Highlights The data shows that the number of juveniles killing other juveniles was the highest it’s been in more than two decades. The homicide rate…
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Category: Juvenile Justice
25 Examples Of Increasing Crime-Is Record Fear Of Crime Justified?
Highlights Data from the federal government and a variety of reputable sources indicate that violent and property crimes increased, not decreased in recent years. Dozens…
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Should Parents Be Criminally Charged For Their Child’s Violent Crimes?
Highlights Are we ready to start criminally charging parents who contribute to their child’s violent acts? If so, we are about to undertake an unprecedented…
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Are Clueless Americans Obsessed With Fear Of Crime?-New Data
Highlights Americans state that crime is one of their top concerns. Per Gallup, fear of crime is at record levels. Crime was a top issue…
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Arrests By Age-Juveniles Have The Highest Categories For Most Violent Crimes
Highlights The latest report from the FBI shows arrests by age. Juvenile arrests are astoundingly high. The number of juveniles killing other juveniles was the…
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Juvenile Arrests-Incarcerations Decreased By 78%
Highlights Juvenile arrests for violent crimes are down by 78 percent. Juveniles incarcerated in adult jails and prisons decreased by 78 percent. “We arrested four…
View More Juvenile Arrests-Incarcerations Decreased By 78%Lowest Number Of Juvenile Arrests In 40 Years-DOJ Lauds The Reductions
Highlights Juvenile arrests dropped to their lowest level in 40 years. Juvenile arrests overall fell by 58% between 2010 and 2019. The data shows that…
View More Lowest Number Of Juvenile Arrests In 40 Years-DOJ Lauds The ReductionsNational Juvenile Crime Statistics Show Major Declines
Highlights Juvenile arrests, victimizations, prosecutions as adults, and incarceration (placement) numbers have declined considerably. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five years…
View More National Juvenile Crime Statistics Show Major DeclinesViolence, School Achievement and Future Criminality
Observations Schoolchildren exposed to violence have a tougher time learning. Violence also affects the success of people caught up in the criminal justice system. If…
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Cops and Children Exposed to Violence
Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking for national and state criminal justice agencies. Former Senior Specialist for Crime Prevention for the…
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Juveniles And Violent Crime
Subtitles Per the FBI: Out of 4,608,000 offenders arrested or connected to a crime, 465,000 were juveniles with 697,000 unknown. Per the Bureau of…
View More Juveniles And Violent CrimeViolent crimes against children higher at school-most school crime events decrease
The article below is based on the seventeenth report produced jointly by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Institute of Education Sciences (IES), in…
View More Violent crimes against children higher at school-most school crime events decreaseFewer Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal Court
For every 1,000 petitioned delinquency cases, 4 were waived to criminal court In 2011, U.S. courts with juvenile jurisdiction handled more than 1.2 million delinquency cases. More…
View More Fewer Delinquency Cases Waived to Criminal CourtOne child in every 25 in the United States is abused or neglected
The fourth cycle of the National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect collected data in 2005–2006. The National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS) reports information on…
View More One child in every 25 in the United States is abused or neglectedJuvenile Delinquency Cases Decline in the US
In 2011 (latest data) juvenile courts in the United States handled more than 1.2 million delinquency cases that involved juveniles charged with criminal law violations. From 1985…
View More Juvenile Delinquency Cases Decline in the USGangs in the United States
Gangs in the United States: In 2012, there were an estimated 30,700 gangs (an increase from 29,900 in 2011) and 850,000 gang members (an increase from 782,500…
View More Gangs in the United States60 percent of children in America are exposed to violence, crime, or abuse
A Department of Justice study shows that 60 percent of children nationwide are exposed to violence, crime, or abuse; consequences include poor school performance, drug and alcohol abuse, long-term physical and psychological harm, and risk of future victimization and suicide.
View More 60 percent of children in America are exposed to violence, crime, or abuseJuvenile arrests for violent crimes reach historically low levels
Juvenile arrests for violent crimes fell 29% in the past 5 years The FBI assesses trends in violent crimes by monitoring four offenses that law…
View More Juvenile arrests for violent crimes reach historically low levelsDo declines in school dropout rates affect crime?
Crime in America The data presented below is from “Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–2008” from the US…
View More Do declines in school dropout rates affect crime?Juvenile Crime Prevention Programs that Save Tax Dollars
Crime in America We maintain that the best data on what works within adult and juvenile justice comes from the federal government and the Washington…
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