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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 18.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Life Course Res. 2010 Dec;15(4):161–170. doi: 10.1016/j.alcr.2010.10.005

Table 3.

Measures of Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Criminal Behavior in the CLS

Measures Overall Males Females
Juvenile Delinquency through age 18
  Any petition to juvenile court, % 19.8 32.3 7.5
  Any petition to juvenile court for violent offense, % 12.5 20.4 4.7
  Number of petitions to juvenile court , mean (SD) 0.57 (1.64) 1.04 (2.18) 0.11 (0.48)
Adult Criminal Behavior through age 26
  Any arrest, % 42.6 63.9 21.6
  Any felony arrest, % 21.5 39.1 4.2
  Any incarceration, % 16.9 32.2 1.8
  Any violent offense conviction, % 10.9 19.0 2.8
  Number of felony arrests, mean (SD) 0.48 (1.17) 0.94 (1.51) 0.06 (0.29)

The sample sizes for measures of juvenile delinquency and adult criminal behavior are 1,404 and 1,473, respectively. Approximately 50% of CLS participants are female.