I’m betting that this counts field arrests and not just people that are brought to the station, booked, and detained. By that definition, my close friend circle in high school would have been right in line with this numbers.
I, a white cis-man, was technically arrested twice before I was 23 (once for possession of alcohol and once for possession of marijuana) but I’ve never been brought to the station or read my rights. Both times a field arrest report was filled out and I was issued an appearance ticket with a court date. This was in NY so your experiences with the same crimes might be wildly different.
I’m unfamiliar with the term field arrest. If I get this right, this is what happens when you get arrested for a misdemeanour on site, cited and then immediately let go? Possibly with a requirement of turning up to a police station for booking, or to a court date?
I read a bit of the paper, and it seems they are simply using the data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997.
NLSY97 youth respondents are asked whether they have ever been arrested by the police or taken into custody for an illegal or delinquent offense (not including arrests for minor traffic violations) and the total number of times this has happened.
And looking up the phrasing in the questionnaire is also exactly the same
Have you ever been arrested by the police or taken into custody for an illegal or delinquent offense (do not include arrests for minor traffic violations)?
So I guess it would depend on whether respondents consider a field arrest an arrest and report it.
I’m betting that this counts field arrests and not just people that are brought to the station, booked, and detained. By that definition, my close friend circle in high school would have been right in line with this numbers.
I, a white cis-man, was technically arrested twice before I was 23 (once for possession of alcohol and once for possession of marijuana) but I’ve never been brought to the station or read my rights. Both times a field arrest report was filled out and I was issued an appearance ticket with a court date. This was in NY so your experiences with the same crimes might be wildly different.
I’m unfamiliar with the term field arrest. If I get this right, this is what happens when you get arrested for a misdemeanour on site, cited and then immediately let go? Possibly with a requirement of turning up to a police station for booking, or to a court date?
I read a bit of the paper, and it seems they are simply using the data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997.
The relevant NLS topical guide says the following:
And looking up the phrasing in the questionnaire is also exactly the same
So I guess it would depend on whether respondents consider a field arrest an arrest and report it.
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Does this include things like traffic stops, I wonder?
The questionnaire respondents are requested to leave those out. See my other comment. I dug up some detail.