|
Offenders* |
Rate |
|||
|
All Children |
71,494,000 |
100.0% |
2,936 |
0.004% |
|
Two Parent |
50,686,000 |
70.9% |
825 |
|
|
Single Parent |
18,165,000 |
25.4% |
||
|
Mother |
14,739,000 |
20.6% |
1,742 |
|
|
Father |
1,505,000 |
2.1% |
24 |
|
|
Parent Cohabit. |
1,921,000 |
2.7% |
31 |
|
|
Other Situations** |
2,645,000 |
3.7% |
313 |
* Offenders numbers are based on Offender Rates determined below.
** Other Situations- children living with grandparents, relatives, step parents, and co-habitating single parents
|
Juvenile Offenders (1) |
2936 |
||
|
% Offenders Fatherless (2) |
70% |
||
|
Offenders |
2055.2 |
||
|
Fatherless Children |
17,384,000 |
24.3% |
of all Children |
|
Offender Rate |
0.012% |
||
|
% Offenders Not Fatherless |
30% |
||
|
Offenders |
880.8 |
||
|
Children With Father |
54,110,000 |
75.7% |
of all Children |
|
Offender Rate |
0.002% |
||
|
2.9 |
Fatherless to All Offenders Ratio |
||
|
7.3 |
Fatherless to Father Offenders Ratio |
||
|
0.3 |
Fatherless to Father Ratio |
||
Conclusions:
Based upon 70% of all Juvenile Offenders coming from Fatherless living situations, using the 1996 Census data, Fatherless children are 7.3 times more likely to become offenders than households with Fathers and 2.9 times more likely than the overall Juvenile population. Furthermore, compared to the overall offender rate, children living with Fathers were only half as likely to become offenders.
When 24.3% of children (without Fathers) commit 70% of Juvenile Crimes, living situation becomes a clearly significant factor to consider in making public policy.
(1) From Table 6 of the 1999 U. S. Sentencing Commission’s Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics (2) Welfare Single Mothers and Crime Home