BALTIMORE, MD—A new study by the personal injury law firm Anidjar & Levine claims that Maryland has the ninth-most severe rate of youth aggression in the nation, citing the state’s high juvenile aggravated assault arrest rates.
The research, which analyzed juvenile arrest data from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) between 2016 and 2020, found that Maryland had a five-year average of 114 arrests per 100,000 youths. This figure is 44.3% higher than the national average of 79.
According to the study, Maryland’s juvenile aggravated assault arrest rate peaked at 155 per 100,000 in 2017 before dropping significantly to just 14 in 2020…