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NCJ 191052
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Title:
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Trends in Juvenile Violent Offending From 1980 to 1998: The NCVS Perspective
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Author(s):
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James P. Lynch
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Corporate Author:
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National Ctr for Juvenile Justice
United States
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Date Published:
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03/2002 |
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Page Count:
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20 |
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Sponsoring Agency:
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Grant Number:
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1999-JN-FX-K002 |
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Sale Source:
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NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States
Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse/NCJRS
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849
United States |
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Document:
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HTML PDF |
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Type:
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Studies/research reports |
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Language:
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English |
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Country:
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United States |
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Annotation:
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This study used data from the National Crime Victimization Survey
(NCVS) to estimate juvenile violent offending rates from 1980 to
1998. |
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Abstract:
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This analysis was restricted to relatively serious violent
crimes, namely, aggravated assault, robbery, and forcible rape.
Both the Uniform Crime Reports (offenses known to police) and the
NCVS (reports by victims of the offenses in which the offender
was known to be a juvenile) showed that there were decreases in
serious violent offending by juveniles until about 1986-87 and
increases thereafter until about 1994, when sharp decreases began
and continued until 1998. Both race and gender disproportionately
declined between 1980 and 1998, both in the Uniform Crime Reports
and NCVS data, as the overrepresentation of male offenders and
the overrepresentation of Black offenders decreased. The data
from the NCVS showed that the majority of juvenile violent
offending was done in groups, with male juveniles being more
disposed to group offending than female juveniles and Black
juveniles much more than white juveniles. The declines in
juvenile offending rates for serious violent crimes between 1994
and 1998 were greatest for juvenile co-offending, especially for
Blacks. Possible explanations for this dramatic decrease in
violent co-offending among Black juveniles should be explored, so
as to enhance understanding of the recent decline in overall
crime, with attention to the disparate declines in lone and group
offending. 14 figures, 9 notes, and 17 references |
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Main Term(s):
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Violent juvenile offenders |
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Index Term(s):
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Violent crime statistics ; Comparative analysis ; Trend analysis ; Victimization surveys ; Juvenile arrest statistics |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=191052
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