It's not the rate that makes it bad , but the effects. In other words, it's not that there is a crime epidemic or a major problem with youth, or that every year only 1 in every 40 male children get arrested but that over all their youth-time taken as a whole 40% will have been arrested. But even that is not the key point from the abstract. The key point - what makes it bad are:
1) "Criminal records that show up in searches can impede employment, reduce access to housing, thwart admission to and financing for higher education and affect civic and volunteer activities such as voting or adoption. They also can damage personal and family relationships."
2) "A problem is that many males – especially black males – are navigating the transition from youth to adulthood with the baggage and difficulties from contact with the criminal justice system,"
1) "Criminal records that show up in searches can impede employment, reduce access to housing, thwart admission to and financing for higher education and affect civic and volunteer activities such as voting or adoption. They also can damage personal and family relationships."
2) "A problem is that many males – especially black males – are navigating the transition from youth to adulthood with the baggage and difficulties from contact with the criminal justice system,"