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About one third of victims of violent crime are in the teenage years. After car accidents the leading cause of death for the 12 to 19 year olds is homicide. More than 1500 young children and teenagers are murdered each year.These teenagers are not always the victims they are sometimes the one that commits the crimes. In fact, most of the violent crimes are committed by someone that is under the age of 25.There were 15% of arrests that were made by people within the 18 years old and under range. There were also 1100 homicides committed by children or teenagers that are under the age of 18.

There is an obsession among news programs and politicians concerning the crime rate among teenagers. There is often daily reports on the statistics of teenage crime rates. It is often reported that the rates have changed dramatically in the teen age group. Some crime statistics have showed that in actuality that the teens of today are not committing as many crimes as teenagers of decades ago did. There are certain crimes that these statistics show teenagers as being less likely to commit but the statistics from the FBI show that there is a rise in crime rates in certain areas among teenagers.

The statistics do however show that crimes that are violent or non-violent are still being committed among teenagers. The adolescents brain is still in the process of being developed causing them to make poor choices at times.This is where the parent needs to step in and make proactive choices when parenting the teenager.