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Monthly
Spotlight: Juvenile
Violence
among America’s young people
remains at historically high levels, and both offenders
and victims are getting younger each year. Youth
are the most frequent victims of violence nationwide,
with
teenagers
at least twice as likely as adults to become the
victims of some sort of physical assault. Every day,
13 children
under the age of 20 are murdered. Although there
has been a 30% decline in juvenile homicides since
1994,
homicide
accounts for 20% of all deaths of the 10-24 age group
and is one of the leading causes of death for this group.
(Source:
Youth violence in America. 2001. Issue Brief Series.
Studio
City, Calif.: Mediascope Press.)
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Chief Criminal Deputy: David Berkman
Criminal Division Support Staff Supervisor: Tracy
Miller |
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The
Criminal Division consists of 60 attorneys
and 190 staff members
in a variety of roles to support the prosecution
efforts of the office. The Criminal Division
is divided into 13 prosecution units, a team
of detectives and an administrative operation.
Each of the prosecution units consist of prosecutors,
legal assistants, legal secretaries and clerical
staff who typically handle cases such as murder,
assault, armed robbery, drug sales, burglary,
theft, kidnapping and rape. But prosecution doesn't
tell the full story about the Criminal Division.
It has also established an Adult
Diversion Program to help rehabilitate first time, low level offenders,
and a Bad Check Program to help merchants and
individuals address the issue of bad check writers. |
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If
you have been the victim of a crime you may be
entitled to Victim Restitution. The
form below contains information to help you to
determine if you meet the eligibility requirements.
 Restitution & Insurance
Claim Sheet
The
majority of forms and publications on the
Pima County Attorney's web site are in PDF
(portable document format). Adobe® provides
the free Acrobat® Reader to view and
print PDF documents
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