The number of juveniles charged with murder in Cleveland and surrounding suburbs spiked in recent years, hitting a four-year high in 2021 and continuing at a rapid pace so far this year, according to court records and prosecutor’s office statistics.
The number of juveniles charged with murder has spiked in recent years, including so far in 2022.CLEVELAND, Ohio—
“What we have is a national phenomenon — and there’s a strong consensus now for the factors — that the rise in juvenile violence has happened because of the social and economic disruptions and ripple effects from the coronavirus pandemic, along with American’s constant relationship with guns,” said Jeffrey Butts, the director of John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Research and Evaluation Center. “Any disruptions tend to result in gun violence.
Butts and Daniel Flannery, the director of Case Western Reserve University’s Begun Center for Violent Prevention Research and Education, said the proliferation of guns among juveniles has contributed to the spike in violence. The boy was already facing attempted murder charges in connection with a June 15, 2021 incident in which he is accused of shooting a 36-year-old man in the buttocks on West 97th Street. He was released on GPS-monitored house arrest while the case was pending, but cut off his ankle bracelet in February and was charged with escape.
Flannery said the rise in violence could be attributed to limited access to social services for children with mental illness or going through trauma, as well as the cancelation of in-person classes and after-school activities during the pandemic. “You hear from kids that they feel like they have a responsibility to respond,” Flannery said. “Somebody throws something out at you then you have to retaliate. That’s the reality.”
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