increased by 23%. The arrest rates for the older portion of older juveniles is lower than younger offenders. It’s somewhat shocking the decline in young adult offenses, but also intriguing the female arrests have increased. In the year 2017 alone, different agencies inside of the United States made roughly 809,700 arrests of people under the age of eighteen, actually the lowest it has been since 1980. Between 2008 and 2017 young adult arrests fell by 59%, which is a great example for our society. Showing if the youth can do more good maybe so can the adults. The rise or majority of the crimes in 2017 were property crimes, making up 168,050 of the 809,700. Also in 2017, more than one-third of simple assault arrests involved females, four out of ten were younger than fifteen years old and over half were caucasian. Oddly in 2013 the FBI changed and more broadened the definition of rape, taking away “force” from the name. Due to this change in reporting practices sex offenses are not available after 2012, the violent crime category replaces forcible rape. Murder, robbery, and aggravated assault account for more than 95% of violent crime offenses. How concerning can these statistics be if we are on the decline? If we can influence younger people do good maybe the majority can continue to strive for better among us.
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This article is about statistics on juvenile arrests in 2017. In the Crime in the United States reports data on murder victims section, it says “An estimated 17,284 murders were reported to law enforcement agencies in 2017, or 5.3 murders for every 100,000 U.S residents.” That’s sad to think that all of these murders happened in one year. Twenty nine percent of females that are juveniles were arrested in 2017. Arrests that were females under the age of 18 had 234,990 and males had 574,715 arrests. The violent crime arrest rate for juveniles ages 15 to 17 was lower than the rates for young adults ages 18 to 20 and 21 to 24. Most of the arrests that happened involved black juveniles. Which I could understand because the black community was in poverty. Young black kids boys and girls grew up in poor neighborhoods and wanted more so they stole. Sometimes it was because they had to fend for themselves or they parents couldn’t provide enough food or clothes. Or it could have been the fact that they were in gangs and that’s what they had to do to be in one. At this time, in the 80s the head of the gangs would ask young kids to sell drugs or steal for them because they knew that having the kids do it could mean less time. The older a juvenile became the arrest rates lowered. Which makes since because most juveniles that get arrested get scared and want to do better. Juveniles typically grow out of crime at a certain age. Male and female juvenile arrest rates have declined in the last ten years; however, the relative declines have been greater for males than for females across many offenses. As a result, the female share of juvenile arrests has grown since 1980. Batman001
ReplyDeleteCant couldn't we all just all just get along. I see we need to fix our juvenile system. I just wanna say we let the juveniles rot in prison? I know the is a restrain on our resource but sometimes it isn't right. Maybe we need you have more cooperative opposites in jail like workshops for employment. Black people need to be involved in more programs like after school activities. More mentor ship. I best help is get to the younger so they create these monstrosities.
ReplyDeleteDepending on gangs arrests seem to be down. So liquor was up among whites and Indians than blacks. I can see the murder rate being high because of the accidental drug dealings and shots fired during a dealing the bullet going into a house. it seems like alot of the juvenile arrests seem to be easy prey to the fallen summoning the right to get action to a weapon. Why has females gone upi more arrested? Are they easier prey? In my eyes it seems like prostitution is the big one. Why is it that robbery among everthying against whites was a big number? Just another question? Why does the table only list white and not other origin for crime statistics? navy001
The fact that juvenile crime rates have been dropping in recent years surprises me considering all the mass shootings we have had lately, but I guess that's not really something the news would report on, so it's not as common knowledge. The fact that crime rates have been increasing for women does not surprise me, however, because of the feminist movement that has taken place in recent years. I'm not saying that the feminist movement is bad in itself, but it does empower women, so those who have more violent or unlawful tendencies would feel more justified in committing crime because of the "power to ya" mindset. It could also just have to do with the fact that women are getting treated more fairly, therefore getting arrested as much as men for the crimes they commit. In recent years, the violent crime rates have increased, despite the other categories of crimes decreasing. I wonder what the cause of this is. Is it video games, movies, the media, or maybe even something completely unrelated? Whatever it is, we need to find the root of the problem and get to work because this is an alarming statistic that has me stumped. I also found it interesting that because of a recent change in definition of "rape", that crime was excluded from this document because there was not an accurate estimation for juveniles committing that crime. Prostitution has gone down the most out of any of the other crimes in the most recent years, an impressive 44 percent, so that's pretty interesting. On the flip side, murder / non-negligent manslaughter increased the most by 7 percent. Once again, I wonder why these increases and decreases took place in recent years, but I just hope violent crimes start decreasing like the rest of the crimes have been doing as of late.
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Twenty nine percent of females that are juveniles were arrested in 2017. Arrests that were females under the age of 18 had 234,990 and males had 574,715 arrests. The violent crime arrest rate for juveniles ages 15 to 17 was lower than the rates for young adults ages 18 to 20 and 21 to 24. Most of the arrests that happened involved black juveniles. Which I could understand because the black community was in poverty. Young black kids boys and girls grew up in poor neighborhoods and wanted more so they stole. Sometimes it was because they had to fend for themselves or they parents couldn’t provide enough food or clothes. Or it could have been the fact that they were in gangs and that’s what they had to do to be in one. At this time, in the 80s the head of the gangs would ask young kids to sell drugs or steal for them because they knew that having the kids do it could mean less time. The older a juvenile became the arrest rates lowered. Which makes since because most juveniles that get arrested get scared and want to do better. Juveniles typically grow out of crime at a certain age. Male and female juvenile arrest rates have declined in the last ten years; however, the relative declines have been greater for males than for females across many offenses. As a result, the female share of juvenile arrests has grown since 1980. This article is about statistics on juvenile arrests in 2017. In the Crime in the United States reports data on murder victims section, it says “An estimated 17,284 murders were reported to law enforcement agencies in 2017, or 5.3 murders for every 100,000 U.S residents.” That’s sad to think that all of these murders happened in one year. Batman002
ReplyDeleteMaybe if we can help these high poverty areas we can decrease the crime rate. Even if it is just lending a hand to people in need. We are all the same, we need to rise together and find greater good. Crime will never fully vanish but it is up to us to help the decline.
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I really liked how you covered the rates and the years. I totally agree with you in every way. I may not be able to fully understand for the black community, but I have a really big heart and it breaks for the kids who are in trouble, when sometimes they just made a mistake or are trying to change but sometimes it’s not that easy. SH002
DeleteAccording to this article the number of arrests has decreased immensely from the year 1980 to 2017 in young adults. This projects that our society has done something right in keeping these children out of detention centers. The peak of juvenile arrests was in the year 1996, roughly 2.7 million. Yet that same exact year adult arrests were on the rise by 21%. Maybe these youngsters grew up to adults in the year 1996 to result in this crime increase. Over the last decade both male and female juvenile arrests has decreased, more so the males. We currently have more female offenders than ever. Suggesting that females are let off and are being treated the same or more fairly as male offenders. On a bright note, the violent offenses such as; murder and robbery has decreased over the last decade. Maybe our youth is realizing they do not want to do unnecessary crime for a long time. Between the years 2013 and 2017 aggravated assaults has decreased by 9%. The arrest rates among the older juveniles is much lower than the younger of the offenders. Maybe we are finding ways to discipline these kids at a younger age to keep it from a lifetime of crime. In just the year 2017, law enforcement had arrested nearly 800,000 people under eighteen years of age. Between 2008 and 2017 juvenile arrests fell by 59%. This is astonishing news, such a decline. Maybe if our youth can do more good they will grow into adults with the same morals to embed into the children of our youth. The majority of crimes in the year 2017 were property crimes, nearly 170.000 out of nearly 800,000 arrests. In 2017, more than one-third of simple assault crimes involved women, four out of ten under the age of fifteen, and over half of the percentage were Caucasian. Maybe our problem is young Caucasian females. What can we do to keep the decline of young adults arrests?
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On the other hand. Duis were up alot among white whites were up up among females last year. Vandalism a month while white female was up to. Even fraud was high they should be tought something.Depending on gangs arrests seem to be down. So liquor was up among whites and Indians than blacks. I can see the murder rate being high because of the accidental drug dealings and shots fired during a dealing the bullet going into a house. it seems like alot of the juvenile arrests seem to be easy prey to the fallen summoning the right to get action to a weapon. Why has females gone upi more arrested? Are they easier prey? In my eyes it seems like prostitution is the big one. Why is it that robbery among everthying against whites was a big number? Just another question? Why does the table only list white and not other origin for crime statistics? navy002
ReplyDeleteAs I was reading the article, Juvenile Arrests, 2017, I had a feeling on what it would be about considering the title and having some knowledge about the topic in the first place. Then once I started to read more, I started to realize that there was more that I did not know, like; the violent crime rate for juveniles from the age of 15 to 17 is lower than the adults ages 18 to 24. After seeing the numbers, and viewing our society, we all think, is something being done? The answer is yes. Yes, because the rates have gone down. In the last few years, arrests of male and females have become less, more of males than females but still an important rate to view. However, we are seeing more female arrests than males. We can see that as if the females get treated differently than males, which I believe to be true. Especially if they are a different race. 29% of females that are juveniles were arrested in 2017, therefore, females that were under the age of 18, had 234,990 arrests. Overall, maybe this is because justice is being found from women much more fairly over the years. The more intense crimes in these young people such as; murder, robbery, and violent crimes in general has decreased over time. Between 2013 and 2017 aggravated assaults decreased by 9%, unfortunately murder arrests had increased by 23%. The arrest rates for the older portion of older juveniles is lower than younger offenders. However, if we show the young kids that they can do good and be good, then we could have a decrease in juvenile arrests. The kids that are gangs or have grown up in the community that it was “normal” to sell drugs, to steal, even to kill, it is harder for those kids to leave or get help, because getting help or leaving is consider to betrayal to their community and could lead to death to the one wanting to do better. If only our society to see that there are kids who really want out of that lifestyle but can not leave because they are in fear. SH002
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement that our society has not been helping our children in the ways that it could at full capacity. The lifestyle that many children grow up in is what influences their actions later in life, and if there were more things we were able to to help the juveniles I am certain we could further reduce the juvenile arrest rates. -Blues001
DeleteI definitely seen more than 8 interesting facts but the top 8 that stood out was when they stated “In the last 10 years, the drug arrest rate declined 55% for black youth, 43% for white youth, and 28% for Asian youth, but increased 13% for American Indian youth.”, “The female proportion of juvenile simple assault arrests grew from 21% in 1980 to 2017”, “The number of arrests of females increased more than males through the mid-1990s, and then decreased less through 2017. As a result, the female share of juvenile arrests has increased, from 18% in 1980 to 29% in 2017” main two are interesting because women are starting to get more violent than man no a days not being b able to cope with stress and deal with their emotions most importantly.”From 2008 through 2017, arrests of juvenile females decreased less than male arrests in most offense categories (e.g., aggravated and simple assault, robbery, vandalism, and drug abuse violations).”in 2017, the female share was relatively high for certain offenses, including larceny-theft (37%), liquor law violations (41%), simple assault (37%), and disorderly conduct (36%). “The juvenile drug abuse arrest rate declined for most race groups in the last 10 years, falling 55% for black youth, 43% for white youth, and 28% for Asian youth; during this same period, the arrest rate for American Indian youth increased 13%.” “
ReplyDeleteThe relative decline in weapons law violation arrests in the last 10 years was not replicated in the adult statistics. Since 2008, the number of juvenile weapons law violation arrests fell 54%, while adult arrests increased 5%.” seems like everything taking a huge turn from man to woman and juveniles to adults.-KenzieLand001
This article is very informative on many statistics but some of the most important in my opinion were the stats on arrests. While it states that juvenile arrests are at their lowest since 1980 and while most of the statistics are mixed, overall the number of arrests had fallen 59% since 2017. This somewhat mirrors adult incarceration rates also falling over the years due to recovering from the mass incarceration era. Also something else that mirrors the adult arrest rates is that female rates have been rising steadily. In 1980 the rates of female juvenile arrest rate was 18% and as of 2017 it had risen 11% to a total of 29%. This is very interesting to see that across the board for females, whether juvenile or not, the rates have been steadily rising. Another very interesting fact was that the violent crime arrest rates for juveniles was lower than that of the age group of 18-24. One other fact I believe can go along with that last fact is that in 1996 the arrest rates of juveniles peaked at 2.7 million which is astonishing if you think about it. The numbers have dropped over 70% since that spike and I believe both of these facts may have changed or been reduced due to the changing laws regarding juveniles. Now there are different procedures regarding when juveniles may be arrested and when they have to be released. With society leading citizens to believe the rates of violence have been rising, the overall rates of violent crime arrests have dropped roughly 9% with aggravated assault but for murder, it has risen by 23%. I am unsure what leading factors are contributing to the murder rates rising that much but I am certain with time it will soon decline as we find new studies of ways to handle juveniles and their mindsets. -Blues001
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting the the juvenile crime rates are on the decline. To us especially some of us in certain areas see all the stupid things that the kids and teenagers are doing. But if you look at the numbers the arrest rate has dropped significantly as time has passed. Property crimes are one of the crimes that you see when dealing with juveniles. But I find it interesting that murder has gone up by 9% which is a significant jump. Prostitution has also gone down a huge 44%. One of the main crimes that has been noticed in my community is vehicle theft and car break-ins, and almost all of the arrests involved a person under eighteen. But you can also see kids who are raised in an environment where crime is the norm and kids strive to do it because of the respect and fast cash they can gain. But with all the info we see in this article can lead you to believe that kids are on the fast track to being good. Could it be that there is now more that can keep them busy? Or is it due to fear that is being put into them by other? I think this article is helpful and very easy to read and will definitely be used for future papers.-Purdue001
ReplyDeleteIt seems as if the media portrays crime as being on the rise, especially vehicle theft. I believe that many youth see this as a fun victim-less crime. It would be interesting to see the social economic demographics of population of youth committing these crimes. Property crimes tend to occur in all areas, including suburban areas. Perhaps we should also examine the way these crimes are reported. In the past, these were seen as teenagers joyriding. Perhaps the reason why the property crime and vehicle theft rates are higher is because more are being prosecuted.
DeleteBy all accounts in society, it appears that juvenile delinquency is at an all-time high. However, the article shows that as of 2017, juvenile delinquency is actually on the decline for the most part. However, there was indicated 1% increase since 2015 in violent crimes. These crimes include murder, robbery and aggravated assault. An area that needs to be examined closely is that one in five arrests for violent crime involves female offenders. Even more there are an estimated 52% of juvenile arrests for violent crime were African American. There are many aspects to consider with this statistic. Many feel that social-economic aspects are mostly to blame. In these cases crimes such as armed robbery are committed to obtain goods and/or money to either survive or to fit the mold of what is shown on media. Regarding social economic factors include the cost of an attorney. Those with higher social economic status are more likely to have paid attorneys that have more resources than a public defender. This may result in higher convictions in certain communities. Others feel that there is the since of belonging or external belonging factors contribute to violent crimes being so prevalent. Many of these crimes are committed with a group mentality or mob mentality. In contrast, property crimes tend to have a larger percentage of white youth (56%). Again factors to consider are the influence of attempting to show toughness or being a part of a crowd by appearances. I found it surprising that juvenile crime is on the decline; however it is important to look at the demographics in order to see how to rehabilitate these crimes.-Zen002
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ReplyDeleteBy all accounts in society, it appears that juvenile delinquency is at an all-time high. However, the article shows that as of 2017, juvenile delinquency is actually on the decline for the most part. However, there was indicated 1% increase since 2015 in violent crimes. These crimes include murder, robbery and aggravated assault. An area that needs to be examined closely is that one in five arrests for violent crime involves female offenders. Even more there are an estimated 52% of juvenile arrests for violent crime were African American. There are many aspects to consider with this statistic. Many feel that social-economic aspects are mostly to blame. In these cases crimes such as armed robbery are committed to obtain goods and/or money to either survive or to fit the mold of what is shown on media. Regarding social economic factors include the cost of an attorney. Those with higher social economic status are more likely to have paid attorneys that have more resources than a public defender. This may result in higher convictions in certain communities. Others feel that there is the since of belonging or external belonging factors contribute to violent crimes being so prevalent. Many of these crimes are committed with a group mentality or mob mentality. In contrast, property crimes tend to have a larger percentage of white youth (56%). Again factors to consider are the influence of attempting to show toughness or being a part of a crowd by appearances. I found it surprising that juvenile crime is on the decline; however it is important to look at the demographics in order to see how to rehabilitate these crimes.-Zen002