11.   As even some judges came to appreciate, an encounter with Al-Jundi was sometimes all the rehabilitation a young criminal might need.

12.   Broderick argues that when dealing with young criminals, for example, prevention is a better path than perdition.

13.   By contrast, what do you see today among our young criminals?

14.   In a nation obsessed by brutal crime, politicians and law-enforcement officials are coming under increasing pressure to get tough on young criminals.

15.   In New York and elsewhere, turning around the lives of young criminals has been largely unsuccessful.

16.   Keep guns out of the hands of young criminals.

17.   Law-enforcement officials say the young criminals -- immature and usually eager to establish reputations as tough -- often lack the restraint that older criminals can possess.

18.   Most are taking the easier route of getting tougher with young criminals.

19.   One out of every three young criminals who goes free will either die by violence or be imprisoned as an adult.

20.   Or is he just becoming a more physically fit young criminal?