Data source note

Analysis of arrest data from unpublished FBI reports for 1980 through 1997 and from Crime in the United States reports for 1998 through 2002 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003, respectively); population data for 1980–1989 from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, U.S. Population Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1980 to 1999 [machine-readable data files available online, released April 11, 2000]; population data for 1990–1999 from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990–1999 Intercensal State and County Characteristics Population Estimates [machine-readable data files available online at http://eire.census.gov/popest/estimates_dataset.php, released June 23, 2003]; and population data for 2000–2002 from the National Center for Health Statistics (prepared under a collaborative arrangement with the U.S. Bureau of the Census), Estimates of the July 1, 2000–July 1, 2002 United States Resident Population From the Vintage 2002 Postcensal Series by Year, Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin [machine-readable data files available online at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/dvs/popbridge/ popbridge.htm, released August 1, 2003].

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Juvenile Arrests 2002 OJJDP Bulletin September 2004