# Presentation: 311431

## Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National ReportGraphs from Chapter 3: Juvenile Offenders

- Copyright 2006
- National Center for Juvenile Justice
- 3700 S. Water Street, Suite 200
- Pittsburgh, PA 15203-2363
- Suggested Citation: Snyder, Howard N., and Sickmund, Melissa. 2006. Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
- More information is available online. The full report, report chapters, and data files for the graphs can be downloaded from http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/nr2006/index.html
- Additional statistics are available from OJJDP's Statistical Briefing Book, located at:
- http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/index.html

## The growth and decline in violent crime by juveniles between 1980 and 2003 are documented by both victim reports and arrests

## Between 1994 and 2002, the number of murders involving a juvenile offender fell 65%, to its lowest level since 1984

## Murders by juveniles in 2002 were less likely to be committed by a juvenile acting alone than in any year since at least 1980

## Between 1980 and 2002, half of all murder victims killed by juveniles were ages 14–24

## Between 1980 and 2002, the murder victims most likely to be killed by a juvenile offender were age 14

## The annual number of male juvenile homicide offenders varied substantially between 1980 and 2002, unlike the number of female offenders

## In 2002, as in 1980, equal numbers of black juveniles and white juveniles committed murders

## The national trend in murders by juvenile offenders reflected the growth and subsequent decline in crimes committed with firearms

## Between 1980 and 2002, the annual number of juvenile offenders who killed family members changed little, in stark contrast to the number who killed acquaintances and strangers

## For marijuana, the most widely used illicit drug, use declined from 1997 to 2004 for 12th, 10th, and 8th graders

## In 2004, the proportion of high school seniors who reported using illicit drugs in the previous month was above levels of the early 1990s but well below levels of the early 1980s

## Although use levels for cocaine increased between 1992 and 1999, levels have stabilized recently

## For all three grades, past-month alcohol use in 2004 was at or near its lowest levels since the mid-1970s

## Over the past 3 decades, while availability remained constant, changes in marijuana use reflected changes in perceived harm

## Over the past 3 decades, while availability remained constant, changes in alcohol use reflected changes in perceived harm

## Most youth who either used marijuana in the past 30 days or reported selling drugs in the past 30 days also used alcohol

## Patterns of substance-related behavior co-occurrence were similar among males and females ages 12–17

## The number of law enforcement agencies reporting gang problems appears to have stabilized

## Violent crime by juvenile offenders peaks in the afternoon; violent crime by adults peaks in the late evening

## Unlike violent crime by adult offenders, violent crime by juvenile offenders peaks in the afterschool hours on school days

## The daily patterns of juvenile violent crimes are similar for males and females

## The daily patterns of juvenile violent crimes are similar for whites and blacks

## Aggravated assaults by juvenile offenders peak at 3 p.m. on school days, coinciding with the end of the school day

## Juveniles are most likely to commit a violent sexual assault between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., especially on school days

## Unlike other violent crimes, the daily timing of robberies by juvenile offenders is similar to the adult patterns

## Violent crime that results in injury to the victim is most likely in the afterschool hours on school days for juvenile offenders, between 9 p.m. and midnight for adult offenders

## In a pattern similar to that for adults, juveniles are most likely to commit a crime with a firearm between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. — although there is also a minor peak in the afterschool hours

## The afterschool peak in juvenile violent crime largely involves crimes with victims who are acquaintances of the offenders

## Unlike violent offending, the time patterns of shoplifting are similar on school and nonschool days for both male and female juvenile offenders—peaking between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m.

## The time and day patterns of drug law violations known to law enforcement for both male and female juveniles indicate how often schools are a setting for drug crimes and their detection

## The time and day patterns of juvenile weapons law violations by males and especially by females reflect the major role schools play in bringing these matters to the attention of law enforcement