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The Decrease Of Juvenile Crime In Florida
Did you know that the number of Juvenile arrests in Florida is plummeting? According Lloyd Dunkelberg the number has plunged 36 percent, from nearly 122,000 a year to just under 79,000. The juvenile crime in Florida, when a person under age of eighteen is charged with a crime in Florida the case is take by the Juvenile Justice System. The number of juveniles committing crime in Florida is staggering. Nearly 60,000 kids are arrested every year. Florida is a state were are not very likely to have juvenile crime comparing to other States. In Florida 28% drop in juvenile arrested for felonies sins 2009, the other 66 % juveniles
Arrested for murder. In July that the number of juvenile cases nationally had declined 24 percent between 2007 and 2011 – the latest year in the report.
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They have initiated a series of programs designed to better direct the funding and resources to the most critical juveniles, while also expanding programs that can divert some juveniles from a more serious life of

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