Three disclosed of five city offic...

Three disclosed of five city officials say youth crime worsened during the past year, and an array of moot points involving youth is becoming the top interest of local government leaders, according to the annual opinion scan of municipal officials conducted on the National League of Cities (NLC)

Youth crime l the lists of local conditions that worsened athwart the past year, conditions that had deteriorated in the greatest degree over the past five years and conditions that were mostly important to address in the nearest two years. Six of the see community conditions most frequently described as worsening - youth crime (62 percent) gangs (50 percent) remedys (45 percent), teen pregnancy (45 percent) place of education violence (45 percent) and family stability (38 percent) - were associated with young the public

More than last year's examine this year's detected a higher step of uneasiness among local officials regarding the delivery of services in their communities and the general