Abstract

It is widely known that youth, as both offenders and victims, are disproportionately involved in serious and violent crime in the United States. Youth offenders, aged 10 to 19, accounted for 28% of all arrests for violent crime but composed only 14% of the total US population in 1995 (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1996; US Bureau of the Census, 1995). Youth aged 12 to 19 are victimized at higher rates than persons in any other age category; in particular, their rate is at least twice that of any group 25 and older. In 1993, the personal crime victimization rate of persons aged 12 to 15 was 125 per 1000 while that for persons aged 16 to 19 was 121 per 1000 (US Department of Justice, 1995). This victimization rate drops precipitously to 61 per 1000 by age 25 to 34. Clearly, relative to other age groups youth are at a substantially greater risk of criminal behavior and victimization.

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