Extractions: Summary 5.1 Characteristics of victims The influence of factors associated with juvenile crime has increased in the last two decades. Halstead, for example, points out that there has been a marked decline in employment opportunities for under 20 year-olds, and there is prolonged dependence on families through extended education and training. In 1966, 63 per cent of 15 to 19 year olds were employed and 30 per cent were in education. In 1989 only 37 per cent were working and 58 per cent were studying. In 1992, 35.7 per cent of this group were seeking full-time employment.[4] These changes have been exacerbated by the drop in income support, the abolition of under 18 unemployment benefits, a 30 - 60 per cent fall in income between 1982/83 and 1991 (ACOSS), the 13 week waiting period for unemployment benefits, and the growth in the number of homeless youth (30,000 in New South Wales).[5] All these factors "contribute to stresses which place young people at risk of exposure to physical violence both within and outside the home, with limited opportunities to make choices which could remove them from the threat of victimisation".[6] The International Crime Victim survey shows that 16 - 19 year olds are significantly more likely to be victims of crime than any other age group.[7] This was the case for all types of personal crime, including robbery, other theft, sexual incidents and other actual violence. For the 16 - 19 age group the incidence rates were almost double those of the group with the next highest rate. This data was in line with the international experience, especially the US.[8]
Lawlink NSW:Latest News Download the Transition from juvenile to Adult Criminal Careers Report (pdf 844 kb The Bureau of crime Statistics and Research have today released the http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/corporate/ll_corporate.nsf/vwPreviewActive
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Extractions: Find a Lawyer Select a State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington DC West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Juvenile Justice Resources Recommended Sites Law Schools National Bar Associations National Legal Associations ... Other Resources Home Tell a Friend Bookmark Site Contact Us ... Juvenile Justice Glossary The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) compiles arrest information provided by law enforcement agencies each year and creates reports examining the trends, rates and statistics of juvenile criminal activity. Every four years the OJJDP publishes a comprehensive study as part of its Juvenile Offenders and Victims National Report Series (the next report will be published in 2005). The arrest statistics found in these studies are useful for comparing general trends, but the OJJDP has cautioned that the numbers and percentages recorded in them do not represent all criminal activity. Arrest records do not present a precise picture of how much crime has been committed, in part because:
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Runaway Juvenile Crime?: The Context Of Juvenile Crime Arrests At a time when the violent juvenile crime rate is declining, Federal Bureau of Investigation (1996) crime in the United States Uniform crime Reports. http://www.cjcj.org/pubs/runaway/runaway.html
Extractions: Tel: (415) 621-5661 x310 The number of homicide arrests have declined by 30% over the last three years. A new JPI analysis of the 1995 FBI data showed that 85% of the counties in America experienced no juvenile homicides, and 93.4% experienced one, or no juvenile homicides. Recent data shows America arrests kids for running away from home at 65 times the rate we arrest them for homicide. A new Senate bill may put 141,000 runaways at risks of being incarcerated next to adults, and could make that 4.5 million children eligible for expulsions. "....[I]f you're in a classroom, [and] a few of them get whacked, the rest of them will get in line....."-Senator Jeff Sessions, co-sponsor the juvenile crime bill, from judiciary committee hearings, May 6, 1997(1) On a Saturday night back in 1984, Kathy Robbins, a 15-year-old girl from Glenn County, California, was arrested for being in her town after curfew. She was taken in hand-cuffs to a 54-year-old cell in Glenn County's adult jail. Four days after she was arrested, at a juvenile court hearing, a judge refused to release her to a juvenile detention facility. On that day, still isolated and alone in an adult jail cell, Kathy Robbins twisted a bed sheet around her neck, and hanged herself from the rail of the top bunk bed.(2)
Fort Myers Police Department [] Taking into account this growth, the Citys crime Rate (which is expressed as In 2004 the agencys juvenile Arrest and Monitor Unit (JAM) visited 2305 http://www.fmpolice.com/crime/stats_99.htm
Extractions: You are here: Home Crime Update Contacts General Info Detective Bureau Emergency Crime Statistics "2004 Fort Myers Crime statistics" The Fort Myers Police Department released the 2004 Uniform Crime Report. This report, which is used to gauge fluctuations in the overall volume and rate of crime within an area, is prepared annually from statistics. The report has been submitted and accepted by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and will be included in statewide report being compiled and released later this year. The total numbers of reported crimes within the City of Fort Myers increased 7.6% from 4,375 in 2003 to 4,710 in 2004. This includes approximately 330 offenses in the newly annexed Dunbar/Bellvue areas. However, for the first time in recent history, the Citys population grew by nearly 5,000 residents. Taking into account this growth, the Citys Crime Rate (which is expressed as the number
Juvenile Offending Patterns, Predictors And Recidivism [Young crime prevention conference, 2002; Recidivism among Victorian juvenile juvenile crime and juvenile justice conference towards 2000 and beyond, 1997 http://www.aic.gov.au/research/jjustice/offenders.html
Florida Department Of Juvenile Justice Key Juvenile Crime Trends Protecting the public by reducing juvenile crime and delinquency in Florida. tries more juveniles as adults than most states. juvenile Repeat Offenders http://www.djj.state.fl.us/Research/statsnresearch/keytrends.html
Extractions: Key Juvenile Crime Trends and Conditions Overall Juvenile Crime in Florida Floridaâs juvenile crime rate is down from 7,760 delinquency referrals per 100,000 juveniles in Fiscal Year 1994-95 to 6,750 delinquency referrals per 100,000 juveniles in FY 1999-00. In Fiscal Year 1999-2000, 104,176 juveniles were referred for delinquency. They were charged with committing 150,747 crimes. In that year, judges sentenced 12,028 juvenile offenders to long-term delinquency programs. The number of Florida juveniles referred for delinquency peaked in FY 1997-98 at 108,382; they were responsible that year for 175,103 crimes. There were 9,952 juveniles committed that year by a judge to a delinquency treatment program. Serious and Violent Juvenile Crime Serious juvenile offenses are declining. There were 56,447 felony referrals involving juveniles in Fiscal Year 1999-2000, down 11 percent from 63,279 juvenile felony referrals in FY 1994-95 (the point when juvenile felonies peaked in Florida during the last two decades). Murder/manslaughter referrals involving juveniles are down 25 percent, from 158 in FY 1994-95 to 118 in FY 1999-00.
Access To Oregon Crime Data Oregon crime statistics. 2001 report Law Enforcement and juvenile crime that provides more recent data and discusses potential problems with the use of http://www.ocjc.state.or.us/CrimeData/Crimestatsindex.htm
Extractions: Local law enforcement agencies report complaints and arrests for crimes in Oregon to the Law Enforcement Data System of the Oregon State Police . Summaries of these reports are published annually. Violations of particular statutes are summarized in 28 categories, the Uniform Crime Report crimes (UCR Crime). In each section below, a query is constructed to generate a chart or table from this data. For definitions of crime categories and how specific crimes are categorized, click here. Data from all law enforcement agencies in the state are not always available, or may be incomplete. Anomalous data may be the result of incomplete reporting, and not all crimes are reported to police agencies. A summary of known gaps in reporting is available by clicking here The graphs are created as "PNG graphics" by default. This is a relatively new format that may not be supported by older web browsers. If you are unable to view the graphs, try selecting "JPG graphics" instead. Data displayed in tables may be selected, copied, and pasted to a spreadsheet or other file on the users computer for further analysis.
Untitled Document In twenty years, all but three states, seeing the wisdom of the Illinois example, The publicbelieving that juvenile crime and violence is on the http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/oped/Juvenile.shtml
Extractions: One hundred years ago this month, the first juvenile court opened in Chicago. Massachusetts and New York had already separated juvenile from adult trials, but Chicago's philosophy was the first to consciously stress the welfare of the child. In twenty years, all but three states, seeing the wisdom of the Illinois example, established juvenile courts of their own. The early juvenile courts made no legal distinction between a child who was delinquent and one who was simply neglected. Under the English Common Law doctrine of "parents patriae," or parental role, the state was obligated to intervene on behalf of a child in need of services, and provide the supervision that parents had not. Children considered delinquent (except the few considered guilty of murder) were not accused of a crime; instead, the idea was to set them on the right path, and avert the stigma of a criminal record. Transfers to the adult court were rare, and then only when it was seen as in the child's best interest.
Extractions: No Panacea for Juvenile Crime Date: 02-01-96 California Gov. Pete Wilson is pushing a state-wide juvenile curfew as the most effective way to cut juvenile crime. The idea has instant appeal, but a look at crime data in cities where curfews have been tried suggests they do more for the politicians who propound them than for the public that pays to enforce them. PNS commentator Vincent Schiraldi is Executive Director of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, a non-profit public policy organization based in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. In his recent State of the State address, California Governor Pete Wilson proposed what is fast becoming this year's crime control panacea a statewide juvenile curfew. The common sense logic behind curfew laws that kids ought to be off the streets at a decent hour and that government should do all it can to help in that regard seems irrefutable. In cities as diverse as Dallas and Detroit, Phoenix and Washington, D.C., juveniles now have government-imposed and enforced curfew laws. But if curfews are catching on, it's not because there's any evidence that they work. In fact, a survey of crime statistics in cities where curfews have been tried suggests they fall far short of expectations.
Juvenile Crime In Washington, D.C.: juvenile crime in the United States fell dramatically in recent years. Serious and violent juvenile crime plummeted nationwide to levels not seen in a http://www.urban.org/urlprint.cfm?ID=8677
Crime & Safety - Crime Probation and Parole in the United States, 2002 pdf this report by the juvenile crime Commitments pdf - this report, published by the OMNI http://www.larimer.org/compass/sub_crime.htm
Extractions: The Colorado Bureau of Investigations' Crime in Colorado 2004 report indicates that, of the major crimes, Homicide and Motor Vehicle Theft had the largest percentage increases. See Agency Statistics for individual reports from Larimer County law enforcement agencies. (July 2005) Probation Child/Youth data: Outside Compass: The rate of substantiated reports of adult abuse reached a ten year high in 2003 (1.9 substantiated reports per 1,000 adults). A growing proportion of elderly and disabled with greater health care needs are also increasing the population vulnerable to adult abuse. Greater awareness of Adult Protective Services throughout the community may also have contributed to an increased rate of initial reports. ( Adult Abuse In 2004, the rate of total adult arrests in the 8th Judicial District (59.6 per 1,000 adults) decreased from the previous year. A major increase in local use and distribution of methamphetamine (meth) resulted in a 118% increase in 'Narcotics' arrests from 1999 to 2004. (
Juvenile Crime; No Hope? There seems to be growing awareness now of this juvenile crime problem in the United States. Some states are getting tough on juvenile offenders. http://www.emergency.com/juvycrim.htm
Extractions: Vol. 2 - #139 **LEAD STORY** By Steve Macko, ENN Editor The Statistics There is a bitter battle over how to combat the nation's fastest-growing crime problem juvenile offenders. While overall crime statistics in America's largest cities has dropped, there is one category where it has skyrocketed. That category is homicides committed by youths under the age of 17. Between 1984 and 1994, murders committed by youths under 17 tripled. Demographic studies show that there will be a surge in the teen population in the coming years and experts believe that 25 percent of all murders committed by the year 2005 will be committed by juveniles. Violence (i.e. Aggravated assaults) committed with guns by youths has also increased at roughly the same pace as homicides. After years of statistical decline, drug use by teens is also on the rise. None of these statistics would appear to bode well for future. It now seems that everyday we are hearing about horrendous violent crimes being committed by juveniles. The most famous of late was the 6-year-old in northern California who almost beat to death a small baby. The baby was just released from the hospital on Thursday and has suffered brain damage from the attack by the 6-year-old.
Background On Juvenile Crime juvenile violent crime arrests for 15 to 17-year-olds doubled in the period 1987-1994, Click here for The Forum discussion on juvenile crime. http://www.issues2000.org/Background_Juvenile_Crime.htm
Extractions: Columbine On April 21, 1999, two high school students brought numerous guns to Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and began shooting. Twelve students, one teacher, and the two shooters were killed, and dozens others wounded. Similar shootings have occurred in recent years at schools in Pearl, Mississippi, which left two dead, West Paducah, Kentucky, which left three dead, Jonesboro, Arkansas, which left five dead, Edinboro, Pennsylvania, which left one dead, and Springfield, Oregon, which left two dead. The shootings have prompted a re-examination of the causes of juvenile crime; the candidates' conclusions are found below. Candidates responses based on lagging morality, such as posting the Ten Commandments in schools, can be found in the Civil Rights category. Candidates calls for changing gun laws can be found in the Gun Control category. Juvenile Enforcement Juvenile violent crime arrests for 15- to 17-year-olds doubled in the period 1987-1994, but have been dropping since then. Boot camps are facilities designed to dissuade juvenile criminals from becoming adult criminals. They are considered a tough on crime policy, but are also an alternative to trying juveniles as adults.
Crime: Political Leaders' Views George W. Bush on crime. President of the United States, Former Republican (Dec 1999); Toughlove in strictly disciplined juvenile boot camps. http://www.issues2000.org/Crime.htm
Extractions: James J. Nolan, III, West Virginia University F. Carson Mencken, Baylor University Jack McDevitt, Northeastern University The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) is an incident-based crime reporting program for local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. Within each criminal incident, NIBRS captures information on offenses, victims, offenders, property, and persons arrested. The ability to link and analyze this detailed information is a significant improvement to the existing Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. NIBRS is rich with information about bias crimes reported to the police, and particularly about juveniles who are victims and offenders of these crimes. However, NIBRS is a very large and complex dataset, a fact that has become an impediment to its full utilization. Please visit the page MORE ABOUT NIBRS AND THE UCR HATE CRIME DATA COLLECTION PROGRAM for more details.
Extractions: powered by FreeFind Welcome Community Services Contact Department ... School Resource Officer Vestavia Hills Police Department Crime Statistics Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Unified Crime Statistics for 2003 - City of Vestavia Hills Cumulative Unified Crime Statistics for Years 1998-2003 - City of Vestavia Hills Over-The Mountain Crime Experience Data For Fiscal Year 2002-2004 During this fiscal year the City of Vestavia Hills Police Department received a total of calls for service. The department responded to each call. The majority of these calls required no follow-up beyond the initial response. Many reported incidents turned out to be different from the original report made to the Police Department. Actual Criminal and service activity handled by the Department in this period include the following:
News 8 Austin | 24 Hour Local News | LOCAL NEWS juvenile crime rates are headed in the wrong direction for Caldwell County. Talk as long as you want to anyone in Texas and the United States for one http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=143141
JRSA's Frequently Asked Questions Are statistics kept on juvenile crime? If so, where can I find them? Statistics are available on the Office of juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention http://www.jrsa.org/about/faq.html
Extractions: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS JRSA receives many requests for justice-related information from researchers, students, and the public. Most of the information requested is readily available on government or organization Web sites. If you need information of a specific type, please check the sections below for a referral to the proper Internet site. If you cannot find the information through the links below, please use the Information Request Form Statistics Law Enforcement Corrections ... JRSA Where can I find adult crime statistics? The Federal Bureau of Investigation publishes statistics on the seven index crimes (murder/non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft) and arson in the Uniform Crime Reports Many of the Statistical Analysis Centers have data available on their Web sites. The Bureau of Justice Statistics keeps statistics on a variety of issues including corrections, victimization, prisons, jails, and the death penalty. Finally, visit your local police department's Web site to see if it has statistics available for your area.
