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Bulletin Department of JusticeOffice of Justice ProgramsOffice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Sparked by high-profile cases involvingchildren who commit violent crimes, pub-lic concerns regarding Child delinquentshave escalated. Compared with juvenileswhose delinquent behavior begins later inadolescence, Child delinquents (offendersyounger than age 13) face a greater riskof becoming serious, violent, and chronicjuvenile offenders. OJJDP formed theStudy Group on Very Young Offenders toexamine the prevalence and frequency of offending by children younger than Study Group identified particular riskand protective factors that are crucial todeveloping effective early interventionand protection Programs for very youngoffenders.
Youth who start offending early in childhood—age 12 or younger—are far more likely to become serious, vi-olent, and chronic offenders later in life than are teenagers who begin to offend during adolescence. We have an opportunity to direct these young offenders to a better path because re-search indicates that they are at an
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