My main criticism of this report, is the failure of the researchers to confront the major differences between 'Victorian' and 'Modern' legalistic defining of delinquency.

Yes the crime rate among modern youth and victorian period youth is significant.

The reality today is that there are a multitude of laws, regulations and LEO prejudices that criminalize skylarking. What historically has been adolescent behavior..

Today's society criminalizes normal adolescent activities that have been the defining acts of maturing from childhood to adult status.

Today, a juvenile in the system can be arrested for smoking a cigarette, drinking a beer, talking back to an authority figure, talking to another juvenile on the 'disapproved' list, being outside after dark, failing to show up at school, not reporting to their agency worker or probation officer, expressing unpopular opinions, artistically improving their dreary environment.

Juveniles have no Civil Rights.