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Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 58, Chart 1


Indicator 58. Arrests


Number of arrests per 1,000 persons, by age: 1950 to 1993

Chart for Indicator 58

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States to 1975; and Statistical Abstract of the United States, various years. U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reports, Crime in the United States, various years.

The number of arrests per 1,000 of 14- to 17-year-olds increased 13 percent between 1989 and 1993. Arrest rates for young adults between 14 and 24 years old were much higher in 1993 than two or three decades earlier. In 1950, there were 13 arrests per 1,000 for 18- to 24-year-olds. By 1993 the rate was 126 per 1,000. Most of the increase in the arrest rates occurred between 1950 and 1980. Since 1980, the rates have fluctuated.


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