Reduce juvenile crime by preventing and treating ACEs

Abstract

There has been, understandably, much attention paid to school shootings by students and carjackings by young teens as far as public interest is concerned. The facts, however, show a general decline in youth arrests over the past three decades. Nevertheless, the uptick in public perception of juvenile crime presents an opportunity to create what could be a better deterrence method than the currently favored law enforcement approach: better health strategies.