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American Youth Violence: Implications For National Juvenile Justice Policy, Franklin E. Zimring
American Youth Violence: Implications For National Juvenile Justice Policy, Franklin E. Zimring
Franklin E. Zimring
Part of a special issue on the administration of juvenile justice. The writer contends that the misperception of increasing youth violence has resulted in a proposed national youth policy based on fear not fact. Juvenile crime statistics have actually fallen in recent years, and, more importantly, there has been no sustained trend of increase or decrease in youth violence over the past 20 years. The issue of adolescent violence must be considered within the larger perspective of legal policy toward youth, particularly in relation to the pivotal issues of adolescent gun policy, transfer of youths to criminal courts, and penal …
The Youth Violence Epidemic: Myth Or Reality, Franklin E. Zimring
The Youth Violence Epidemic: Myth Or Reality, Franklin E. Zimring
Franklin E. Zimring
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Kids, Guns, And Homicide: Policy Notes On An Age-Specific Epidemic, Franklin E. Zimring
Kids, Guns, And Homicide: Policy Notes On An Age-Specific Epidemic, Franklin E. Zimring
Franklin E. Zimring
Part of a special section on youth violence and gun possession. The writer examines three dimensions of the juvenile firearms use epidemic of the period since 1985. He explores the factual foundation for concerns regarding increasing youth gun use, comparing recent trends with previous patterns and discussing some of the ways that present conditions are without precedent for students of firearms violence and of youth crime. In addition, he considers some of the data that are necessary for making intelligent choices when designing countermeasures to minors' misuse of guns and offers best guesses, given that most of the required data …