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Homicide
trends in the U.S.
Age trends - offending
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In general -
- older teens have the highest offending rates of all age groups
- after the teenage years, the rates decline with age
In the mid 1980's the rates for teens and young adults increased rapidly
until after 1993 when the rates began to decline. Throughout the entire
period, the rates for older teens and young adults have been the highest
of all ages.
Source: FBI, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 1980-2004
See also Additional information about the data
for details on weighting and imputation.
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