NCJ Number
234908
Date Published
November 2008
Length
28 pages
Annotation
This report presents data on juvenile crime in Idaho committed between 2002 and 2007, based on data from Idaho's repository for the National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS).
Abstract
Idaho experienced an increase in juvenile arrest rates between 1984 and 1996; after 1996, arrest rates for juveniles decreased by 38 percent. Between 2002 and the end of 2007, most juvenile offenders and arrestees were between the ages of 15 and 17 (66 percent), were male (69 percent), White (93 percent), and non-Hispanic (83 percent). Juveniles committed property crimes most often (37 percent), but Group B offenses followed closely at 36 percent. Since 1995, an increasing percentage of arrestees have been female; females were more likely to be an arrestee (33 percent) than an offender (25 percent). Females have composed 30 percent to 34 percent of all juvenile arrests between 1993 and 2007. Property crimes committed by juveniles decreased from 41 percent in 2002 to 35 percent in 2007. Larceny-theft was the crime most committed by juveniles (19.4 percent). Fifty-five percent of juvenile crime occurred between noon and 8:00 p.m. Regarding time of year, juvenile crime was more likely to occur in May and October than in other months. Other data address places where juvenile offenses are most likely to occur, offenses committed in groups, victim characteristics, relationship to the victim, types of crimes juveniles commit against family members, and drug-related offenses and arrests. 16 tables and 20 charts