Our guest today is Vincent Schiraldi, the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services. Last week, the department released a report on juvenile crime. While the percentage of crimes committed by young people is drastically lower than crimes committed by adults, Maryland has seen an increase in juvenile crime over the last two years, although levels are down sharply over the last ten years.
The most concerning finding in this report is the increase in violent crime committed by juveniles and the number of juvenile crime victims.
Joe Andrucyk
