Word: crimeds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...juvenile crime rate is down in Cambridge, as well as in surrounding towns like Arlington, Belmont, and Somerville. The total of all offenses reported in Cambridge decreased 14 per cent in 1975, with 8 per cent that representing a drop in juvenile crime. Moreover, the proportion of juveniles arraigned before the Third District Court of Eastern Middlesex (which serves Cambridge) who were found delinquent dropped to a lower proportion than in any year between...
...decrease of 30 per cent," Murphy says, adjusting the gold braid on his officer's cap. "When you consider that half of all people that steal cars are juveniles, then that represents a considerable drop in juvenile crime." There also have been significant auto theft declines in other suburbs of Boston...
Murphy is quick to draw a causal link between such community programs as half-way houses and the decrease in juvenile crime. He especially credits the National Youth Program Using Mini-Bikes (NYPUM) as a central factor in contributing to the youthful crime drop in Cambridge. "NYPUM's probably the most significant factor in keeping kids busy," Murphy says...
...addition to NYPUM, there are other community-based programs in Cambridge credited with helping to lower the juvenile crime rate. One such program is Hastings House, a half-way house in Cambridgeport under the auspices of the national Dare House Program...
That juvenile crime is down is an encouraging sign for this new approach, as is the recognition of the need for some new secured facilities for youth. From the hyperactive, almost slap-dash days of Jerry Miller, Massachusetts has sat back, reevaluated its child welfare program, and begun to pick up the pieces...