Denver Car Accident and Injury Attorney
Samuel S. Hansuld, Attorney at Law
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Juvenile Violence Facts
- 1. Guns killed 4,205 children
under the age of nineteen in
1997-that's nearly twelve children
each day. Of that number, 2,562
were victims of murder, 1,262
died by suicide, and 306 were
victims of accidental shootings.
- 2. The number of children killed
with guns increased substantially
between 1987 and 1993, whereas
the numbers of other types
of homicide remained constant.
Between 1980 and 1997, 75 percent
of all children age twelve
and over who were murdered
were killed with a firearm.
- 3. Children ages twelve to seventeen
are twice as likely as adults
to be victims of violent crime
and three times as likely to
be victims of simple assault.
- 4. Although the total number
of multiple-victim school homicides
has increased in recent years,
the total number of school-associated
violent deaths has actually
decreased. A student has a
less than one in 1,000,000
chance of becoming a victim
of a school-associated homicide.
- 5. A recent survey indicated
that the number of high school
students bringing weapons to
school has declined. Sadly,
however, nearly 10 percent
still reported having carried
a gun on school property during
the previous month.
- 6. The peak hours for violent
youth crime are between 3:00
and 7:00 p.m. After school
programs can serve not only
to keep kids out of trouble,
but also to keep law-abiding
youngsters safe.
- 7. Violent juvenile crime arrest
rates have actually declined
by 19 percent since 1994.
- 8. Despite this decrease, children
are increasingly being tried
as adults and confined in adult
jails and prisons. A recent
study indicated as much as
a 35 percent increase in the
confinement of juveniles in
adult detention centers.
- 9. Children detained in adult
jails and prisons rather than
in juvenile facilities are
eight times more likely to
commit suicide, five times
more likely to be sexually
assaulted, two times more likely
to be assaulted by staff, and
50 percent more likely to be
attacked with a weapon.
- 10. Although minorities make up only about one-third of the youth population, they account for about two-thirds of the juveniles committed to public facilities. Studies have shown that black youths are about twice as likely as white youths to be detained for the same offense, and that they are detained an average of two weeks longer than white youths for the same offenses.
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