How Prevalent Is Juvenile Crime in California?
• There were almost 223,000 juvenile arrests in California in 2005. • Misdemeanor crimes-including crimes such as petty theft and assault and battery-accounted for 60 percent of all juvenile arrests. • Felony arrests, such as burglary, accounted for 27 percent of all juvenile arrests. • So-called status offenses, which include truancy and curfew violations, accounted for 13 percent of juvenile arrests in 2005.
