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juvenile murderers  

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  • In the early 1990s, murders committed by youth under 18 years of age were at near epidemic proportions. The numbers of juveniles arrested for murder and their percentage representation among homicide arrestees continuously increased from 1984 through 1993. [Source: Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime; Juvenile Killers]

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