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According to a recent study completed by researchers in the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, the American teenager is more at risk for being arrested than at any time in our nation’s history.  While the survey itself is not exactly guaranteed, up to 41 percent of Americans will be arrested by age 23.  Those numbers deal with all police interactions that aren’t minor traffic infractions.  Are teenagers just born criminal masterminds, or are the higher numbers related to increased police aggressiveness?  Is it a combination of both?

“An arrest usually happens in context.  There are usually other things going on in a kid’s life,” said study author Robert Brame, professor of criminal justice and criminology.  “Pediatricians should be aware that these arrests are a high prevalence occurrence.  A report of an arrest could be a gateway to a broader conversation about what’s going on.”

The survey was conducted with 7000 youths between 1997 and 2008.  While not all of the young people remained in the study for the full 11 years, the researchers concluded that 25 and 41 percent of respondents reported one arrest by 23; 16 to 27 percent of participants were arrested by age 18.  The study will appear in this month’s issue of the medical journal Pediatrics.

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