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Maryland
Statistics on children, youth and families in Maryland from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Maryland Center on Economic Policy
Juvenile arrest relative rate index
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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.
because one or more years have been deselected.
Definition and Source
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Definition
The Relative Rate Index compares the arrest rate for White youth with the arrest rate for African-American youth. To calculate the RRI, the arrest rate for African-American youth is divided by the arrest rate for White youth. The arrest rate is calculated by dividing the number of arrests for each group by the population of that group.
Data Source
Arrest data from Maryland State Police.
Population data from Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) , Easy Access to Juvenile Populations: 1990-2018.
Population data from Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) , Easy Access to Juvenile Populations: 1990-2018.
Last Updated
May 2023