Excerpt from Juvenile Crime: Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress Second Session, on Finding Some Effective Solutions to Violence by Juveniles and Against Juveniles, Chicago, IL, Novembe
The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 11:12 a.m., in the Ceremonial Courtroom (room 2525), Dirksen Federal Building, Chicago, IL, Hon. Carol Moseley-Braun presiding.
Opening Statement Of Hon. Carol Moseley-Braun, A U.S. Senator From The State Of Illinois
Senator Moseley-Braun. The meeting will come to order.
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am pleased to report I have spoken this morning with Senator Joe Biden, who is the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, at least for the next couple of months, and he has authorized us to go forward with this hearing on "Juvenile Crime: Breaking the Cycles of Violence." This is a Judiciary Committee field hearing for the Juvenile Justice Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate.
I am pleased to call to order this meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice. Today, the subcommittee will address the topic of "Juvenile Crime: Breaking the Cycles of Violence."
By now, none of us is unaware of the skyrocketing rate of juvenile crime and violence, or the lack of legitimate opportunities or alternatives for many of these youth. Day after day in this country, television and newspapers show us one tragedy after another, until we are almost numbed by it. Chicago, in particular, has struggled to understand a number of horrible crimes by and against juveniles, from the hanging death of Joseph Wallace to the shooting death of Shavon Dean by Robert Sandifer, and, of course, his subsequent execution by fellow gang members.
The cumulative impact of these stories and of the riveting series of articles that recently appeared in the Chicago Tribune entitled "Killing Our Children," that series have combined to create a real demand for action by the American people. They want solutions to the problems of youth violence; they want action; and they want it now.
I have received literally hundreds of calls and letters from residents across Illinois who are appalled by the conditions in which so many of our children live.
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