City of Baltimore - File #: 06-0165R

• File #: 06-0165R
• Version: 0
• Name: The Youth Commission Comprehensive Summit on Juvenile Homicide in Baltimore City
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/4/2006
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 4/4/2006
• Title: The Youth Commission Comprehensive Summit on Juvenile Homicide in Baltimore City FOR the purpose of calling upon the Baltimore City State's Attorney, the Director of the Department of Juvenile Services, the Baltimore Police Commissioner, the Baltimore Health Commissioner, the Director of the Mayor's Office of Children and Youth, and the Chief of School Police for the Baltimore City Public School System to brief the Commission and the City Council on the current homicide rate among youth, the effect of limited length of life expectation on the behavior of certain youth, and the response of the criminal justice system to youthful offenders; to assess the ability of existing law enforcement, education, mental health, and faith-based programs to address the educational, psychological, and spiritual needs of youth who are involved in antisocial behavior; and to engage the Commission and Baltimore's youth in the formulation of youth-driven policies that would better address the needs of t...
• Sponsors: President Dixon, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, President Young, James B. Kraft, Robert Curran, Edward Reisinger, Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Agnes Welch, Helen L. Holton, Belinda Conaway, Mary Pat Clarke, Paula Johnson Branch
• Indexes: Homicide, Resolution, Youth

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/15/2006	0	Committee of the Whole	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/4/2006	0	City Council	Introduced
4/4/2006	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: President Dixon
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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The Youth Commission Comprehensive Summit on Juvenile Homicide in Baltimore City

FOR the purpose of calling upon the Baltimore City State's Attorney, the Director of the Department of Juvenile Services, the Baltimore Police Commissioner, the Baltimore Health Commissioner, the Director of the Mayor's Office of Children and Youth, and the Chief of School Police for the Baltimore City Public School System to brief the Commission and the City Council on the current homicide rate among youth, the effect of limited length of life expectation on the behavior of certain youth, and the response of the criminal justice system to youthful offenders; to assess the ability of existing law enforcement, education, mental health, and faith-based programs to address the educational, psychological, and spiritual needs of youth who are involved in antisocial behavior; and to engage the Commission and Baltimore's youth in the formulation of youth-driven policies that would better address the needs of their generation and result in a de-escalation of the juvenile homicide rate in Baltimore City.
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The Center for Gun Policy and Research, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, reports that in 2001, there were 607 gun deaths in Maryland - the equivalent of 50 per month. Of the total gun deaths, 363 were homicides, 220 were suicides, 5 were shootings of undetermined inten...