After dropping for three-straight years, youth crime is once again on the rise across the state of Colorado. Violent crimes rates have especially skyrocketed. 2023 in Weld County alone, there have been three high-profile cases involving minors: a 16-year-old charged with first-degree murder for shooting his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend, a matricide-suicide involving a 15-year-old in Severance, and a double shooting near Sunborn Park in Greeley. But what’s causing these young people to commit such violent crimes?
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Some who came of age and survived the violence of the early 90s have long been involved in the effort to prevent similar outbreaks. They don t like what they are
Some who came of age and survived the violence of the early 90s have long been involved in the effort to prevent similar outbreaks. They don t like what they are
If Minnesota is looking for solutions on ending juvenile solitary confinement, it might look to Colorado, which ended the practice and saw juvenile re-offenses drop.