Juvenile delinquency rate keeps rising in China

时间：2007-06-01 01:29:41

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Chinanews, Beijing, May 31 – Over the years, juvenile1 delinquency rate has kept rising in China. Among the total number of people arrested by Chinese procuratorial institutions, the proportion of young people is increasing. Among all types of crimes committed by young people, 90% are related with infringement2 of human rights, infringement of democracy, property offense3 and offense of social public order, the Legal Evening News reported.

 

Apart from the above three trends, an official from the Chinese Supreme4 People's Procuratorate said that juvenile delinquency has showed some new trends. Young criminals are more organized and their crimes involve more violence than before. In addition, the crimes they commit are more like adult crimes. In some cases, the way they commit crimes are very cruel, jeopardizing5 social stability.

 

Statistics show that in 2003, Chinese procuratorial institutions arrested 69,780 juvenile delinquents6, and in 2006, the number had climbed to 92,574.

 

From 2003 to 2006, the number of young criminals arrested by Chinese procuratorial institutions increased by 32.66%. Information shows that in recent years, juvenile delinquency increased far more rapidly than adult crimes.

 
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1 juvenile OkEy2     
n.青少年，少年读物；adj.青少年的，幼稚的
参考例句：
  • For a grown man he acted in a very juvenile manner.身为成年人，他的行为举止显得十分幼稚。
  • Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.青少年犯罪正在以惊人的速度增长。
2 infringement nbvz3     
n.违反；侵权
参考例句：
  • Infringement of this regulation would automatically rule you out of the championship.违背这一规则会被自动取消参加锦标赛的资格。
  • The committee ruled that the US ban constituted an infringement of free trade.委员会裁定美国的禁令对自由贸易构成了侵犯
3 offense HIvxd     
n.犯规，违法行为；冒犯，得罪
参考例句：
  • I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
  • His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。
4 supreme PHqzc     
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
5 jeopardizing 6ec88fcb3085928bbf8588a5c3ba3e65     
危及，损害( jeopardize的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • Plans may also become inefficient in the attainment of objectives by jeopardizing group satisfactions. 用危及群体利益方法去达到目标的计划，也是无效率的。
  • That boosted government revenues in the short term, but is now jeopardizing them. Morales将天然气工业，电信业和部分采矿业收归国有的举措吓跑了投资者们。
6 delinquents 03c7fc31eb1c2f3334b049f2f2139264     
n.（尤指青少年）有过失的人，违法的人( delinquent的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The robbery was committed by a group of delinquents. 那起抢劫案是一群青少年干的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • There is today general agreement that juvenile delinquents are less responsible than older offenders. 目前人们普遍认为青少年罪犯比成人罪犯的责任小些。 来自辞典例句

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