41.   All in all, it is a remarkable turn of events for an idea that was once greeted as a breakthrough in the fight against juvenile crime.

42.   All the gun measures will be offered as amendments to a juvenile crime bill that is scheduled for debate Wednesday.

43.   But a nationwide crackdown on juvenile crime has changed that.

44.   But as a result of the outcry over this case, Illinois legislators passed new laws last fall regarding juvenile crime.

45.   But despite what appears to be a wide and growing tide of violent juvenile crime, statistics show declines at the local, state and national levels.

46.   But does the leveling off in juvenile crime achieved in the United States mean that American get-tough policies are appropriate in Europe?

47.   But in some parts of of the country, authorities on juvenile crime say juveniles placed in the adult system often are not rehabilitated by the experience.

48.   But it is not the answer to juvenile crime.

49.   But juvenile crime, which has dropped across the country in the last two years, fell earlier and far more sharply here.

50.   But most of the victims of juvenile crime are, like Wilfredo, children themselves.