Child Development

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TABLE 33

Serious Violent Juvenile Crime Rate: Number and Rate of Serious Crimes Involving Youth Ages 12 to 17, Selected Years

1980 – 1998

Characteristic 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Rate per 1,000 youth ages 12– 17

Total 34.9 30.2 39.1 39.9 44.4 51.9 47.0 36.3 35.5 30.7 26.5

Number of serious violent crimes

Total (in millions) 3.8 3.4 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.1 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.8

Number involving

youth ages 12– 17

(in thousands) 812 652 785 811 925 1,108 1,031 812 805 706 616

Percentage involving

youth ages 12– 17 21.3 19.4 22.4 21.8 23.2 26.4 25.0 24.7 24.7 23.2 22.2

Percentage of juvenile crimes

involving multiple

offenders 61.4 61.4 61.1 60.7 57.9 55.2 56.8 54.5 53.1 53.4 52.9

Note: The numerator is the number of violent crimes (aggravated assault, rape, and robbery) reported to the National Crime Victimization Survey for which the age

of the offenders was known, plus the number of homicides reported to police that involved at least one juvenile offender perceived by the victim (or by law

enforcement in the case of homicide) to be 12 through 17 years of age. The denominator is the number of juveniles in the population. Aggravated assault is an

attack with a weapon, regardless of whether or not an injury occurred, or an attack without a weapon when serious injury resulted. Robbery is stealing by force or

threat of force. Because of changes made in the victimization survey, data prior to 1992 are adjusted to make them comparable with data collected under the

redesigned methodology.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Crime Victimization Survey, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform

Crime Reporting Program Supplementary Homicide Reports.

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