THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF DELINQUENCY

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THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF DELINQUENCY
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Methods of Getting Statistics

• Official records
• Victimization surveys
• Self-report surveys

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Official Reports

• Sources
• Uniform Crime Reports (FBI)
• Juvenile Court Statistics (OJJDP)
• Juvenile Correction Statistics
• Problems

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Juvenile Crime Trends

• Peak ages for juvenile crime
• Violent crime
• General trend
• What about the future?

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National Crime Victimization Survey

• 40,000 households
• 75,000 individuals
• Strength and weaknesses

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Self-Report

• Targets juveniles
• Strengths
• Weaknesses

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Self-Reported Delinquent Activity2000
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Gender

• Who commits more crimes?
• What crime(s) do females commit the most of?

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Delinquency Rates by Gender1990-2000
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Race

• What do the official statistics say?
• Self-report studies
• Explanations of differences rates

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Age

• Aging-out
• Age of onset

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Chronic offenders

• Who are they?
• Common characteristics
• Wolfgangs Birth Cohort Study
• Who is most at risk?

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Juvenile Victimization

• 8587 of juveniles are victims of violent
  offenses or theft
• 2X as likely as adults to be victim of serious
  violent crime
• Most violent crime by juveniles is against
  juveniles
• gt 70 of victims of sex offenses are juveniles

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THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF DELINQUENCY