TABLE 4C
JUVENILE MISDEMEANOR ARRESTS
BY GENDER, OFFENSE AND ARREST RATE
MERCED 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 1,558 1,513 1,544 1,593 1,748 1,648 1,856 1,981 1,799 1,720
MALE 1,255 1,213 1,189 1,236 1,389 1,253 1,416 1,557 1,375 1,353
FEMALE 303 300 355 357 359 395 440 424 424 367
MANSL-VEH 3 1
ASSAULT AND BATTERY 267 274 332 318 364 323 362 411 358 355
PETTY THEFT 457 417 443 401 456 418 410 431 373 296
OTHER THEFT 2 2 5 7 7 8 12 13 3 5
CK/ACC CARDS 1 3 1 2 2 1 2
MARIJUANA 15 16 22 44 72 95 148 113 122 129
OTHER DRUGS 22 3 15 16 24 43 36 57 33 29
INDECENT EXPOSURE 1 1 1 4 3 4 1 6 2 2
ANNOYING CHILDREN 1 1 2 1 6 7 3
OBSCENE MATTER 1
LEWD CONDUCT 6 10 11 5 7 15 2 2 1 2
PROSTITUTION 2
CONT DEL MINOR 4 6 2 4 15 7 14 6 13 3
DRUNK 99 94 72 58 45 61 111 89 132 95
LIQUOR LAWS 99 63 48 54 55 43 55 54 57 78
DISORDERLY CONDUCT * 3 4 11 8 6 12 9 12 2 1
DISTURBING THE PEACE 129 124 132 131 123 109 118 188 156 177
VANDALISM 116 118 99 167 235 173 190 170 168 191
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF 6 1 3 6 5 2 4 5 4
TRESPASSING 74 84 80 97 126 106 110 130 88 81
WEAPONS 17 14 17 22 22 12 12 13 16 25
DRIVE UNDER INFL 33 38 24 34 23 19 18 15 16 15
HIT-AND-RUN 13 9 10 6 8 6 10 6 9 3
SELECTED TRAFFIC VIOL 29 34 29 22 19 17 15 7 10 17
JOY RIDING 49 37 38 54 32 39 29 8 1
GAMBLING 2 2 1
NONSUPPORT 1 1 1 1
GLUE SNIFFING 4 1 5 3 3
CITY/COUNTY ORDINANCE 20 56 61 58 18 33 81 82 75 97
FTA-NON TRAFFIC 4 8 5 2 10 9 2 6 3
OTHER 88 96 80 72 66 85 97 149 151 110
STATUS OFFENSES 659 790 936 720 750 662 714 711 702 616
POP AGE 10 THRU 17
(THOUSANDS) 24.2 25.6 26.4 27.6 28.8 30.1 31.4 31.8 30.2 30.6
ARREST RATE PER 100,000
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