TABLE 4C                                                                
                                                              JUVENILE MISDEMEANOR ARRESTS  
                                                            BY GENDER, OFFENSE AND ARREST RATE  

                                                                      KERN COUNTY   
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      GENDER, OFFENSE AND RATE         1990       1991       1992       1993       1994       1995       1996       1997       1998       1999  
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      JUV. MISDEMEANOR ARREST         4,285      4,283      4,025      3,790      4,023      2,296      4,827      4,873      4,698      4,310  

        MALE                          3,214      3,302      3,035      2,853      3,043      1,818      3,586      3,541      3,455      3,173  
        FEMALE                        1,071        981        990        937        980        478      1,241      1,332      1,243      1,137  

        MANSL-VEH                         1          2          2                                           1                     1 
        ASSAULT AND BATTERY             674        688        763        579        699        485        905        849        835        822  
        PETTY THEFT                   1,425      1,332      1,299      1,226      1,194        517      1,256      1,430      1,150      1,004  
        OTHER THEFT                      10         11          9         12         17          5          5         16         17         18  
        CK/ACC CARDS                      3          2          3          2          4          2          5          5          7          3  

        MARIJUANA                        36         30         66         94        121        104        211        189        170        206  
        OTHER DRUGS                     151         99        174        165        222        177        182        285        272        267  
        INDECENT EXPOSURE                13         11         14          7          4          3         16          5          7          7  
        ANNOYING CHILDREN                 7          7          7          4                               12         17         12          5  
        OBSCENE MATTER                    1                                2

        LEWD CONDUCT                      8         11          8          6          8         14         15         11         25          9  
        PROSTITUTION                                 2          2          1          2                     6          6          4          2  
        CONT DEL MINOR                    7          4          3          2          1          6          8         10          8          1  
        DRUNK                           231        199        180        157        151        155        292        201        235        271  
        LIQUOR LAWS                     102        102         85         47         50         24        101         93        113        114  

        DISORDERLY CONDUCT *             58         41         28         38         40         34         23         20         17          9  
        DISTURBING THE PEACE            383        335        242        170        172        101        279        317        297        281  
        VANDALISM                       544        717        607        741        746        306        559        551        511        498  
        MALICIOUS MISCHIEF               20          4          6          3          3          2         12          8         16         11  
        TRESPASSING                     148        191        103         99        124        105        171        146        160        136  

        WEAPONS                          37         42         42         59         83         23         50         36         41         28  
        DRIVE UNDER INFL                105         95         65         72         71         42         73         48         60         62  
        HIT-AND-RUN                      30         21         26         28         17         11         19         30         23         19  
        SELECTED TRAFFIC VIOL            51         31         15         29         18         21         38         32         28         27  
        JOY RIDING                       50         52         34         49         29         19         67         23         10          2  

        GAMBLING                          7          5          1          1          2                     5          1                     8  
        NONSUPPORT                                                                    1 
        GLUE SNIFFING                     5          3         16          3         12                     6          6          4          5  
        CITY/COUNTY ORDINANCE            36         26         41         33         42         42        342        303        244        230  
        FTA-NON TRAFFIC                  11         15          9          9          9          5          3          9          5          4  
        OTHER                           131        205        175        152        181         93        165        226        426        261  

      STATUS OFFENSES                 1,677      1,653      1,478        864        797        626      1,170      1,244        925      1,143  

      POP AGE 10 THRU 17
        (THOUSANDS)                    67.7       72.3       75.9       79.8       83.5       86.7       90.7       94.2       85.8       87.1  

      ARREST RATE PER 100,000   
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