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Rehabilitating Criminals before They Grow Up
Academic journal article from Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, Vol. 92, No. 5
Beginning of article
A recent decline in the crime rate among young offenders is largely the result of a shrinking teenage population; over the long term, youth crime shows a steady, disturbing increase.
The number of young criminals arrested in the United States for violent offenses increased by more than 85% between 1970 and 1997, the FBI reports. In 1970, the police arrested 141 young offenders per 100,000 population for violent crimes; by 1997, the arrest numbers rose to 268 per 100,000.
Reducing juvenile crime may depend more on the actions of parents and teachers than law enforcement officers. The best way to prevent misbehaving children from joining the criminal ranks is to teach them …
