It appears that all those stories about how good things used to be for kids will have to be revised a bit. The DOJ ‘s Violent Crime against Youth 1994-2010.
“From 1994 to 2010, the overall rate of serious violent crime against youth declined by 77%, from 61.9 victimizations per 1,000 youth ages 12 to 17 in 1994 to 14.0 per 1,000 in 2010 (figure 1). Among serious violent crimes against youth, the rate of rape or sexual assault declined by 68%, robbery declined by 77%, and aggravated assault declined by 80% . The overall rate of simple assault declined by 83% during the same period, from 125.1 victimizations per 1,000 youth in 1994 to 21.6 per 1,000 in 2010. Declines in simple assault against youth were similar
from 1994 to 2002 (down 61%) and from 2002 to 2010 (down 56%). Declines in serious violent crime were greater from 1994 to 2002 (down 69%) than from 2002 to 2010 (down 27%).”
“The rate of serious violent crime against youth ages 12 to 17 involving weapons declined by 80% from 1994 to 2010, and
the rate of serious violent crime involving serious injury decreased by 63%.”
“According to the FBI’s Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR) the homicide rate for youth ages 12 to 17 declined by 65%, from 8.4 homicides per 100,000 youth in 1993 to 3.0 per 100,000 in 2010. Most of the decline in youth homicide occurred from 1993 to 2000, when the rate declined by 59% (from 8.4 per 100,000 in 1993 to 3.4 per 100,000 in 2000). During the early 2000s, the youth homicide rate fluctuated, increasing in 2006 and 2007.
In 2010, the youth homicide rate was about Table 8 13% lower than the rate in 2000.”
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Maybe being tied to mom by the cell phone and told all your life that you are wonderful works.
Or maybe all that sitting in front of the Tv makes them fat and lazy.
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