RECIDIVISM AMONG YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS
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Violence in the United States reached epidemic proportions in the early-1990s. Crime in the United States, particularly violent crime, has been a major concern of the American population for decades. A particularly troublesome factor in recent years has been the increase in the proportion of all crimes perpetrated by youthful offenders. Persons under the age of 18 years old are responsible for approximately 32 percent of serious property crimes cleared by arrest and for approximately 17 percent of violent crimes so cleared. There is a major difference in the rate of violent behavior by young persons depending upon the criterion measure that is used. The 17 percent rate cited above was based on the proportion of persons under the age of 18 years old included among the crimes of violence that were cleared by arrest. When all violent crimes--whether or not cleared by arrest--are considered, however, the proportion of such crimes committed by young persons increases. In 1992, 19 percent of all single-offender violent criminal acts were perpetrated by persons under the age of 18 years old. An additional 10 percent of such acts were
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