Shuttering schools during the pandemic inflicted unintended consequences on most children: learning loss, mental health struggles, and missed milestones, among a host of others.
But in some cities, most of which kept schools closed longer than the national average, juvenile crime has increased dramatically.
But some city officials have pointed to school closures as a driving force behind a rise in youth violence.arresting juvenile defendants at an alarming rate. Police said earlier this year that in 2021, more than half of arrests related to the 456 carjackings that took place in Washington, D.C., involved minors.
Police chiefs in Connecticut warned state officials in December 2020 that their officers were encountering more and more teenage offenders as school closures dragged on.
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