Discuss the recent study conducted by the European Crime Prevention Network (ECPN) regarding trends in juvenile violence in European Union countries. The authors indicate a problem with data collection on an international level; explain why you believe this to be the case

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Answer 1

• Delinquency data were available from police statistics from the mid-1980s to the early-2000s. Three main findings emerged from the Pfeiffer study:
• Juvenile violence, especially robbery and offenses involving serious bodily harm, increased substantially over this period of time in almost all of the countries.
• Total juvenile crime, which includes burglary, motor vehicle theft, larceny, and vandalism, increased very little over this period of time, with some countries showing no increase or an actual decrease.
• Crimes of violence committed by young adults (18 to 20) or by adults in general have increased far less rapidly since the mid-1980s than have those committed by juveniles, and in some countries they have not increased at all.
• The main finding to emerge from the ECPN study was that the upward trend in juvenile violence in Europe has continued into the early 2000s.
• This increase in teen violence is evident in both the absolute rate of offending and the proportion of total offenses committed.
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