There are many factors in childhood that may lead youth to crime at an early age. Poverty, family unsteadiness, violence, and child abuse are some of the factors that contribute to juvenile crime. There are several reasons why juvenile crime has been on the rise as well. The most important ones are lack of education, the increased use and availability of firearms, and the availability of drugs. However, some believe that there are many solutions to decreasing juvenile crime such as a strong economy, changing demographics, changes in the market for illegal drugs and the use of firearms, expanded imprisonment, policing innovations, and a growing cultural intolerance for violent behavior. Regardless of sides, it is clear that previous increases as well as recent decreases in violent crime are unreasonably generated by the nation's youth.
             Juvenile crime has decreased dramatically since the 1980s. Yet, fewer juveniles were arrested in 1999 than at any time in the last twenty years. The arrest rate for juveniles in 1999 was below its peak in 1994. The arrest rate for murder among juveniles decreased a remarkable the lowest since the 1960s (Flores, 2003). In addition, the proportion of violent crimes cleared by juvenile arrests grew from about 9% in the late 1980s to 14% in 1994 and then declined to 12% in 2001. In the period since 1980, the proportion of murders cleared by juvenile arrests peaked in 1994 at 10% then dropped to 5% in 2001-the lowest level since 1987 but still above the levels of the mid-1980s. The juvenile proportion of cleared forcible rapes peaked in 1995 (15%) and then fell, with the 2001 proportion (12%) still above the levels of the late 1980s (9%). The juvenile proportion of robbery clearances also peaked in 1995 (20%); it fell substantially by 2001 (14%) but was still above the levels of the late 1980s (10%). The juvenile proportion of aggravated assault clearances in 2001 (12%) was slightly below its peak in 1994 (...