West Virginia Juvenile Arrest Report 1989-1998

• NCJ Number: 212115
• Author(s): Erica Turley; Benjamin R. Warner; J. Norbet Federspiel; Michael Cutlip; Laura Hutzel; Angela Saunders
• Date Published: October 2000
• Length: 4 pages
• Grant Number(s): 97-JJDB-051
• Sponsoring Agency: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Corporate Author: West Virginia Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Ctr
• Sale Source: West Virginia Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Ctr
• Publication Format: Document (Online)
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Downloaded November 18, 2005.

Annotation

This report presents a trend analysis regarding the type and frequency of juvenile crime in West Virginia during the period 1989 through 1998.

Abstract

Between 1989 and 1998, juvenile arrests in West Virginia remained relatively stable, increasing only 1.5 percent per year, representing a 12.1 percent increase in juvenile arrests from 1989 to 1998. Juvenile arrests for Part I offenses, which include murder and rape, decreased 15.2 percent during the period 1989 through 1998 while juvenile arrests for Part II offenses, including property and drug offenses, increased 29.5 percent during the same period. Larceny was the most frequently committed offense by a juvenile during the study period. Juvenile arrests peaked at 8,258 during 1997, making West Virginia’s juvenile violent crime arrest rate the second lowest in the country during 1997. The most notable increases in juvenile arrests were related to marijuana and liquor law violations: marijuana-related violations increased 287.8 percent and liquor law violations increased 519 percent between 1989 and 1998. Information on juvenile arrests is also presented by county. Graphs, table