Eventually, you get killed or locked up. Marshall is steering away from trouble in his Washington, D.C., neighborhood, where shootings, drugs, and gangs reign. He wants to sell shoes. I call them 'idiots' and keep going. I make sure I don't do what they did.
Youth arrests for some crimes, such as driving under the influence, fraud, and embezzlement, are up.
And criminologists note the rate of killing by teens is twice as high today as it was 15 years ago. A heavy toll. Theories abound about why crime has fallen for the past seven years. Politicos and cops point to aggressive policing and longer prison sentences. Others cite the booming economy.