Number of youth arrested skyrockets; 41% in cuffs by age 23: study

[Ought Six]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...sEnabled=false

[AndreaCA]

Quote:
Brame worked with a group of researchers to conduct a survey of more than 7,000 young people between 1997 and 2008, polling about their arrests and age at the time.

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And where did they get these 7,000 young people? From Watts? Something tells me that this study is biased (as are most studies). I work with teenagers and college aged kids all the time and have for the past few decades. I am wracking my brain trying to come up with one kid out of the hundreds I have known who has been arrested and all I can come up with is one DUI.

I call foul on this study.

[Ought Six]

Just about everyone I grew up with has been arrested at one time or another, for minor drug possession, drunk & disorderly, failure to appear for a traffic ticket, DUI, driving on a suspended license, reckless driving, or some other misdemeanor. Being arrested does not mean you committed a serious crime.

[Mrs. Hermit]

7,000 does not constitute a representative sample of American youth based on numbers alone. The article does not mention where this sample was taken: was it only within one city, area, subculture? That will skew the numbers, too.

[AndreaCA]

Wow, Ought Six, we definitely move in different circles!

[linttrap]

I evidently run with the same kind of riffraff that 06 does. I've never been in jail but I sure have bailed some people out!

[flourbug]

Florida arrests people for ridiculous reasons. It's like Ayn Rand's comment about making criminals out of regular people. Don't let your grass grow too high or walk a dog off leash or act as the designated driver... For God's sake do not ever get caught with pills in your pocket or a pill box outside your home, even if they are the heart meds you need to take lunchtime. Arguing with a spouse is a big criminal act around here - no physical abuse or threats of physical abuse, just WORDS will get you tossed into jail. They trump up the charges too. Ask WHY you are being detained, and you are resisting arrest. Flinch or twist away when they have their knee on your neck and you are assaulting a police officer in the line of duty. It's up to you to get a good attorney to plea bargain down and eliminate some of the lesser charges.

It's a business - police make arrests, lawyers make money off the arrests, the jails and courts and social workers and probation departments are funded because of the arrests... and of course our privately managed jails are full to overflowing due to the arrests.

41% by 23... not surprising at all.

[Glockd]

Got picked up on a Saturday morning, at my house, for not paying a traffic ticket. They waited until 2 days after I was discharged from the Corps and hauled my ass in. It was cordial and kinda funny. I spent 3 hours in jail before my Uncle bailed me out.

Had zero bearing on my Security Clearances. So, as Ought says, going to jail is can be pretty much a non-event.

[dyrt]

They arrest 10 year olds for punching another kid in school.

In my younger days, one had to do something pretty bad to actually get arrested. If a lot more people are getting arrested it is largely due to a politically correct zero tolerance culture change.

[Feather]

I've never been in cuffs but the ex had worn them by the time he was 30 for open container, DH by the time he was 22 for drunk in public, DS1 at 16 for havinga joint in his locker(kept him from getting a higher security clearence in the reserve) and DS2 at 15 for under age drinking. DS2 barfed on the intake officers shoes and then had to clean them up. DSS1 had been in trouble at least 30 times before the age of 30 and DSS2 had been about 20 times by 30.

I've been stopped but it was because my car tags were out of date.