Recently released statistics from the California Department of Justice (DOJ, 2017) show that arrests of youth ages 10-17 declined in 2016, reaching historically low levels. Arrest rates, which are reported to the state by local law enforcement agencies, fell for the ninth straight year in 2016, continuing a decades-long pattern of decline. Though the specific causes remain unknown, the massive decline in youth and young-adult crime is associated with increased educational attainment among younger Californians (Males, 2015). This indicates investment in education, rather than increased detention, is a more promising approach.

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