Juvenile Crime Statistics This paper provides a summary of the Juvenile Arrests 2009 article. The paper addresses whether or not juvenile crime is decreasing or increasing, and identifies the crimes that are experiencing an increase in juvenile offending rates. Moreover, the differences between male offending and female offending are also addressed. Juvenile crime is decreasing. According to the National Centre for Juvenile Justice and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (NCJJ & OJJDP), in the 10 year period from the year 2000 to 2009, the number of cases that juvenile courts throughout the United States handled declined for virtually all offences (2012).