Child Development

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TABLE 35

Youth Victims of Serious Violent Crime: Number and Rate of Victimizations for Youth Ages 12 to 17 by Age, Race and

Gender, 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 37.6 34.3 43.2 40.7 38.8 43.8 41.3 28.3 30.3 27.1 24.6

Age

Ages 12– 14 33.4 28.1 41.2 37.8 37.6 38.0 3.45 26.7 24.9 23.5 20.4

Ages 15– 17 41.4 40.3 45.2 43.6 40.1 49.9 48.5 30.0 35.8 30.7 28.6

Race

White 34.1 34.4 37.0 40.1 35.2 40.0 38.0 25.5 27.7 27.6 24.2

Black 60.2 35.2 77.0 48.0 54.3 71.5 63.0 44.5 43.4 30.4 31.0

Other 21.7 28.8 37.3 25.0 48.7 17.6 27.5 23.7 31.2 9.7 11.7

Gender

Male 54.8 49.8 60.5 60.7 49.8 53.9 51.5 39.0 40.4 33.1 32.2

Female 19.7 18.2 24.9 19.6 27.2 33.1 30.6 17.0 19.7 20.8 16.5

Number of victimizations

of youth ages 12– 17

Ages 12– 17 877,104 742,815 866,272 825,895 809,118 933,762 905,544 633,301 687,638 622,302 569,935

Note: Serious violent crimes include aggravated assault, rape, robbery, and homicide. 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. Victimization rates were

calculated using population estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Reports. Such population estimates normally differ somewhat from

population estimates derived from the victimization survey data. The rates may therefore differ marginally from rates based upon the victimization survey-derived

population estimates.

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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