New York City kids are in trouble.
Last year, youths were victimized at the highest levels since NYPD started officially collating their stats — including record numbers of kids who suffered rape, robbery, felony and misdemeanor assaults, and grand and petit larcenies.
Overall, we’ve seen a heartbreaking 71% increase in NYC minors victimized by major crimes in the past half-decade .
This doesn’t happen in a vacuum. NYC kids are hurt largely because they are sucked into a vortex of teens who behave badly — and who pressure or scare each other into behaving worse.
Indeed, last year was also record-setting for juvenile arrests for robbery, felony and misdemeanor assault, grand and petit larceny.
Continue reading the entire piece here at the New York Post
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Hannah Meyers is director of the policing and public safety initiative at the Manhattan Institute.
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