House Bill 9021

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9021

        By Representative Merchant






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing the week beginning

  3         March 14, 1999, as "Juvenile Justice Week."

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  5         WHEREAS, the Legislature and the Department of Juvenile

  6  Justice envision a safer Florida where people experience the

  7  benefits of life resulting from the reduced risk of harm

  8  caused by juvenile delinquency, and

  9         WHEREAS, the Legislature and the Department of Juvenile

10  Justice are committed to a balanced approach in addressing

11  juvenile crime, and

12         WHEREAS, stopping the younger juveniles from entering

13  or progressing any further into the juvenile justice system

14  will require special emphasis in the areas of prevention and

15  intervention and the support of the Legislature, law

16  enforcement, other state agencies, businesses, and local

17  communities and organizations, and

18         WHEREAS, within the 10-year time period between 1988

19  and 1998, Florida's 10-to-17-year-old age group increased 21

20  percent, while the volume of cases entering the juvenile

21  justice system increased by 52 percent, and

22         WHEREAS, the projected population growth for the

23  10-to-17-year-old age group is 13 percent over the next 10

24  years, and

25         WHEREAS, the Legislature and the Department of Juvenile

26  Justice are committed to reducing the juvenile crime rate,

27  NOW, THEREFORE,

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

30  Florida:

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9021

    513-186-99






  1         That the Florida House of Representatives hereby

  2  recognizes the week beginning March 14, 1999, as "Juvenile

  3  Justice Week" and urges the support and participation of all

  4  citizens in making a conscious effort to prevent juvenile

  5  crime.

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