I do not believe that statistic for a minute. That would require every man and 1 in 10 women or an additional woman for every man not arrested by age 23. The methodology sounds screwy—asking teens and answering for those who didn’t—and the results could have been easily debunked by checking actual crime statistics.
I think the key modifier in the article was “those who chose to participate”. I like you call BS on this number.
10 of 10 men and 1 of 10 women would be 11 of 20 or 55% (assuming equal numbers of men and women). You could get 30% by assuming 5 of 10 men and 1 of 10 women. Also, the study uses 'arrested', not 'convicted.' I was arrested at about 21 for essentially being there when the police wanted to arrest someone. Having done nothing wrong, the charges were dropped. I bet my experience is not all that unusual. This statistic may show a change in police behavior more than a change in societal behavior.
I believe it since it’s anything other than traffic violations. I know lots of people who got arrested in high school. There were normally two reasons:
1. Curfew
2. A “good” party
Rumor had it that one kid who got put in jail for in a big bust for number two was left there until eight in the morning because his mother wasn’t getting out of bed at an indecent hour to go get him.
You think that guy was ever arrested again?