The rates presented in Figure 1 require one modest adjustment to correct for an age-related variation in number of
arrests per homicide committed. Young persons are often arrested in groups while older adults are not. [FN44] Arrest
patterns for eighteen to twenty-four year olds are somewhere in between those for juveniles and adults over the age
of twenty-four, with a modestly higher percentage of group arrests than older adults. [FN45] Figure 2 shows the ratio
of offenders within each age group to the number of homicides attributed to that age group. A higher ratio may indicate
more group criminal activity. Both juveniles and young adults have a higher ratio of offenders to homicide victims
created, compared to older cohorts.