TABLE 4C
JUVENILE MISDEMEANOR ARRESTS
BY GENDER, OFFENSE AND ARREST RATE
MERCED COUNTY
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GENDER, OFFENSE AND RATE 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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JUV. MISDEMEANOR ARREST 1,926 1,946 1,633 1,511 1,652 1,549 1,692 1,826 1,703 1,410
MALE 1,419 1,430 1,237 1,116 1,237 1,143 1,203 1,290 1,224 984
FEMALE 507 516 396 395 415 406 489 536 479 426
MANSL-VEH
ASSAULT AND BATTERY 409 420 384 330 353 403 412 443 429 379
BURGLARY-MISD. N/A 3 4 6 3 4 4 1 24 5
PETTY THEFT 298 271 253 293 275 222 337 348 312 232
OTHER THEFT 7 6 7 4 7 4 8 13 9
CK/ACC CARDS 1 1 1 3 2 4
MARIJUANA 151 143 139 123 153 131 135 147 128 146
OTHER DRUGS 32 32 28 33 34 21 10 16 25 18
INDECENT EXPOSURE 3 4 2 2 1 2 4 1
ANNOYING CHILDREN 1 8 4 5 8 7 9 4 10 1
OBSCENE MATTER 2
LEWD CONDUCT 1 2 5 4 2
PROSTITUTION 1 1 1
CONT DEL MINOR 10 6 5 4 2 5 8 8 8 1
DRUNK 100 99 77 72 61 51 67 79 55 77
LIQUOR LAWS 82 73 47 46 70 73 62 74 103 68
DISORDERLY CONDUCT 4 2 3 5 9 1 1 10 2
DISTURBING THE PEACE 320 322 146 108 184 196 199 218 164 128
VANDALISM 140 136 96 110 132 125 169 183 171 123
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF 4 2 2 4 3 2 2
TRESPASSING 75 95 111 69 76 55 48 67 65 69
WEAPONS 5 21 21 16 18 15 5 11 11 13
DRIVE UNDER INFL 16 20 23 17 19 23 16 22 23 23
HIT-AND-RUN 7 6 13 8 4 2 11 7 8 9
SELECTED TRAFFIC VIOL 23 22 25 19 26 24 19 9 15 12
JOY RIDING 2 1 2 3 1
GAMBLING
NONSUPPORT 1 1
GLUE SNIFFING 1 1 1
CITY/COUNTY ORDINANCE 93 94 100 91 55 59 19 10 7 8
FTA-NON TRAFFIC 4 6 1 2 2 5 5 1 3
OTHER 138 165 139 144 163 104 141 158 111 76
STATUS OFFENSES 687 708 622 739 578 509 672 617 697 714
POP AGE 10 THRU 17
(THOUSANDS) 31.2 32.2 32.9 33.5 36.7 37.3 37.6 36.8 36.5 35.9
ARREST RATE PER 100,000
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*SEE FOOTNOTES.