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2007 Fact Sheet on Violence: Adolescents and Young Adults, National Adolescent Health Information Center,
New! 2007 Juvenile Arrests Report, OJJDP, April 2009
Arresting Children: Trends in Preteen Crime, Jeffrey A. Butts and Howard N. Snyder, Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2008
Crime Rise in Context, Justice Policy Institute 2005
Getting the Facts Straight: NCCD Questions "The Impending Crime Wave" Report by Third Way, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, June 2008
Is There a New Juvenile Crime Wave on the Horizon?: Overview of Recent Reports and Responses, NJJN Policy Paper, May 29, 2007
Research Links Lead Exposure, Criminal Activity: Data May Undermine Giuliani's Claims, Shankar Vedantam, The Washington Post, July 8, 2007
Too Soon to Tell: Deciphering Recent Trends in Youth Violence, Issue Brief, Jeffrey A. Butts and Howard N. Snyder, Chapin Hall Center for Children, November 2006
What Wave?: The Evidence for a Recent National Rise in Crime is Murky - and Implementing Get-Tough Remedies to Address the Alleged Wave Would Be Misguided, Marc Mauer, American Prospect, March 27, 2007
Widely Predicted Teen Crime Wave Never Happened, Mercury News, March 2006


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The juvenile arrest rate for motor vehicle theft fell 62% between 1990-2003. [more facts]


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