Do You Know What Counts for the most People Arrested?

Question

My Sociology book states

Sex
Male 81%
Female 19%

Race
White 69%
African American 29%
Other2%

Age
Under 18 18%
18-24 29%
35-44 31%
45-54 15%
45 & up 7%

Do you agree?

The book is Sociology 5th Editon The Study of Human Relationships. Actually come to think of it, when I looked at the book it was copyrighted in 1995, so yes it is right to assume thing have changed

tnfarmgirl those stats are more up to date by still generally the same

Answer 1

Female arrests and the 18-24 year percentages are higher than they were in 1995.

Answer 2

I wonder what year your book was printed, and what year they got those stats. The age seems correct, but the race and sex surprise me, especially the percentage of women, I would expect female arrests to go much higher.

Especially since most states adopted mandatory arrests laws for domestice violence, and have included substantial training in the new laws, including what constitutes an arrest.

Answer 3

It might be true at some point, but with the holiday season more people are stealing now, and I'm sure every year it changes. At the bottom of the Page does it tell you when those were recorded?

Answer 4

Source (name of book and author)?

Answer 5

Yes more young white males are arrested than any other demographic. However, individual crimes would have different statistics as would individual areas.

Answer 6

Over all, maybe. But those stats would differ depending on location.

Answer 7

sounds in the ballpark. what is your citation and what is the book's citation for where the stats came from?

Answer 8

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/data/table_43.html


Check out that link.The reports in the link above are compiled annually.

Answer 9

I seriously doubt those figures.

Answer 10

what year is that from and what about mixed-races.