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Thursday April 15, 2021, 5:47 AM
The States of Jersey Police arrested 282 people under the age of 18 in 2020. Credit: ITV Channel
The number of young people arrested by the States of Jersey Police last year was double that of 2019.
Officers arrested 282 people under the age of 18 in 2020.
The figure comes from the annual report from the Office of the Children s Commissioner.
Deborah McMillan said lockdown and school closures might explain the rise.
When you look at when these arrests occured, it was straight after lockdown. Remember how we were all told to stay indoors, we were only allowed out for two hours? That was the peak of offending, and that went through into the summer. What we need to do now is to look at how the pandemic affected these young people, and help to divert them from crime.