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Christian Adamkiewicz
"According to data from the National Center of Victims of Crime, more violent crimes were committed against teenagers than against people in any other age group in 2002, the last year for which data is available. In all, nearly 1.7 million teenagers were victims of violent crimes.
But increasingly, teenagers have also been on the giving end.
According to the Uniform Crime Report compiled annually by the FBI, in Hudson County in 2002 - the last year for which statistics are available - 905 juvenile arrests were made for violent crimes, which include murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, simple assault, and arson.
Another 138 arrests were for weapons possession. "
