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JUVENILE CRIME

Evidence of a Crime Problem

NCPA Fact Sheet on Juvenile Crime
Juveniles' Share of Violent Crimes
Chronic Teenage Offenders
Arrest Rates Are High
Juvenile Crime Likely To Increase
All Crime May Increase
General Crime

Violent Crime and Criminals
Justice Is A Revolving Door
Prisoners Violent, Repeat Offenders
Crime Costs
National Statistics on Crime
Juvenile Crime Casebook

A "Super Predator" at Age 11
Teen Predator at Home
Snapshots of Violence
The Causes of Crime
Lack of Internal Restraints (Values)

Crime Is a Choice
Poverty of Values Causes Crime
Rights Without Responsibility
Kids Say Crimes O.K.
Social Pathologies

Boys Without Fathers More Prone To Crime
Juvenile Crime In Fatherless Homes, Public Schools
Gangs
Violence And Mental Illness
States Turning To Mental Institutions For Sex Offenders
Poor Education
Welfare Dependency
Government Policies
Illegitimacy
Teen Pregnancy Rates
Child Abuse and Neglect
Lack of External Restraints (Punishment)
-- Juvenile Justice System Isn't Just

When Juvenile Criminals Go Unpunished
Coddled Youths Increase Crime
Cities Try Various Approaches To Youth Crime
NCPA Fact Sheet on Juvenile Offenders in the Courts
Crime Without Consequences
Few Courts Require Restitution
Criminal Records Sealed or Expunged
Rights Without Responsibility
Enforcing Juvenile Crime Laws

-- Criminals Aren't Punished

Does Punishment Work?
Expected Punishment (Longer Study)
Solutions
Personal Values

How to Stay Out of Poverty
Get To Church
Restore Compassion, Charity
Prevention Key to Reducing Juvenile Crime

Social Reforms

Teen Curfews Debated
Replace Welfare with Charity
Education Vouchers Work
Private Schools Serve Special Needs
Charter Schools Target At-Risk Kids
End Bilingual Education
Teaching Enterprise
Early Prevention
Punish Criminals
Abolish the Juvenile Justice System

Very Few Juveniles Being Tried As Adults
Experts Say: End Juvenile Courts
Boot Camps Closing
Preparing for the Coming Crime Wave
Punish Teen Criminals Like Criminals
Treat Juveniles Like Adults
"Three Strikes" for Kids?
Public Opinion On Punishing Juveniles

Increase Criminals' Expected Punishment

More Teens in Prison
Increase Expected Punishment
Build more prisons
Prisons Save
Make Prisoners Work
Factories Behind Bars
Make Punishment Credible
Innovations In Juvenile Justice

Increase Deterrence By Privatization

Privatizing Police
Privatizing Bail
Probation & Parole
Privatizing Prisons

Reform Criminal Justice System

Federal Remedies For Youth Crime?
Federal Role in Reform
Violent Crime and Hard Core Juvenile Offenders Act (1995)
Juvenile Justice and Crime Prevention Act
Problems and Solutions in Specific States
North Carolina

Florida

Virginia

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