The Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report cites FBI and other reliable research to provide a comprehensive and insightful view of the nature of juvenile crime and violence across the nation. This report offers the Congress, State legislators, local policymakers, professors, juvenile justice professionals, and concerned citizens solid answers to the most frequently asked questions about the nature of juvenile crime and victimization and about the justice system's response.

The report demonstrates that the rate of juvenile violent crime arrests, after peaking in 1994, has consistently decreased over the past several years, though it has yet to return to its 1988 level, the year in which dramatic increases in juvenile crime arrests were first seen. The report also summarizes data on school violence and describes the recent downturn in the violent victimization of youth. Using the most current data on self-reported delinquent and antisocial behavior, the report presents summary findings about the characteristics of juvenile offenders in custody.

[Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report]

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