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Published in final edited form as: J Consult Clin Psychol. 2009 Oct;77(5):916–927. doi: 10.1037/a0016626

Table 2.

Prevalence and Age of Onset of Juvenile Arrest for Black and White Boys

Variable	Full sample (N = 481)				Black boys (N = 279)				White boys (N = 202)				χ²(1, N = 481)	t(219)
Variable	%	N	M	SD	%	N	M	SD	%	N	M	SD	χ²(1, N = 481)	t(219)
Any arrest	45.9	221			56.6	158			31.2	63			30.54^***
Violence-related arrest	29.5	142			38.4	107			24.6	35			24.89^***
Theft-related arrest	26.8	129			33.3	93			27.9	36			14.36^***
Drug-related arrest	13.5	65			19.7	55			5.0	10			21.85^***
Age at first arrest			13.67	2.12			13.65	2.08			13.75	2.25		0.317

^***

p = .001.