TABLE 4C
JUVENILE MISDEMEANOR ARRESTS
BY GENDER, OFFENSE AND ARREST RATE
LOS ANGELES 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 25,661 24,641 24,462 24,158 20,778 22,826 26,551 29,020 28,769 27,982
MALE 20,825 19,890 19,532 19,062 15,965 17,620 20,761 22,697 22,304 21,720
FEMALE 4,836 4,751 4,930 5,096 4,813 5,206 5,790 6,323 6,465 6,262
MANSL-VEH 4 1 1 5 1 1 2
ASSAULT AND BATTERY 3,083 2,669 2,526 2,473 2,377 2,467 2,512 2,659 2,758 2,794
PETTY THEFT 7,008 7,478 7,439 7,175 6,463 6,932 6,860 7,324 7,321 6,646
OTHER THEFT 118 84 86 73 57 105 130 104 78 84
CK/ACC CARDS 14 12 20 9 14 22 17 19 16 22
MARIJUANA 863 780 897 1,271 1,963 2,432 3,265 3,758 3,816 3,895
OTHER DRUGS 759 543 464 516 599 527 516 641 486 371
INDECENT EXPOSURE 42 38 42 39 32 15 33 37 28 49
ANNOYING CHILDREN 16 3 10 7 3 3 5 5 8 18
OBSCENE MATTER 9 1 1 1 2
LEWD CONDUCT 137 100 121 81 73 70 47 87 118 70
PROSTITUTION 98 87 84 67 63 66 75 81 97 93
CONT DEL MINOR 7 2 2 4 1 2 4 3 5 1
DRUNK 688 446 399 350 357 432 480 438 415 392
LIQUOR LAWS 1,050 666 477 423 410 526 640 725 703 640
DISORDERLY CONDUCT * 153 160 95 127 66 71 49 57 45 31
DISTURBING THE PEACE 1,225 958 885 790 583 680 892 1,073 1,129 1,213
VANDALISM 4,375 4,969 4,958 5,147 2,432 2,299 2,673 2,934 2,742 3,287
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF 124 132 109 112 125 152 98 104 68 74
TRESPASSING 876 792 794 718 677 888 832 854 869 628
WEAPONS 1,254 1,219 1,109 1,198 943 951 721 659 439 329
DRIVE UNDER INFL 584 419 306 256 269 212 220 211 208 181
HIT-AND-RUN 111 80 72 72 65 71 72 54 57 52
SELECTED TRAFFIC VIOL 162 155 135 115 225 235 223 199 174 182
JOY RIDING 189 182 165 104 139 126 124 61 22 20
GAMBLING 42 43 33 30 46 39 66 49 43 28
NONSUPPORT 2 2 1
GLUE SNIFFING 54 61 54 59 91 51 38 29 16 30
CITY/COUNTY ORDINANCE 1,299 1,398 2,074 1,749 1,523 1,725 3,485 3,873 3,675 3,429
FTA-NON TRAFFIC 34 74 68 42 50 56 55 46 69 67
OTHER 1,285 1,084 1,036 1,150 1,126 1,671 2,418 2,935 3,363 3,352
STATUS OFFENSES 2,611 2,876 2,374 2,912 3,585 6,610 12,438 14,534 15,571 17,713
POP AGE 10 THRU 17
(THOUSANDS) 947.2 946.3 950.7 961.7 973.3 987.3 1,007.5 1,025.0 1,052.6 1,080.1
ARREST RATE PER 100,000 2,709.1 2,603.9 2,573.1 2,512.0 2,134.8 2,312.0 2,635.3 2,831.2 2,733.1 2,590.7
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