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Violent Juvenile Crime in California

*Violent crimes are offenses of murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Data for Los Angeles county juvenile arrests, Los Angeles county arrests and California arrests include kidnapping in this total.

Sources: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Uniform Crime Reports for the United States, 1995-2001 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002), tables 30; U.S. Department of Justice, "Juvenile Felony Arrests," http://justice.doj.ca.gov/cjsc_stats/prof01/19/3c.htm (accessed on July 9, 2003); U.S. Department of Justice, "Total Felony Arrests," http://justice.doj.ca.gov /cjsc_stats/prof01/19/3a.htm (accessed on July 9, 2003); U.S. Department of Justice, "Total Felony Arrests," http://justice.hdcdojnet.state.ca.us/cjsc_stats/prof01/00/3A.htm (accessed on July 9, 2003).


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