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. 2008 Feb;45(1):55–77. doi: 10.1353/dem.2008.0011

Table 1.

Arrest Summary by Race/Ethnicity: PHDCN Waves 1–3, Cohorts 12–18 (N = 1,775)

Variable Black (N = 641) Mexican (N = 560) Other Latino (N = 227) Other Race (N = 68) White (N = 279)
Number of Arrestees 188 71 32 9 34
% of Total N 29.3 12.7 14.1 12.0 12.2
Number of Arrests 636 218 86 20 97
  Violent 144 45 13 4 15
  Property 110 54 33 2 34
  Public order 201 48 21 6 25
  Drug 161 66 19 5 21
  Other offense 20 5 0 3 2
Mean Number of Arrests All Years (arrestees) 3.4 3.1 2.7 2.2 2.9
Mean Number of Arrests, All Years (total N) 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3

Note: Arrest counts by offense type based on most serious offense classification, for those arrests with multiple charges.