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House Bill 9045




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HR 9045

        By Representatives Bainter and Betancourt






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution designating the week of March

  3         24-28, 1997, as Juvenile Justice Week.

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  5         WHEREAS, the mission of the Department of Juvenile

  6  Justice is to provide a full range of programs and services to

  7  prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency, and

  8         WHEREAS, the Department of Juvenile Justice has made

  9  great strides in promoting local government and community

10  involvement by creating partnerships focused on delivering

11  programs and services specific to district needs involving

12  thousands of local leaders and citizens and approximately

13  21,600 volunteer hours in the last year, and

14         WHEREAS, the Department of Juvenile Justice envisions a

15  safer Florida where people experience the benefits of life

16  resulting from the reduced risk of harm caused by juvenile

17  delinquency, and

18         WHEREAS, within the 10-year time period between 1986

19  and 1996, Florida's 10-year-old to 17-year-old age group

20  increased 14 percent while the volume of cases entering the

21  juvenile justice system increased by 95 percent, and

22         WHEREAS, the number of juveniles being referred to the

23  department is increasing steadily and youth are beginning to

24  be involved in criminal activity at an earlier age, and

25         WHEREAS, the projected population growth for the

26  10-year-old to 17-year-old age group is 21 percent over the

27  next 10 years with a proportionate number of youth coming into

28  the juvenile justice system, and

29         WHEREAS, the projected number of delinquency cases

30  expected to be received by the department is expected to reach

31  nearly 250,000 by the year 2005, and

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  1         WHEREAS, stopping the younger juveniles from entering

  2  or progressing any further into the juvenile justice system

  3  will require special emphasis in the areas of prevention and

  4  intervention and the support of the Legislature, law

  5  enforcement, other state agencies, businesses, local

  6  communities, and organizations, NOW, THEREFORE,

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  8  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  9  Florida:

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11         That the House of Representatives hereby recognizes the

12  week of March 24-28, 1997, as Juvenile Justice Week and urges

13  the support and participation of all citizens in making a

14  conscious effort to prevent juvenile crime.

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