Juvenile Arrest Analysis

In this paper, I will be summarizing and discussing the key points about a bulletin written by The Office of Juvenile and Delinquency Prevention name "Juvenile Arrest 2008." I will also discuss the overall decreased in juvenile arrests and the increase in drug offenses. Included in this paper will be the implication for female juvenile offenders and members of different ethnic including minorities. I will also discuss the increased in the arrest of juvenile females offenders vs. the decreased of male juveniles offenders for violent crimes. I will discuss how the tracking of juvenile arrest could be used as a method to measure the amount juvenile crime. The U.S Department of Justice was able to draw data by using the FBI's Uniformed Crime

In 2008, we were able to see an increased of 17 % of simple assault crimes conducted by females and a reduction of 6% carried out by male juveniles. This percentage increase has been steadily climbing for the past ten years. Studies show that female have committed 17% of juvenile violent crime, 36% of juvenile property crimes and 44% of larceny-theft crime. We can see a gender difference from crimes committed. The racial composition of juvenile arrest included 78% white, including a majority of Hispanic juveniles, follow by 16% black, 5 % Asian/Pacific Islander and 1% American Indian (Puzzanchera, C., 2009). Although this statistic can be very confusing and sometimes they do not provide a definitive picture of the crimes committed by juveniles, it is still providing us with some tools to

In comparison to the 1990's, the numbers of females and males arrested reach its peak, and we could see that number have decreased since. Although, in 2008 the amount of crime committed by juveniles had increased, becoming very noticeable and creating concern. The FBI data was able to summarize how in 2008 males arrested for robberies had risen by 43% and females by 51%. The female juvenile arrest had almost triple between 1980-2008, and the female arrest rate was 80% more in 2008 compared to 1980's. These statistics are also reflecting toward adult female arrested for violent crimes. This issue continues to follow females from juvenile to adulthood, and the numbers of arrest were still continuing to grow. It is obvious that we need to find a solution to this problem and focus on juvenile crime analysis. In doing this analysis will help towards the improvement of reducing both juvenile and adult crimes. The FBI will gather all data that is provided by all local law enforcement. The Uniformed Crime Reporting (UCR) program will allow the FBI to collect and provide a summary of crimes and the arrests from the prior year. This report will enable the department to understand if there is an increased, decreased and possible patterns in crimes. Reports like this will also allow law enforcement agencies to make changes and