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Abstract: 

In recent years politicians and the press have been blaming youth for the country’s violent crime increase. Yet the latest statistics show that juveniles age 12–17 account for only one-fifth of the country’s violent crime increase and those age 18–24 account for only another one-seventh. What is very troublesome to those watching what has been called welfare reform is that poverty among the young, which has already increased 60% in the last 25 years and put four million more children and youths into poverty, accounts for virtually all of the increase in youth violence. The group responsible for the biggest increase in violent crime arrests are the persons in the 30–49 age group.

Keywords: 12-fold increase for heroin and cocaine abuse among middle-agers; “binge” drinking among middleagers has increased 30%

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