Juvenile Crime In Washington DC

Mar 16, 2023 · 4m 31s

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D.C. police are concerned by an increase in the number of young people arrested for the first time for a violent crime. In past years, troubled teens would enter the...

D.C. police are concerned by an increase in the number of young people arrested for the first time for a violent crime. In past years, troubled teens would enter the criminal justice system for a minor crime such as vandalism, theft, or shoplifting. But now, D.C. police tell the News4 I-Team, they're seeing a trend of teens jumping straight to gun crimes.The Metropolitan Police Department shared data with the I-Team that shows 97 people under age 18 were arrested in D.C. in 2022 for violent crime as their first ever arrest. That is an increase over recent years.

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