Brizzi Brief

A Message from Carl Brizzi

Dear Marion County Resident:

I believe voters deserve to know what candidates will do if elected to office. For that reason, I have put my goals and intentions on paper.

I am running for Marion County Prosecutor because I care about our community and I want to do everything I can to ensure safety, not just for my family, but for all of us. I have lived in Indianapolis most of my life, and my wife Melanie and I are raising our four children here.

I worked for Prosecutor Scott Newman as a deputy in the Grand Jury Division and as Chief of Gang Prosecutions. Most of what I learned about being a prosecutor I learned from Prosecutor Newman, and I am honored to have played a part in helping to reduce crime in Marion County.

My vision for the Marion County Prosecutor's Office is based on three fundamental principles: Prosecutor, Protection and Prevention.

Tough, but fair, prosecutor is job 1. My primary responsibility as Marion County Prosecutor will be to put violent criminals in jail, where they can no longer endanger our society. What good is opportunity or economic prosperity if we can't feel safe in our own homes or walking down the street at night?

Criminals have a choice, victims don't.

As Prosecutor, I will target habitual violent criminals, gun-toting felons and drug dealers who threaten our freedom and destroy people's lives. It will be my mission to prosecute deserving offenders aggressively and without apology.

To ensure our community's continued safety, Marion County needs a tough and passionate leader as Prosecutor. I believe I am the most capable and experienced candidate for the job.

Sincerely,

Carl J. Brizzi

PROSECUTION

COMBATING THE NEXT DRUG CRISIS: METHAMPHETAMINE

As a former deputy prosecutor, I am proud of the part I played in helping to make Marion County a safer place in which to live. The next prosecutor must know our community faces a very real and alarming threat from a drug every bit as dangerous as crack cocaine. The drug is methamphetamine. It has various street names such as "crank," "crystal" and "ice." Similar to crack, Meth is a stimulant, which is several times more portent than crack cocaine. Meth causes its users to have sleepless binges, and a connection exists between high intensity meth use and violence.

Meth users are intensely paranoid, and may experience hallucinations. During meth binges, users reach their greatest capacity for violence. In other cities where meth use is spiraling out of control, there have been increased crime rates in the form of burglaries, thefts, domestic violence and even murder. The threat methamphetamine presents is very real--and it is coming to Marion County.

The Facts:

The number of methamphetamine labs discovered by the Indiana State Police has doubled every year since 1994, with the exception of 1999, when they more than tripled. (1)
Methamphetamine labs are very dangerous because of the highly volatile chemicals used during met production. These labs regularly blow up, and people are often killed.
Methamphetamine use among high school seniors more than doubled between 1990 and 1996. (2)
The average methamphetamine "cook" teaches 10 others how to make meth annually. (3)
Every pound of methamphetamine produced leaves behind five to six pounds of toxic waste. (4)
Methamphetamine accounts for up to 90 percent of all drug cases in many Midwest communities. (5)
Meth use increases the risk of child abuse, neglect and domestic violence. (6)
Marion County first began to discover methamphetamine labs in 2001. (7)

The Brizzi Objective:
As Marion County Prosecutor, I will lead the fight against the drug methamphetamine. This is a serious threat and I will work tirelessly to ensure Marion County does not experience the nightmarish rise in crime other cities have experienced with methamphetamine use has gone unchecked.

The Brizzi Action Plan:

Meeting Meth Head-On

I was in the Marion County Prosecutor's Office in the mid-90's when the crack cocaine epidemic hit our county. Marion County experienced frightening increases in murder and other crimes because of the spread of crack cocaine. However, over the last seven years, crack cocaine use has been cut by almost half. Crack cocaine use did not decline by accident. It declined because of stepped-up enforcement and good, hard-nosed prosecution.

Like crack cocaine in the '90s, meth and the violence associated with it, is headed for Marion County. We must prepare now by taking pro-active steps to stop it, so that we are ready to combat this new and violent breed of drug dealers and users. As Prosecutor, I will call for:

More police officers trained in Meth lab detection and cleanup.
Tougher plea standards that guarantee prison sentenced.
Enlisting pharmacy workers to help alert the police when the chemicals used to manufacture Meth are purchased.
More prosecutors to handle these cases and ensure strict and just prosecution of ruthless and violent drug offenders.
Charging those who expose children to meth or met labs with child abuse.

When elected Prosecutor, I will prosecute these drug dealers without apology, and we will attack methamphetamine just as we attacked crack cocaine.

"As Prosecutor, I will prosecute these drug dealers without apology and we will attack methamphetamine just as we attacked crack cocaine," --Carl Brizzi

TARGETING GUN VIOLENCE

The use of guns in violent crimes will not be tolerated in Marion County. Our families should not have to live in fear due to the heartless acts of gun-toting felons. We must continue to use very resource at our disposal to drive a wedge between these criminals and the guns they use to destroy lives.

The Facts:

Our nation spent $407 million in 1995 on medical care for youth ages 10 to 19 who were victims or the criminal use of firearms. (9)
Gun crime related deaths are the leading cause of premature death and disability in the nation, second only to cars as a cause of fatal injury. (10)
In 2000, criminals possessing a firearm committed approximately 66 percent of all murders, 41 percent of all robberies and 18 percent of all aggravated assaults that were reported to police. (11)
According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, there were 533,470 serious violent crime victims (which include rape and sexual assault, robbery and aggravated assault) who stated that they faced an offender with a firearm in 2000. (12)

The Brizzi Objective:
I will lead the fight against the criminal use of guns. I plan to send a strong message to criminals that if they use a weapon when they commit a crime, or if they carry a weapon after being convicted of a felony, they will serve hard time.

The Brizzi Action Plan:

Operation Bulls-Eye

As Prosecutor, I plan to implement a highly aggressive approach to combating gun violence. This program will call for prosecutors specializing in gun prosecutions to handle gun-related crimes, and it will take maximum advantage of an existing state law that prohibits anyone convicted of a violent felony, or of a crime involving drug dealing, from possessing a firearm.

Operation Bulls-Eye is designed to drive a wedge between violent felons and the guns they use to prey upon the innocent residents of Marion County. As Prosecutor, I will propose legislation that calls for mandatory minimum prison sentences for serious violent felons found possessing a firearm. Whether it is a handgun or a rifle; on their person or in their home; any serious violent felon found in possession of a firearm will receive mandatory minimum prison sentence.

Operation Bulls-Eye will proactively target gun crimes by appointing prosecutors who are specially trained in gun crime prosecution. These gun prosecutors will:

Strictly adhere to fair, but strong, plea agreements.
Target the use of guns in domestic violence cases.
Assist joint federal-state law enforcement training on effective investigations of gun-related offenses.
Perform targeted enforcement efforts, investigations and prosecutions of gun crimes in those police beats having the highest concentration of gun-related crime.

The success of Operation Bulls-Eye depends on prosecuting armed violent criminals aggressively and effectively. Law enforcement officers must work together as a team to ensure the removal of these violent felons from our streets. I will make certain that our law enforcement officers have the best training available so they can most effectively execute their job of keeping violent criminals from harming law-abiding citizens.

"I plan to send a strong message to criminals that if they use a weapon when they commit a crime, or if they carry a weapon after being convicted of a felony, they will serve hard time." --Carl Brizzi

ROOTING OUT GANG VIOLENCE

As a former Chief of Gang Prosecutions, U have seen first-hand the tragic aftermath of gang violence. The fight against gang crime is not an easy one because it is difficult to secure witnesses willing to testify against game members due to the gang "code of silence." We will break through this barrier by using "vertical prosecution"--a type of prosecution that teams the same prosecutors and law enforcement officers from beginning to end to increase quality and consistency throughout the investigation, often resulting in stronger cases and higher conviction rates.

The Facts:

There were more than 772,500 estimated active gang members in the United States in 2000. (13)
Ninety-one percent of cities with a population of more than 250,000 reported at least one gang-related homicide. (14)
In 2000, it is reported that 94 percent of gang members were male and 6 percent were female. (15)
It is estimated that more than 24,500 gangs were active in the United States in 2000. (16)

The Brizzi Objective
I will work with law enforcement officers to take violent criminals off our streets by involving prosecutors in the early stages of gang crime investigations. Experienced prosecutors will be teamed with detectives on each case. No only will there be a thorough police investigation, but there will also be a prosecutor available every step of the way to ensure that the arrests of criminal gang members result in convictions.

The Brizzi Action Plan

Targeting Gang Violence

I will continue to assign a full-time deputy prosecutor to work hand-in-glove with police and sheriff's deputies during the course of the initial investigation. This kind of "vertical prosecution" is highly successful because it helps build strong cases that are handled by one prosecutor and detective throughout the case. Vertical prosecution is especially useful in gang investigations where witnesses are reluctant to testify, and the cases require early and consistent involvement in the investigation.

Having led grand jury investigations, I know what a powerful took the grand jury can be to compel reluctant witnesses involved in gang activity to testify. I will continue involving he Marion County Prosecutor's Office with the Indianapolis Violence Reduction Partnership (IVRP), which focuses on spreading public awareness aimed at those who are most at-risk of committing acts of violence in the community. This effort will help spread the message to gang members that we know their identity, we are watching them, and we are fed up with violent gang crime.

We will use every tool at our disposal to attack gang crime by taking full advantage of forfeiture laws to pursue criminals. Forfeiture laws allow police and the Prosecutor's Office to forfeit the property of criminals used in the commission of a crime or property purchased with crime money. The funds acquired from this property are funneled into a fund for law enforcement agencies. Essentially this means that we will turn cars used by drug dealers, and the property purchased with drug money, into funds to combat crime in our city.

"As a former Chief of Gang Prosecutions, I have seen first-hand the tragic after math of gang violence."--Carl Brizzi

BATTLLING TERRORISM

The terrible events of September 11, 2001, will forever be remembered in the hearts and minds of Americans. To ensure our safety, relevant investigative intelligence must be shared among local, stat and federal law enforcement agencies. It is further essential that law enforcement agencies are not preoccupied with false terrorist threats, which can prevent them from focusing on genuine safety concerns.

The Facts:

The United States government keeps a cache of antibiotics and other medial supplies that can arrive in an area in which an outbreak has occurred within 12 hours or less. (17)
The Indianapolis Water Company tests the water supply at least 400 times per day. (18)
"There is no silver bullet, no single event or action that is going to suddenly make the threat of terrorism disappear."--George W. Bush (19)

The Brizzi Objective:
I believe vigilance and justice are necessary in order to prevent terrorism. I will be vigilant by promoting intelligence sharing between local and federal officials in their efforts to prevent terrorist attacks. I will also be vigilant by supporting strict prosecution of those participating in false terrorist threats and hoaxes. And, I will be just by seeking nothing less than the fair and unbiased application of the law.

The Brizzi Action Plan:
I applaud the recent passage of the 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act by the Indiana General Assembly--Public Law 156-2001--which greatly expands the ability of prosecutors to charge and prosecute crimes of terrorism, including biological and chemical threats. As Prosecutor, I will strictly enforce and prosecute anyone who violates these new laws.

I realize that the chance of having a major terrorist attack in Marion County may be unlikely, but we must be prepared regardless; constant vigilance is our only protection. In order for local and federal officials to be ready to handle this real threat, they must not be preoccupied by false terrorist threats. I will put a stop to these cowardly acts by calling for tougher penalties for those issuing or partaking in false terrorist threats, and I will advocate tougher penalties for those found with fake ID's, and for those who provide them.

In order to be better prepared for terrorist threats, relevant information regarding terrorist activities must be freely exchanged between all levels of government. "Territory" disputes should never come before the number one goal of law enforcement--the safety of our citizens.

I realize that a careful balance must be made between the need for law enforcement to investigate terrorist threats, and the bedrock commitment our government must always maintain to civil liberties and due process of law. Even so, those who interfere with the goal of a safer Marion County will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

"To ensure our safety, relevant investigative intelligence must be shared among local, state and federal law enforcement agencies."--Carl Brizzi

ENSURING JUST PUNISHMENT

The Marion County Prosecutor's Office handles an extremely high volume of cases. Considering the high volume of cases the office must handle, prosecutors must maintain a balanced plea process that is both efficient and that consistently ensures justice. I will never allow a victim of a violent crime to become just another case number. As Prosecutor, my office will follow plea policy guidelines that establish standards that are consistent, fair and above all, just.

The Brizzi Objective:
The Decision to commit a crime is ultimately a choice. Should a person choose to commit a crime, he deserves to be punished. I will uphold strict plea guidelines because I believe in protecting and restoring dignity to innocent victims and justly punishing law-breaking criminals so they cannot harm others.

The Brizzi Action Plan:

Upholding Fair, Strong Plea Agreements

In a major metropolitan area like Marion County, where thousands of crimes are prosecuted every year, plea guidelines are extremely important because the insure consistent, fair and just results. Plea guidelines are particularly important for misdemeanor and D felony courts where dozens of criminal cases are filed each week. These guidelines ensure that prosecutors do not "dumb down" standards of punishment and accountability just to keep cases moving.

The idea of progressively tougher plea policies for progressively more dangerous defendants is simply common sense. These guidelines set forth standards that send a clear message that the more serious the crime, the progressively tougher the sentence. If a defendant does not accept the offered plea agreement then he can take his case to trial. If I believe justice cannot be had with a plea, a plea agreement will not be offered for the sole purpose of avoiding trial.

Plea guidelines are important because I believe that if you commit a serious crime, you should serve serious time. Plea guidelines have brought consistency, fairness and most importantly, justice to the process of plea agreement sin Marion County. As Prosecutor, I will continue these just guidelines to ensure that victims are protected and criminals serve just sentences for their callous acts and crimes.

"The decision to commit a crime is ultimately a choice. Should a person choose to commit a crime, he or she invariably deserves to be punished for it."--Carl Brizzi

COMBATING PUBLIC CORRUPTION

Public corruption erodes the trust and confidence of citizens. It undercuts the fabric of a democratic society and cheapens the commitment of honest public officials.

The Brizzi Objective:
When it comes to prosecuting p-public corruption in a Brizzi administration, there will be no Republicans and no Democrats. Public officials, whether elected or appointed, whether they sit in a corner office or in a cubicle, will all be expected to demonstrate a high level of personal integrity.

The Brizzi Action Plan:
Indianapolis is the state capital, and because of this, every one of our city's public officials should act as an exemplary role model for the entire state. The Marion County Prosecutor plays a key role in ferreting our corruption and impropriety in the public offices of not only Indianapolis and Marion County, but also the State of Indiana.

I believe that our public servants should be held to the highest degree of integrity. A valuable tool that will be used to prevent and prosecute public corruption when I am elected to office is the Marion County Grand Jury. There, a staff of detectives under my direction will conduct investigations into public corruption.

In the last eight years, Scott Newman has had to prosecute dozens of public officials at both the state and local levels of government. Among the most difficult cases were those involving officers of the law. Men and women throughout Marion County proudly wear the badge of the Indianapolis Police Department, the Sheriff's Department, State Police and other law enforcement agencies. To honor their service, their commitment and the trust they need to do their jobs, we must keep our sworn officers at the highest level of integrity. Uniformed personnel are human, and they, too, make mistakes. Nevertheless, of law enforcement personnel are involved in the commission of a crime, I will make certain that they are prosecuted fully and firmly.

"When it comes to prosecuting public corruption in a Brizzi administration, there will be no Republicans and no Democrats."--Carl Brizzi

PROTECTION

KEEPING OUR CHILDREN SAFE

Being a prosecutor is not just about prosecuting criminals. It is also about protecting the innocent, especially those who are least able to protect themselves: our children. As parents and as a community, protecting our children from sexual predators should be one of our highest priorities.

Unfortunately, the job of protecting our children is becoming increasingly difficult because they face unprecedented risks. We must do everything in our power to protect our children from being physically or emotionally harmed.

The Facts:

One in every five children is solicited for sex over the Internet. (20)
An estimated 10 million kids are online today nationwide. By the year 2002, this figure is expected to increase to 45 million, and by 2005, to 77 million (21)
75 percent of children are willing to share personal information online about themselves and their family in exchange for goods and services. (22)
Only 25 percent of children who encountered a sexual approach or solicitation told a parent. (23)
77 percent of the targets for online predators were age 14 or older. Another 22 percent were users ages 10 to 13. (24)

The Brizzi Objective:
As Prosecutor, I will send a clear message that our children are off limits. We will not surrender one child. I do not intend to wait for any of our children to become victims before acting. Criminals who threaten the safety and lives of our children will be sent to prison for the longest time possible.

The Brizzi Action Plan:

Protecting our Children on the Internet

As more and more families gain access to the Internet, it is imperative that we ensure their safety from sexual predators who solicit children for sex on-line.

Recently, I proposed legislation, alongside Representative Jim Atterholt, that makes it easier for law enforcement to perform sting operations against sex offenders soliciting children on the Internet. Under Indiana law, if a would-be sex offender propositions an undercover police officer over the Internet, we cannot prosecute that person for child solicitation even though the sex offender believes the officer is a child. The new legislation, which recently passed, takes into account the intent and belief of the sex offender and allows law enforcement to conduct sting operations to catch and apprehend on-line pedophiles. As Prosecutor, I will work to make effective use of this new law.

Toughening Zachary's Law

I believe our community has the right to know if a convicted child molester moves in next door. We teach our children that our neighbors are our allies and people to whom they can turn in times of trouble. However, if the neighbor is a pedophile, the message is different.

I believe that an informed community is a safe community. I want to increase the scope of Zachary's Law to require law enforcement to notify the community when a released sex offender moves into the neighborhood. Under the current law, when a convicted child molester is released from prison, he has to register on the Internet. Currently, the Internet database is very difficult to use and does not provide for affirmative community notification.

"As Prosecutor, I will send a clear message that our children are off-limits,"--Carl Brizzi

COMBATING AND PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Domestic Violence touches many families as it transcends educational, social, economic, ethnic and religious lines. Victims' lives are shadowed by the impending threat of their batterer, and by past scars and humiliation. As Prosecutor, I will promote programs that help remove this shadow and restore order and security in victims' lives.

The Facts:

Domestic violence is the leading cause of serious injury to women. It is more common than rape, muggings and car crashes combined. (25)
Nearly half of all incidents of domestic violence against women are not reported. (26)
An act of adult domestic violence occurs every 15 seconds, more frequently than any other crime. (27)
20 percent of all emergency room visits by women are the result of domestic violence and 75 percent of these women will have additional injuries requiring treatment within a year. (28)
Of all female victims of homicide in the United States, 30 percent were killed by their husbands or boyfriends. (29)

The Brizzi Objective:
As Prosecutor, I will take pro-active steps to protect victims of domestic violence.e I will contribute to the community's efforts to end domestic violence by aggressively and consistently prosecuting domestic batterers and demanding respect for the victims.

The Brizzi Action Plan:

Aggressive and Consistent Prosecution of Domestic Abusers

As Prosecutor, I intend to send the message that domestic violence is unacceptable. I will accomplish this by aggressively and consistently prosecuting domestic abusers. I will make certain that the community acknowledges that this is not a private family problem, by actively responding to domestic violence cases, and allocating resources to expand our community's awareness and concern.

aggressive and Consistent Prosecution:

Aggressive and consistent prosecution helps shift the burden of ending the violence from victims to the community.
Domestic violence is more than a family matter. Requiring batterers to face prosecution for their criminal acts forces them to be accountable to the community, not just to their partners or families.
Aggressive and consistent prosecution leads batterers to the realization that their attempts to pressure or force their victims to drop charges or testify in their favor are fruitless.
As Prosecutor, I will assist medial professionals with training in domestic violence detection, documentation and reporting.
By aggressively and consistently prosecuting domestic abusers, I will help restore the power and respect that the victim lost as a result of the battering.

Respect for the Victims:

Battered victims face problems that are different from those of other crime victims. Prosecutors dealing with these cases must use special skills to ensure an effective approach that guarantees early contact with the victim. Prosecutors must also provide victims with information about the criminal court process and their role as a witness, thereby involving them in the case decision-making process. These actions can break the isolation the victim feels by communicating to them that the prosecutor can help end the violence in their live.
Prosecutors will aid victims in obtaining and strictly enforcing "no contact" orders when victims want them.
Prosecutors must persist in proving their case by using evidence other than the victim's testimony when they decide it is in their best interests not to participate in the prosecution.

Carl Brizzi's Policies and Practices for Domestic Violence Cases:

Encourage victim/witness support and information services, whether provided by an outside agency or within the Prosecutor's Office or police department.
Ensure prosecution by experienced and specialized staff, who will handle cases from beginning to end.
Aid police training in latest investigative techniques so cases can be proven without the victim's testimony when necessary.
Promote pro-arrest laws.
Develop protocol that requires police to call an outreach worker from a battered women's program, or make some other referral to services for the victim immediately after arrest.
Aid police training in investigative and report-writing techniques to streamline evidence collection and make convictions more probable even when the victim is unavailable to testify.
Promote sentencing options that include effective educational programming for the batters, probation with conditions such as alcohol treatment, and protective conditions.
Promote legislation that enhances penalties for repeal domestic violence offenders, including jail time.

PROTECTING OUR SENIORS

Our nation's population is aging, and we need to be prepared to better protect this growing segment. Our seniors are being preyed upon in the following ways nationwide:

Physical Abuse. Use of physical force that results in bodily injury, physical pain or impairment. This category comprised 14.6 percent of all elder abuse in 1996. (30)
Sexual Abuse. Non-consensual sexual contact of any kind with an elderly person. This category comprised .3 percent of all elder abuse in 1996. (31)
Emotional Abuse. Infliction of anguish, pain or distress through verbal or non-verbal acts. This category comprised 7.7 percent of all elder abuse in 1996. (32)
Financial/Material Exploitation. Illegal or improper use of an elder's funds, property or assets. This category comprised 12.3 percent of all elder abuse in 1996. (33)
Neglect. Refusal, or failure, to fulfill any part of a person's obligations or duties to an elderly person. This category comprised 55 percent or all elder abuse in 1996. (34)
Abandonment. Desertion of an elderly person by an individual who has physical custody of the elder or by a person who has assumed responsibility for providing care to the elder. (35)
Self-Neglect. Behaviors of an elderly person that threaten the elder's health or safety. This category was not included as a percentage. However, in 1996 estimates were that 1.15 million elder abuse victims fell into this category, while that number of elders that fell into the other six categories in 1996 was 1.1 million. (36)

The Facts:

Only one in five cases of elder abuse is reported. Under-reporting reflects the social isolation unique to our elderly population (one-quarter of the elderly population lives alone) as well as the shroud of family secrecy often surrounding such abuse. (38)
Adult children are the most frequent abusers of the elderly comprising 37 percent of all abusers in 1996. Other family members constitute approximately 11 percent of abusers, while spouses account for 13 percent. Incredibly, 61 percent of all abusers fall into one of these three categories. (39)
Reports of elder abuse rose 150 percent between 1986 and 1996. (40)
Most crimes against the elderly occur in or near their homes in daylight hours and the crime most often perpetrated is simple assault. (41)
92 percent of crimes perpetrated against the elderly are property crimes. (42)
The median age of elder abuse victims in 1996 was 77.9 years. Reports show that 52-60 percent of victims are over 80 years old. This category is disproportionately subject to physical abuse and financial exploitation. A breakdown by age of these three areas of vulnerability for seniors in 1996 is as follows:

Age	Over 80	75-79	70-74	65-69	60-64
Neglect	52%	16%	24%	6%	2%
Physical Abuse	44%	23%	18%	10%	5%
Financial Abuse	48%	29%	11%	9%	3%

(43)

The Brizzi Objective:
I will seek out and prosecute criminals who prey upon Marion County's seniors. My message is two-fold:

Predators beware--you will be caught and punished, and
Seniors and your loved ones--you have an advocate in the Prosecutor's Office.

The Brizzi Action Plan:

Senior Advocate Prosecuting Attorney

Marion County's seniors need a Prosecutor who understands the risks senior face and understands how to put their predators behind bars. I will appoint an experienced prosecutor to the position of "Senior Advocate." The Senior Advocate will prosecute cases of elder abuse and fraud, work with police on the investigation of elder crime cases and coordinate with other government agencies and community groups to prevent crimes against the elderly.

The mission of the Senior Advocate will be to ensure that crime does not detract from an elder's quality of care or life within Marion County. Focus areas of the Senior Advocate are: Education, Legislation and Prosecution.

Education:
The Senior Advocate will:

Educate seniors and seniors' caretakers in means to identify, prevent and report crimes committed against seniors.
Develop a program to educate the police and public about crimes against the elderly.
Train police officers to handle elder abuse cases like domestic abuse cases. Officers will videotape or take photographs to better document cases. This will help ensure successful prosecution when a victim may have passed away or may be too ill to testify at the trial of their abuser.
Target this education plan to neighborhood watch groups who are concerned about the elderly residents in their communities. Active and educated neighborhood watch groups can prevent con artists who prey on the elderly from invading their neighborhoods.
Education ombudsmen to make them aware of the law and provide them with reference numbers that they can call with information concerning crimes committed against individuals within their facilities.
Assist in special police training that ensures sensitivity and effectiveness in dealing with this special category of victims.

Legislation:

I will support legislation that ensures no one convicted of a crime of dishonesty or violence will work at a facility entrusted with caring for our elderly.
I will support legislation that adds a hearsay exception to the rules of evidence involving the unavailability of those seniors who have health issues that prevent them from appearing in court.
As Prosecutor I plan to take progressive and proactive steps to minimize abuse of elders by proposing legislation that enhances the penalties for crimes committed against seniors.

Prosecution:

The Senior Advocate will be the focal point and gatekeeper for all crimes against the elderly. Working with Adult Protective Services, statistical information concerning the elderly in Marion County will be gathered to identify high crime areas for the elderly. Once identified, the Senior Advocate will coordinate efforts of the community prosecutor program with Adult Protective Services, the Attorney General's office, and local law enforcement agencies to rid those communities of crime by identifying suspects, thoroughly investigating crimes and aggressively prosecuting the perpetrators.
My goal is to send a clear message that senior citizens deserve the respect and commitment of the law enforcement community. The Senior Advocate will ensure that both the police and public understand that the prosecution of perpetrators of crimes against the elderly is a high priority.
With the assistance of the Senior Advocate, I will make sure patients and their families can take comfort in knowing that workers caring for their loved ones are not convicted criminals.

The Senior Service Unit

I have proposed the formation of a Marion County Senior Service Unit. Comprised of specially trained seniors living in our community, the Senior Service Unit will be the eyes and ears of Adult Protective Services. Actively looking for signs of criminal abuse and exploitation of our elderly citizens, this volunteer service unit will help leverage our limited criminal justice resources and promote the reporting of crimes against the elderly.

"My message is two-fold: Predators beware--you will be caught and punished; and seniors and your loved ones--you have an advocate in the Prosecutor's Office."--Carl Brizzi

REDUCING JUVENILE CRIME AND ENSURING SCHOOL SAFETY

Although juvenile crime is decreasing in Marion County and in Indiana as a whole, violent juvenile crime remains a problem in Marion County. Juvenile crime not only make sour homes and communities unsafe, but also affects our children's ability to learn in school.

The Facts:

Nationally, 49.8 percent of male juvenile offenders tested positive for illegal narcotics. (44)
Approximately 6 percent of all juvenile offenders nationwide are responsible for up to 63 percent of violent juvenile crime. (45)
In 1996 nationally, 10 percent of all public school reported at least one serious violent crime to the police or a law enforcement representative. (46)
Elementary schools were must less likely than either middle or high schools to report any type of crime in 1997-1997 in the United States. (47)

The Brizzi Objective:
Juvenile crime is the result of complex social and economic problems in our community, and tough law enforcement is only part of the answer to this difficult problem. My plan is not only to emphasize tough penalties for violent juvenile lawbreakers, but also to break the cycle of violence in these children's lives.

The Juvenile Repeat Offender Unit

I believe that the most effective way to attack the violent juvenile crime explosion is with innovative and rigorous preventive techniques. I will create a Juvenile Repeat Offender Unit that devotes the full-time attention of two deputy prosecutors to work violent juvenile offenders. The city of Jacksonville, Fla., enacted a similar program for combating violent juvenile crime that provides a balance between early prevention, intervention programs and aggressive violent offender prosecution. Violent juvenile crime was reduced in Jacksonville by 30 percent. (48)

The Juvenile Repeat Offender Unit will promote the use of volunteers to act as mentors and tutors for children. Children should be taught to stay away from guns and to alert adults if they see one. Victims of crimes may be encouraged to speak to students. These victims will tell real life stories about their family members and friends whom they have lost due to guns, gangs and violence. I am confident that these presentations will leave a lasting impression on the children who hear them.
The Juvenile Repeat Offender Unit, with the assistance of a mental health counselor, will refer juveniles to appropriate services depending on their offense. Special emphasis will be placed on restorative justice techniques, which, according to the Hudson Institute, significantly reduces second offenses. Weapons offenders will take a trip to the emergency room to witness, first-hand, the victims of violence. First-time offenders will pay restitution, receive counseling and perform community service.
I believe that in order for violent juvenile offenders to be successful upon release, they must attend school while incarcerated. The Juvenile Repeat Offender Unit will promote the use of volunteer mentors to tutor each offender. Offenders will also be advised to receive counseling, drug and alcohol treatment and family planning services, if necessary.
When juvenile offenders return to society, they must be supervised. Juveniles, sentenced as adults, will be placed on probation and supervised by specialized probation officers after they complete their jail sentence. While on probation, juveniles must continue their education and abide by a curfew. If a juvenile is ordered to pay restitution, he will be ordered to seek employment to help pay back his victims.

Special Task Force on Truancy

Truancy is a precursor to crime. High rates of truancy are linked to high daytime burglary rates and vandalism. (49) Truancy is the most powerful predictor of juvenile delinquent behavior. (50) To combat this problem, I will create a Special Task Force on Truancy that will coordinate the authority of the Prosecutor's Office will the manpower of Marion County's law enforcement agencies. I will assign prosecutors whose responsibility will be to participate in this program.

When kids are not in school they are more likely to be out committing crimes in our community. Children who are not in school, and children who are undereducated, are much more likely to be problem criminals when they grow up. Comprehensive strategies that focus on incentives and sanctions for truants and their parents must be implemented. As Prosecutor, I will combat truancy will comprehensive community and educational strategies through five primary fundamentals:

Involve parents in all truancy prevention activities:

Parents play a fundamental role in the education of their children. No matter what their situation, parents command the greatest influence in making sure a young person goes to school every day and recognizes how a good education will define their future. Families and schools must establish mutual trust and communication and work together to solve problems like truancy.

Ensure that students face firm sanctions for truancy:

School districts should communicate to their students that they have no tolerance for truancy. As Prosecutor, I will propose enacting daytime curfews during school hours, which will allow law enforcement offices to question children to determine if their absence is legitimate.

Create meaningful incentives for parental responsibility:

It is critical that parents of truant children assume responsibility for their children's truant behavior. We will advise parents of truant children to participate in parenting education programs. Parents who fail to prevent their child's truancy may be subject to formal sanctioning, or even prosecution for educational neglect. However, responsible parents who ensure their child's regular school attendance can increase their eligibility to participate in publicly funded programs.

Establish ongoing truancy prevention programs in school:

A variety of factors lead to truancy. A few examples are: student drug use, violence at school, association with truant friends, lack of family support for regular school attendance, emotional or mental health problems, lack of motivation, or inability to keep pace with academic requirements. Schools should address the unique needs of each child and consider developing initiatives to combat the root causes of truancy, including tutoring programs, added security measure,s drug prevention programs, mentorship efforts through community and religious groups, campaigns for involving parents in their children's school attendance, and referrals to social service agencies.

Continued Enforcement of the Gun-Free School Zones Act

I will take a zero-tolerance approach to the possession of firearms on our children's playgrounds. Persons who violate state laws prohibiting such possession will be prosecuted without question. I will also increase Marion County's participation in Operation Ceasefire, a program that targets gun violence among gang/youth by applying a three-pronged strategy of prevention, intervention and enforcement to investigate and prosecute the young people driving the violence in our neighborhoods. These are the innovative and rigorous preventive techniques I will use to help prevent juvenile crime in Marion County.

Keeping Our Schools Safe

Our children's schools should be safe and secure places for students, teacher and staff members. Without a safe learning environment, teachers cannot teach and students cannot learn. Parents should not have to fear for their children's safety.

Preventing crime in school is not just about prosecuting juveniles who commit crimes; it is about protecting our families and the future of our community. To accomplish this we must send a clear message that any adult who recklessly allows a child access to a handgun with be prosecuted, and any adult who involves a child in criminal activity will be severely punished.

Lastly, if a child brings a gun to school, we need to find out why this is happening. We need to work with schools to speak as one voice, and intervene in children's lives when it makes the most difference. Together we can promote mentoring and peer mediation, which can meaningfully impact a child's life before they make the wrong choices that have lasting consequences.

When I am elected Marion County Prosecutor, these are the innovative, yet practical and rigorous preventing techniques I will use to help prevent juvenile crime and protect children in our schools.

"I've never seen a gang member who wasn't a truant first."--California District Attorney Kim Menninger

PREVENTION

REACHING OUT TO OUR CHILDREN

To ensure the safety of our streets we must focus our attention on the care and nurturing of Marion County's children. Nationwide, there are increasing numbers of children growing up without the benefits of living with both parents. In 1997, the number of American children living with both parents declined by more than 5 percent from the numbers in 1990. A child living with only one parent in 1997 was four times more likely to live in poverty than those living with two parents. (51)

Many of Marion County's children engage in delinquent behavior, and underachieve academically. In 1998 alone, more than 6,500 delinquency petitions were filed in Marion County. (52) Without the appropriate influence of adult role models, these children are at risk of dropping out of school. And children who are not in school are more likely to get into trouble than those who are.

The Facts:

Examining the percentage of children completing their high school education in 1994-1996, Indiana finished third from the bottom amongst similarly situated Midwestern states. (53)
In Indiana, one-third of all students fall behind by the end of the third grade. (54)
Studies demonstrate that mentoring works. Children that were engaged in a mentoring program were:
- 46 percent less likely to begin using illegal drugs;
- 27 percent less likely to begin using alcohol;
- 52 percent less likely to skip school; and
- 37 percent less likely to skip class. (55)
40 percent of children who have been to juvenile court make a return trip. Only 7 percent make a return trip if they are exposed to a mentor. (56)
Sadly, at least one million young people who would accept and benefit from adult mentoring are not offered the opportunity. (57)

The Brizzi Objective:
The responsibility of the prosecutor extends beyond convicting criminals to preventing crime. As Marion County Prosecutor, I plan to play a central role in promoting the interests of Marion County's children by endorsing and increasing the awareness of Marion County's adult mentoring programs and their immense benefits.

The Brizzi Action Plan:

Marion County Mentoring

I will use the resources available to the Prosecutor's Office to promote the interests of Marion County's children. I am committed to using these resources to promote established mentoring programs operating here in Marion County. I am also dedicated to working with such groups for the purpose of reducing delinquency and truancy and increasing each child's likelihood of success. Adult mentoring is one of the most effective tools available to a community for interceding in the lives of children who are at-risk for delinquent behavior or poor performance at school Involvement of the Prosecutor's Office will allow for more comprehensive and effective criminal history checks of potential mentors. This will ensure that our children are in the hands of caring and responsible adults.

Adult-child mentoring relationships that support the efforts of educators and other professionals who are committed to the interests of such children can significantly impact the lives of children growing up in Marion County.

Aiming to help children who are most in need, Marion County mentors will concentrate on those children who have encountered the juvenile court system or school truancy officers. This focus will give these children the chance they need to better their lives and keep them from committing crimes later in life.

"As Marion County Prosecutor, I plan to play a central role in promoting the interests of Marion County's children by endorsing and increasing the awareness of Marion County's adult mentoring programs and their immense benefits."--Carl Brizzi

IMPROVING CHILD SUPPORT

Many of our Marion County children suffer despair and deprivation due to negligent non-custodial parents' failure to pay their child support. Due to the high rate of divorce and growing numbers of children born out of wedlock, child support issues directly and indirectly affect more families than probably any other issue handled by the Prosecutor's Office.

The Facts:

According to the Marion County Prosecutor's Office, Marion County collected $73,071,914 in child support payments last year alone. (58)
The 1992 Census Bureau showed that one-third of all families with their own children under 21 who had never been married were headed by a single custodial parent. (59)
54 percent of those custodial parents had child support orders. (60)
Only half of those families with orders received full payment; a quarter, partial and a quarter, none. (61)
Collecting support helps pay back welfare programs. Title IV-D (Social Security Act, Title IV, Part D) programs are credited with reducing the amount of money taxpayers have to pay for welfare by collecting money from fathers who have children on welfare, and using the money saved to fund and repay welfare programs. (63)

The Brizzi Objective:
The Marion County Prosecutor's Office is responsible for requiring non-custodial parents to pay what they owe for the well-being of their own children. I will embrace this duty through tough civil and criminal enforcement and prosecution of parents who ignore their personal responsibility to provide for their children's welfare.

It is my goal to make sure every child receives their support payments and that custodial parents are not further victimized by inadequate customer assistance. My message is this: every child should receive his or her support payments and custodial parents should be treated with the highest measure of respect and assistance possible.

The Brizzi Action Plan:
Marion County collected nearly $73,071,914 in child support last year alone. These child support payments directly helped 65,000 children in Marion County. As Prosecutor, I will continue the highly successful programs used in Marion County to collect child support payments.

Unfortunately, despite the success of these current programs, last year thousands of children received no child support payments at all. (63) When I am elected, it will be my goal to continuously increase the number of children in Marion County who receive child support payments.

Marion County's Work Release Program

One of the steps I will take to achieve these goals is the implementation of Marion County's Work Release Program. Marion County's Work Release Program will allow incarcerated non-custodial parents to make their child support payments even while they are incarcerated. The program will release selected inmates to work at paid employment in the community during the weekday. At the end of each workday, inmates will be required to return to custody.

Only inmates with "non-escape" and "non-violent" status will be eligible for the work release program. To ensure the accountability of work-released inmates, they will be electronically monitored.

Here are the benefits of Marion County's Work Release Program:

Children with incarcerated non-custodial parents will receive their child support payments even though their parents are in custody.
Custodial parents will receive the work-released inmates' support payments by direct deposits. This ensures reliable and efficient payment and customer service.
Inmates will be involved in gainful employment.
The money earned by work-released inmates will be used to pay their child support payments and inmates' personal incidentals.

Agressive Child Support Collection

One of the easiest ways the Prosecutor's Office can collect child support is with income withholding. As Prosecutor, I will work diligently to increase the number of withholding orders brought against those with delinquent child support payments. I will also aggressively pursue deadbeat parents to ensure that more criminal cases are brought against them.

When I am Prosecutor, my message will be clear:

Deadbeats will not be tolerated in Marion County. If they are not willing to take responsibility for their actions on their own accord, they will be forced to pay up.
It is our responsibility as public officials to ensure innocent children receive their support payments and that custodial and responsible non-custodial parents are treated with the highest level of respect and assistance possible.

My message is this: every child should receive their support payments and custodial parents should be treated with the highest level of respect and assistance possible."--Carl Brizzi

PREVENTING THE SALE OF TOBACCO TO MINORS

Tobacco is a gateway drug that, when used early in life, often leads to the use of more addictive and illicit drugs. It is hard for a teenager to imagine inhaling crack cocaine unless they have been accustomed to inhaling tobacco. Even though Indiana law forbids the sale of tobacco products to persons less than 18 years of age, Marion County children still have access to tobacco products. Stopping the sale of tobacco products to teens is the best way to stop underage smoking. This can be accomplished by strictly enforcing laws that prevent tobacco sales to minors, which can significantly curtail children's access to tobacco products.

The Facts:

Pack-a-day smokers were three times more likely than nonsmokers to use alcohol, 45 times more likely than nonsmokers to use marijuana and 79 times more likely than nonsmokers to use cocaine. (64)
Gateway drugs serve as social and psychological paths to the use of other drugs. In fact, the use of gateway drugs is statistically linked with progression to other, more dangerous drugs. (65)
In the State of Indiana, 20 percent of those who sell tobacco to minors are allowed to escape penalty. (66)
Retailers are only fined $50 for a first violation. (67)
Nationally, 18 percent of children under the age of 18 currently use tobacco, while in Indiana, 24 percent are current smokers. (68)
Indiana ranks fourth highest in the nation for smoking prevalence. (69)

The Brizzi Objective:
I am committed to protecting our children from irresponsible retailers of tobacco products. We must stop the supply of tobacco products to teens to prevent teen smoking. In order to achieve this, we must target the retailers who illegally sell tobacco to underage smokers.

The Brizzi Action Plan:
To successfully reduce teen smoking in Indiana, the noncompliance rate of retailers who illegally sell cigarettes to teens must be lowered. I will work tirelessly to achieve this goal. I plan to halt the sale of tobacco to minors by reestablishing an effective tobacco licensing system, which has harsher penalties for violations by retailers, and strictly enforces the use of cash register signs that state the legal minimum age to purchase tobacco.

I will propose increasing the penalties for those caught selling tobacco to minors, and make it clear to them that our children are more important than making a sale. Selling tobacco to minors should not and will not be tolerated in Marion County.

ZONING TO PREVENT CRIME

Adult video stores, and "XXX"-rated theaters cannot coexist within residential areas without having a negative impact. They also cannot coexist in business areas without having negative secondary effects.

The Facts:

A twenty-year view of municipal studies displays negative social consequences and economic viability of communities where adults businesses are interlaced with residential and commercial zones. The effects are seen in increased rates of crime, depression of property values, and deterioration of the economic and social welfare of the affected communities. (70)
The Supreme Court has held that secondary effects studies are the factual backbone supporting the substantial government interest necessary for controlling adult uses through land use regulations. (71)
Secondary effects include: sex-related crimes, increased drug dealing and petty street crime, reduction in property values, long-term economic decay, adverse effects on surrounding businesses, and the perception of blight and decay. (72)
Courts have noted that municipalities have broad power to "implement land use controls to meet the increasing encroachments of urbanization of the quality of life." (73)

The Brizzi Objective:
As Prosecutor, I will support local ordinances that call for zoning regulations that distance residential and commercial zones from adult entertainment establishments. I believe that adult industries should not be located in districts established for community living, because it is entirely proper for municipalities to protect residential communities from the negative "secondary effects" of adult uses.

The Brizzi Action Plan:

Marion County Zoning

I will support amendments that prohibit new adult establishments in Marion County's residential zones and certain manufacturing and commercial zoning districts that sallow for residential development. Further, I will support amendments that limit the size and illumination of adult business signs that are out of character with surrounding areas.

In other cities where amendments such as these have been implemented, secondary effects resulting for adult industries have been greatly reduced. (74) I am convinced that these regulations are imperative to the safety of our streets and neighborhoods, and I am committed to enforcing these regulations once they become law.

"I believe that adult industries should not be located in districts established for community living because it is entirely proper for municipalities to protect residential communities from the negative 'secondary effects' of adult uses."--Carl Brizzi

PREVENTING RACIAL PROFILING

Racial stereotyping in law enforcement violates basic human liberties secured in the United States and Indiana Constitutions. Race or ethnicity should never be the sole basis for the government to interfere, interrupt or prevent private citizens from going about their lives. Unconstitutional "stop and frisks" and traffic stops are wrong and will not be tolerate. Tactics like these are simply poor substitutes for thorough police work.

The Facts:

Stopping or searching individuals on the basis of race is not effective law enforcement policy, and is not consistent with democratic ideals.
"Racial profiling," means the detention, interdiction or other disparate treatment of an individual solely on the basis of their race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, gender, religion or sexual orientation.
Nationwide, more African-American than Caucasian drivers were stopped in 1999--12 percent to 10 percent. But more than twice as many African-Americans and Hispanics were searched when they were pulled over, 11 percent, as opposed to 5 percent of the Caucasian drivers. 90 percent of these searches uncovered to evidence of criminal wrongdoing. (75)

The Brizzi Objective:
I believe in the democratic principle of equal justice for all. As Marion County Prosecutor, I will work diligently to root out racial profiling wherever it may exist.

The Brizzi Action Plan:

Continuing to Keep Racial Profiling Out of Marion County

As Prosecutor, I will dedicate a senior deputy prosecutor to serve as supervising attorney on cases in which the accused claims that their arrest or the search or seizure of their property was racially motivated. The senior deputy will serve as a responsible contact between the Prosecutor's Office and other public and private civil rights agencies concerning any allocations of racially-motivated law enforcement.
I will aid officer-training programs that continue to teach effective police work not motivated by profiling. These training programs will stress the importance of good investigative techniques that allow offices to gather identify, record and collect evidence of suspected criminals. When I am Prosecutor, I will dedicate myself to preventing racially motivated law enforcement techniques from infiltrating Marion County.

"Race or ethnicity should never be the sole basis for the government to interfere, interrupt or prevent private citizens from going about their lives."--Carl Brizzi

FOSTERING COMMUNITY PROSECUTION IN MARION COUNTY

Community prosecution is a proactive approach to the business of prosecution. First emphasized in Marion County by Scott Newman, community prosecution is based on five principles. Community prosecution:

Gives members of the community a greater voice in solving problems that plague their neighborhoods.
Provides prosecutors a greater opportunity to be proactive in fighting crime.
Changes the focus of prosecution from simply obtaining convictions on assigned cases to solving problems in neighborhoods, so that crime problems will not reoccur.
Assists law enforcement agencies in their community policing efforts.
Assists law enforcement and residents of the community in their fight against crime by involving local citizen's groups that can provide information to police regarding crime evidence.

The Facts:

Community prosecution provides: a new mission or definition of the business of prosecution, new tactics that support prosecution and new relationships with other justice agencies and community members.
Nationwide, drug trafficking, gang activity, burglaries, car thefts and graffiti have been reduced as a result of community prosecution.

The Brizzi Action Plan:
Problem-oriented community prosecution is highly effective because it broadens the mission of prosecution from simply prosecuting, to preventing and reducing crime. The mission becomes eliminating problems rather than merely processing cases. This redefined approach to crime is driven by a new commitment to pursuing the priorities of the citizens themselves, which considers the relationship between the community's fear of crime and crime itself. This broadened focus leads prosecutors to emphasize those cases and offenders that residents identify as high priority, or having a significant impact on the quality of life in their neighborhoods.

The Brizzi Mission of Community Prosecution

As Prosecutor:

I will continue this highly successful and innovative approach to prosecution.
I believe it is my duty to continue pursuing closer collaborations with other justice agencies, the private sector and with Marion County's residents themselves.
I will invite "non-lawyer" authorities to work directly with the staffs of neighborhood-based prosecutors' offices, including public health, substance abuse treatment, social services, public relations, community organization and crime prevention specialists.
I will actively promote the idea of community prosecution and community courts to heighten public awareness, increase community participation inc rime prevention and foster the growth of community prosecution and community courts in Marion County.

"This redefined approach to crime is driven by a new commitment to pursuing the priorities of the citizens themselves, which considers the relationship between the community's fear of crime and crime itself."--Carl Brizzi

FOOTNOTES

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The National Center on Elder Abuse is a partnership of the National Association of State Units on Aging; the Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly of the American Bar Association; the Clearinghouse on Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly of the University of Delaware; the San Francisco Consortium for Elder Abuse Prevention of the Goldman Institute on Aging; the National Association of Adult Protective Services Administration and the Nation Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse.
The National Center on Elder Abuse is a partnership of the National Association of State Units on Aging; the Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly of the American Bar Association; the Clearinghouse on Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly of the University of Delaware; the San Francisco Consortium for Elder Abuse Prevention of the Goldman Institute on Aging; the National Association of Adult Protective Services Administration and the Nation Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse.
The National Center on Elder Abuse is a partnership of the National Association of State Units on Aging; the Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly of the American Bar Association; the Clearinghouse on Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly of the University of Delaware; the San Francisco Consortium for Elder Abuse Prevention of the Goldman Institute on Aging; the National Association of Adult Protective Services Administration and the Nation Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse.
The National Center on Elder Abuse is a partnership of the National Association of State Units on Aging; the Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly of the American Bar Association; the Clearinghouse on Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly of the University of Delaware; the San Francisco Consortium for Elder Abuse Prevention of the Goldman Institute on Aging; the National Association of Adult Protective Services Administration and the Nation Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse.
The National Center on Elder Abuse is a partnership of the National Association of State Units on Aging; the Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly of the American Bar Association; the Clearinghouse on Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly of the University of Delaware; the San Francisco Consortium for Elder Abuse Prevention of the Goldman Institute on Aging; the National Association of Adult Protective Services Administration and the Nation Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse.
The National Center on Elder Abuse is a partnership of the National Association of State Units on Aging; the Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly of the American Bar Association; the Clearinghouse on Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly of the University of Delaware; the San Francisco Consortium for Elder Abuse Prevention of the Goldman Institute on Aging; the National Association of Adult Protective Services Administration and the Nation Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse.
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St. Clair County Sheriff's Department web page: www.sheriff.co.st-clair.il.us/eldstats.asp.
Ibid., p. 1.
Ibid., p. 1.
Ibid., p. 1.
Ibid., p. 1.
Ibid., p. 1.
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"Violence and the Public Schools." www.people.virginia.edu/~rkb3b/Hal/schoolviolence.html.
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"Violence and the Public Schools." www.people.virginia.edu/~rkb3b/Hal/schoolviolence.html.
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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Protection web site: www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org, suggested citation is as follows: Adapted from Snyder, H. and Sickmund, M. Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report, p. 13, Washington D. C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999.
Richard G. Lugar, Reading Success for All, January , 2000. On December 11, 1999, Senator Lugar explained that "[i]n Indiana, there is evidence that at least one-third of children can't read by the time they finish the third grade. If a child does not learn to read, he or she is likely to face a very difficult time for the rest of elementary school, with decreasing prosects in high school. He or she will likely face a life of spasmodic employment and difficulty in family life. If 15 percent of American are aunable to read, they are likely to be disruptive to our society."
Suggested citation: Stahl, A. and Wan, Y.(2001) "Easy Access to State and County Juvenile Court case Counts, 1998," Online. Available:www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/ojstatbb/ezaco/.
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