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Chapter 2: National Estimates of Delinquency CasesGender■■■■■■■For both males and females, thedelinquency case rate increased from1985 through the mid-1990s. Formales, the rate increased 36% to itspeak in 1996 and then fell 20% by2005. The female rate grew 77%between 1985 and 1997 but droppedonly 2% through 2005.In 1985, the delinquency case ratefor males was 4 times greater thanthe rate for females; by 2005, themale rate was about 2.5 times thefemale rate: 76.2 compared with30.2.Male and female drug offense caserates have converged since the early1990s. In 1992, the male drugoffense case rate was nearly 7 timesgreater than the rate for females (4.6compared with 0.7); by 2005, themale rate was less than 4 timesgreater than the rate for females (9.7compared with 2.5).While property offense case ratesdeclined for both males and femalesbetween 1995 and 2005, the declinewas greater for males (43% vs.28%).In 2005, female person offense caserates were at their highest level (8.2)since 1985. Male rates for personoffenses fell 8% between the 1995peak and 2005, while female ratesincreased 17%.Male drug offense case ratesdecreased 8% in the 5 yearsbetween 2001 and 2005, whilefemale rates increased 7%.Between 2001 and 2005, public orderoffense case rates increased morefor females than for males (9% comparedwith 4%).Although the delinquency case rate is much higher for males thanfemales, the female rate increased more than the male rate between1985 and 2005Cases per 1,000 juveniles ages 10–upper age100908070605040302010Cases per 1,000 juveniles ages 10–upper age60504030201001985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005Cases per 1,000 juveniles ages 10–upper age16Female14Property1210Delinquency01985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005MaleMalePersonFemaleDrugsPropertyPublic order864PersonPublic order2Drugs01985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 200514Juvenile Court Statistics 2005