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Violent Juvenile Crime

Violent Juvenile Crime

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Institution Introduction

Juvenile crime is a major concern in the present juvenile justice system because crimes committed by minors have been increasing in leaps and bounds ever since mid-twentieth century . Juvenile crimes are classified into four different categories violent crimes , drug and alcohol violations , sexual offenses and status offenses (Jenson , Howard , 1998 This will concentrate on violent juvenile crimes which include assault , rape , homicide , robbery , arson , vandalism , larceny /theft , and auto theft as well as weapons possession

Social factors that contribute to the juvenile

justice system 's reaction to violent crime

The increase in violent juvenile crime is evident from rise in handguns on streets and in school by juveniles . The use of guns by juveniles has contributed to a very high extent on the increase in violent juvenile crimes . For instance , the exclusive of guns have remained unchanged since 1984 however , the juvenile arrests for homicide committed using handguns have increased by four times (Jenson , Howard , 1998

Rapid growth of juvenile street gangs in the United States has also contributed towards the reaction by the juvenile justice system Research that was conducted in the largest cities in United States indicated that ninety percent of street gang members are usually juveniles . In most of these states , homicides are associated to juvenile gangs (Hurst , Gable Torbet , 1996 . For instance , in Los Angeles , forty percent of 103 increase since mid 1980s...

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