Table 3.
Measures of Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Criminal Behavior in the CLS
Measures | Overall | Males | Females |
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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.