COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Violent juvenile crime is rising, according to data from the state and the Greene County chief juvenile officer Bill Prince. The ABC 17 News team took a look at the data following a Wednesday night shooting in Columbia.
Data from the Robert L. Perry Juvenile Justice Center shows that the number of juveniles admitted is lower in 2024 than it was in 2023. Here’s a breakdown of people in the center during a five-year period of available data:
- 2024: 143
- 2023: 161
- 2022: 112
- 2021: 114
- 2020: 112
The 2024 data is the newest, with 2025 data expected to come out this year…