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Acts that are considered unlawful only because of the age of the offender. (Crimes only considered illegal for juveniles
-Since 1990, among juveniles, there is a higher rate of weapon violations than the rates of Runaway, Curfew, and and Liquor Law violations.
-Curfew violations began to increase at a higher rate in 1993 at the same time of an increase in juvenile drug use which shows correlation.
-Girls have a consistently higher rate of arrest for running away than boys.
--However, studies have shown that boys and girls are equally likely to run away.
-This can be explained by “a unique and intense preoccupation with girls’ sexuality and their obedience to parental authority” (Chesney-Lind and Shelden)
-These difference in arrest rates could also reflect a greater concern for their safety than those of boys who run away.

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Property crimes makes up the majority of juvenile offences.

There has been a 60% decrease in all property crime between 1973-1998.

One out of every six juveniles ages 12– 17 was the victim of a property crime each year (1996 and 1997), a rate 40 percent higher than the rate for adults.

Property crimes include Graffiti, Robbery, Burglary, Theft, Taking a Motor Vehicle without Permission, and Possession of a Stolen Vehicle.

Arrest rates for 10- to 17-year-olds are higher than rates for other age groups for all four index property offenses.

The majority of juvenile property crimes (54 percent) occur at school, by far the most common location for property crimes.

The crime that is committed the most is vandalism and graffiti.

The juvenile Property Crime Index arrest rate in 2016 was at its lowest point in more than 35 years.

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Aggravated assault covers a variety of acts including threatening with a weapon but causing no injury and attempted murder.  Injuring someone badly enough to need bandages or a doctor rose beginning in 1989.  In 1998 it was 27 percent higher than in 1982.  Aggravated assault arrests reached a peak in 1994. However, a considerable amount of evidence links the increased aggravated assault arrests to increased willingness of the police to arrest juveniles.

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-Official crime rates are based on data reported by police agencies to
the FBI about the index crimes of homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, burglary,
larceny and theft, auto theft, and arson.
- In 1998, arrest rates were 28%  higher than in 1970
- In 1998, males accounted for 83 percent of arrests of
those under 18 for violent crimes and 72 percent of arrests for property
crimes.
- The vast majority of arrests of those ages 10 to 17 are for non-index
crimes (73 percent of arrests in 1998), which are less serious than index
crimes.

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Arrest rates for drug offenses rose in the late 1980s. During this time period, the use of marijuana and other illegal drugs declined. Starting in 1993, drug use began to increase again.  Drug use has increased greatly among black juveniles since the late 1980s. White highschoolers report a higher amount of drug use. In addition, boys are more likely to be arrested for drug use than girls.

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Self report data, while not always accurate, is a really good source to learn about juvenile crimes.  However, there are lot s of problems about how we can administer surveys and take this data.  Lots of surveys on juvenile crime are taken in schools, which exclude dropouts (who have higher delinquency rates) and often have biased samples because only specific schools are selected.  It's also hard to research because most delinquents don't want to go to jail again for just being honest on a survey, so studies aren't able to be administered , or they may not be reliable.

A self-report for delinquents would also be pretty long, seeing as how psychologists and other scientists who study delinquents have more questions to ask about their situation than they probably would for a normal offender. There's a broad scale for crimes that juveniles can commit, so lots of these questions would be trying to place them on a scale and see into why they committed these crimes.

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The National Crime Victimization Survey collects data on crime victimization. Information is collected on the frequency and nature of rape, sexual assault, personal robbery , aggravated and simple assault, household burglary, theft and motor vehicle theft. victim perception of the age of the offender is collected too.

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Between 1980 and 2003, the arrest rate for girls on simple assault charges tripled. Their arrest rate for violent crimes – defined as murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault, skyrocketed – by 46 percent. The arrest rate for boys for violent crimes decreased over this same time period. By 2008, girls accounted for 30 percent of all juvenile arrests.

- A 2008 Department of Justice report concludes “there is no burgeoning national crisis of increasing serious violence among adolescent girls.”  Instead, most experts believe changes in policy and policing standards are sending more girls to court.

-Meda Chesney-Lind, who is a professor of criminology and women’s studies at the University of Hawaii, found that delinquent girls reported high rates of physical and sexual abuse – between 40 and 70 percent. “One of the things with girls who have problems with violence is that they mimic the male violence that they see in their lives and their families. They see boys and men as powerful because they are capable of violence. [Acting out] is a way of identifying with the aggressor,” says Chesney-Lind.  “It can’t be simply that any girl who has ever been victimized is knocking off a 7-11. But in combination with other problems yeah, you go back there and see domestic violence and physical victimization in the home.”

- According to the Department of Justice report, both boys and girls are more likely to attack their same-sex peers than anyone else.