Sentences with phrase «as juvenile arrests»

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If they were to climb the fence and set foot on the hallowed ground of the football fields they would be arrested as juvenile delinquents.

CHICAGO — Two separate packs of robbers, including juveniles as young as 13, were arrested for a string of robberies across Chicago's North Side over the last two weeks, police announced today.

It is a great thing if he does,» Pierce says, because without raising the age of adult criminality, «the 40,000 16 - and 17 - year - olds who get arrested each year will still be treated as adults upon arrest and sent to places like Rikers before trial, where there is no access to services that are available to other juveniles.»

Children are healthier and more teens are making positive choices — teen pregnancy rates have dropped, as has the juvenile arrest rate.

A. Process for the arrest of a person charged with a criminal offense may be issued by the judge, or clerk of any circuit court, any general district court, any juvenile and domestic relations district court, or any magistrate as provided for in Chapter 3 (§ 19.2 - 26 et seq.) of this title.

In August 2016, while Zachary Cruz was still in a juvenile diversion program, he was arrested again after a Target loss prevention guard identified him as a shoplifter.

People find it easier to acknowledge and confront historical wrongs which do not implicate them personally, rather than to take responsibility for current discrimination, such as the vastly disproportionate rates of Indigenous juvenile arrest and detention.

Overall, because female arrest rates increased more sharply and then fell more gradually, the share of female juvenile arrests grew from 20 percent to 29 percent between 1980 and 2003.4 Consequently, boys are now about twice as likely as girls to be arrested, down from four times as likely in 1980.

Proportionally more girls were arrested for certain offenses, such as running away from home (59 percent) and prostitution and commercialized vice (69 percent), but most other types of arrests are more common for boys.3 As shown in figure 1, between the mid-1980s and the mid-1990s, juvenile arrests for violent crime increased significantly, with male arrest rates rising 75 percent and female rates rising almost 150 percenas running away from home (59 percent) and prostitution and commercialized vice (69 percent), but most other types of arrests are more common for boys.3 As shown in figure 1, between the mid-1980s and the mid-1990s, juvenile arrests for violent crime increased significantly, with male arrest rates rising 75 percent and female rates rising almost 150 percenAs shown in figure 1, between the mid-1980s and the mid-1990s, juvenile arrests for violent crime increased significantly, with male arrest rates rising 75 percent and female rates rising almost 150 percent.

In 1999, the Federal Bureau of Investigation estimated that there were 2.5 million arrests of juveniles.1 In1997, juvenile courts handled almost 1 800 000 delinquency cases.2 On an average day, more than 106 000 youth are in custody in juvenile facilities.3 Almost60 % of detained youth are African American or Hispanic.3 Moreover, recent changes in the laws, such as mandatory penalties for drug crimes and lowering the age that juveniles can be tried as adults, have resulted in more juveniles serving time than ever before.

Since the mid-1990s, arrest rates for violent crimes among juveniles have fallen, with male arrest rates falling below their 1980s levels and female rates declining about half as much.

Examining comorbidity is critical because it is so prevalent among juveniles in the general population, 69,70 adult jail detainees, 71 and adults who have high arrest rates, such as substance abusers, 72 young, long - term psychiatric patients, 73 and homeless, mentally ill persons.74 Moreover, studies71 of adults suggest that juveniles with comorbid disorders may be especially vulnerable to arrest, particularly if they are poor and can not afford treatment.

Children who have access to high - quality early childhood intervention are also more likely to graduate from high school and less likely to be arrested as juveniles.

Maltreated children are 53 % more likely to be arrested as a juvenile and 40 % more likely to commit a violent crime.

Criminal activity was measured by the Self - Report Delinquency Scale as well as Department of Juvenile Justice arrest records.