The rate of juvenile crime triples in the immediate hours after school, according to recent testimony on the New Jersey Senate floor by Raymond Lesniak (D-Union). The problem with that claim, though, is that Lesniak was citing a dated study that analyzed nearly 20-year-old data on juvenile crime rates in several states -- none of which were New Jersey....
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The rate of juvenile crime triples in the immediate hours after school, according to recent testimony on the New Jersey Senate floor by Raymond Lesniak (D-Union).
The problem with that claim, though, is that Lesniak was citing a dated study that analyzed nearly 20-year-old data on juvenile crime rates in several states -- none of which were New Jersey.
Still, a PolitiFact New Jersey investigation has found that despite issues with Lesniak's claim, juvenile crime rates do still spike during the time frame he mentioned.
Read our Half True rating of Lesniak's claim at PolitiFactNJ.com, and then join the conversation on it here at NJ.com.
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State Sen. Ray Lesniak, pictured in this file photo from June 2010, faces the Star-Ledger Truth-O-Meter.... and gets a mixed score.More N.J. Truth-O-Meter rulings:
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