On the recordFebruary 9, 1995
This amendment is submitted to encourage the States to implement a serious system of consequential sanctions for juvenile offenders. Mr. Chairman, we have heard very much in the last few minutes about the serious problem of juvenile crime. The statistics, indeed, tell a chilling tale. The juvenile violent crime index rose 68 percent between 1988 and 1992, and since then it has been going up. In the past decade, the number of juveniles arrested for murder increased by 93 percent. In 1992 juveniles were responsible for nearly 13 percent of all crimes cleared by police, including 9 percent of all murders, 41 percent of all forcible rapes, 16 percent of all robberies, and 12 percent of all aggravated assaults. Clearly, the States need resources to fight juvenile crime. I believe we need a major initiative to reform our juvenile justice system in this country. The juvenile justice system is failing in a monumental way.
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