Based on research of the last three decades, what would likely ...

[vicotolentino]

Based on research of the last three decades, what would likely occur if there were to be more limited gun availability for juveniles in the future? Would crime rates by juveniles remain the same, or would they decrease?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Which one of the following statistics is inaccurate about life without parole sentences in the U.S.?
 
  A) Forty-two states currently allow life without parole for minors.
  B) There are seventy-three juveniles who have committed crimes when they were thirteen or fourteen and were given life sentences.
  C) Nationally, 59 percent of the juveniles serving life without parole sentences had no prior criminal convictions before being placed in prison for life.
  D) There are currently more than fifteen thousand people who are serving life sentences for crimes committed while minors.

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Answer to Question 1

The crime rate would decrease.
 The juvenile Violent Crime Index arrest rate increased in the mid-2000s, and then declined through 2012 to its lowest level since 1980, which is attributed to more limited gun availability.

Answer to Question 2

D

[vicotolentino]

TYSM

[yeungji]

Excellent