DOCUMENT RESUME ED 368 830' UD 029 817 TITLE Youth Violence: A Community Resource. Hearing on Experience and Reaction to Trends Regarding Juvenile Violence Within the Jurisdiction of Phoenix and Tucson, AZ, before the Subcommitt.e on Juvenile Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary. United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session (Phoenix and Tucson, AZ, June 1-2, 1993). INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, D.C. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. REPORT NO ISBN-0-16-043452-1 PUB DATE 94 NOTE 290p.; Serial No. J-103-17. AVAILABLE FROM Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9325. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) Reports General (140) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC12 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Adolescents; Crime Prevention; *Delinquency Prevention; Hearings; *Juvenile Gangs; Juvenile Justice; Local Issues; *Problem Solving; *Violence; Youth Problems IDENTIFIERS Congress 103rd; Gun Control ABSTRACT Data show that gangs, drugs, and random murders are becoming staples in the lives of U.S. children. Every major U.S. city is facing a deadly gang problem, exemplified by drive-by shootings and teenagers brandishing assault weapons. This document presents witness testimony, prepared stateirentL, and panel discussions that examine the problem of gang violence and the use of firearms by young people within the community, as well as what has and has not worked in attempting to eliminate these p)Iblems at the local level. Panelists include Stanley G. Feldman, Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court; Sophia Lopez, representing Mothers Against Gangs; Lora Nye, chairperson, Phoenix Blockwatch Commission; Robert K. Corbin, president, National Rifle Association; and several Arizona city mayors, law enforcement officials and judges, school district administrators, and representatives of community anti-gang grasr roots organizations. An appendix contains additional submissions that were submitted for the record. (GLR) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** :; IAD S.HRG.103-319 YOUTH VIOLENCE: A COMMUNITY RESPONSE HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON JUVENILE JUSTICE OF THE COMMITTEE ON TM JUDICIARY UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSDN ON EXPERIENCE AND REACTION TO TRENDS REGARDING JUVENILE VIOLENCE WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONS OF PHOENIX AND TUCSON, AZ PHOENIX AND TUCSON, AZ JUNE 1 AND 2, 1993 Serial No. J-103-17 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. DEPARTMENT Of EDUCATION Once oi EducatsonaI Reowch and Imptoyement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 0 Thm document has been reproduCerd as mewed from the porton or organotatton onginating d 0 Once changes have been made to trnp.oye reproduchon mislay Pouds of view or otantons staled in thrs docu- ment Oo not necessenty represent official OF" pn or pohcy U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 74-14:. WASHINGTON : 1994 For sale hy the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congrm.sional Sales Office, Washington. DC 2(yoL2 ISBN 0-16-043452-1 2 BM COPY AYAIlARLE / A COMMTPIEE ON THE JUDICIARY JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware, Chairman EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Ohio STROM THURMOND, South Carolina DENNIS DECONCINI, Arizona ALAN K. SIMPSON, Wyoming PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa HOWELL HEFLIN, Alabama ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania PAUL SIMON, Illinois HANK BROWN, Colorado HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine DIANNE FE'NSTEIN, California LARRY PRESSLER, South Dakota CAROL MOSELEY-BRAUN, Illinois CYNTHIA C. HOGAN, Chief Courted CATHERINE M. RUSSELL, Staff Director MARK R. DISLER, Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON JUVENILE JUSTICE HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin, Chairman JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware HANK BROWN, Colorado JON LEisowrrz, Chief Counsel and Staff Director JOHN Buss, Minority Chief Counsel 3 CONTENTS Hearings held on: Page Tuesday, June 1, 1992, Phoenix, AZ 1 Wednesday, June 2, 1993, Tucson, AZ 107 STATEMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBER DeConcini, Hon. Dennis, a U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona 4, 5, 107 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1993 Panel consisting of the Honorable Stanley G. Feldman, chief justice, Arizona Supreme Court; Coy C. Payne, mayor, Chandler, AZ; Mary Rose Wilcox, supervisor, Maricopa County, AZ; Richard Romle.y, County Attorney, Mari- copa County, AZ; and Harry E. Mitchell, mayor, Tempe, AZ 7 Panel consisting of Victor Herbert, superintendent, Phoenix Union High School District; Sophia Lopez, Mothers Against Gangs, Phoenix, AZ; Nancy Jordan, founder, Genesis, accompanied by Carlos Gowan; Rosemarie Roul- hac, C.I.T.Y. DADS, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, accompanied by Kevin Mitchell; and Lora Nye, chairperson, Phoenix Blockwatch Commission 53 Panel consisting of Joseph M. Arpaio, sheriff, Maricopa County, AZ; Robert K. Corbin, president, National Rifle Association; and Gerald P. Richard II, special assistant to the police chief, City of Phoenix 74 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1993 Panel consisting of George Miller, mayor, Tucson, AZ; Raul Grijalva, supervi- sor; Molly McKasson, councilwoman; Dan Eckstrom, supervisor; Bruce Wheeler, councilman; and Steve Leal, councilman 108 Panel consisting of Clarence W. Dupnik, Pima County Sheriff; Elaine Hedtke, chief, Tucson Police; Hon. Raner Collins, Juvenile Judge; Gary L. Smith, Sierra Vista Police Department; and Pamela Treadwell-Rubin, Pima County Attorney's Office, Juvenile Division 121 Panel consisting of George F. Garcia, superintendent, Tucson Unified School District; Alice Ramirez, Sunnyside School District; Roy Cooksey. Martin Luther King, Inc.; Dennis W. Noonan, Our Town; Enriqueta Romero, Pima Community College; John Sharpe, Gangbusters; Rod Mullen, Amity Drug Treatment; and Dennis D. Embry, president, Heart Spring, Inc 154 Panel consisting of Rocco D'Arpino, Robert Hernandez, Christopher Jones, Rosie Hernandez, Alejandro R. Villa, Rudy Huerta, Cindy Ramerez and Eddie Frajoe 232 Panel consiNting of Ronnie Rios, Ricardo Lopez, Sergio Morales and Valerie Honyumi. tewa . 241 ALPHABETICAL LIST AND MATERIAL SUBMITTED Arpaio, Jo:.eph M.: Testimony 74 Prepared statement with summary 77 Collins, Hon. Raner: Testimony 131 Letter to Senator DeConcini, May 27, 1993 134 Croksey, Roy: Testimony 208 Prepared statement 211 IV Page Corbin, Robert K Testimony . 81 Prepared statement . 86 D'Arpino, Rocco. Testimony 232 Dupnik, Clarence W.: Testimony 121 Prepared statement with summary 124 Eckstrom, Dan: Testimony 116 Embry, Dennis: Testimony 174 Prepared statement with summary 175 Samples from the media 202 Feldman, Stanley G.: TeE.imony 7 Frejoe, Eddie: Testimony 239 Garcia, George F.: Testimony 154 Grualva, Raul: Testimony 111 Hedtke, Elaine: Testimony 126 Prepared statement 128 Herbert, Victor: Testimony 53 * Prepared statement 56 Testimony by: Hernandez, Robert 234 Hernandez, Rosie 237 Honyumptewa, Valerie 241 Jones, Christopher 235 Jordan, Nancy 60 Leal, Steve 119 Lopez, Sophia 58 McKesson, Molly 114 Miller, George 108 Mitchell, Harry E 49 Morales, Sergio 248 Mthien, Rod: Testimony 222 Prepared statement 226 Noonan, Dennis W.. Testimony 213 Prepared statk'rent 216 Testimony by: Nye, Lora 68 Payne, Coy C 12 Ramerez, Cindy 251 Ramirez, Alice: Testimony 158 Prepared statement 160 Letter to Senator DeConcini, May 27, 1993 160 Articles from the Arizona Daily Star by: Carmen Duarte, Feb. 13, 1993 163 Hipolito R. Corella, May 21, 1993 164 Carmen Duarte, Mar. 3, 1993 165 Article from the Tucson Citizen by Rhonda Bodfield-Mnndeville, Oct. 15, 1992 166 * Location chart of census tracts 167 List of number of offenses, by offense type for each school, May 24, 1993 168 Testimony by: Richard, Gerald P., II 95 * Rios, Ronnie 244 Romero, Enriqueta 219 Romley, Richard M.: Testimony 18 Prepared statement with supplemental writ en statement 22 Appendixes: AJuvenile Data, Maricopa County arrests under 18 33 BGang related violent incidents c ritinue to rise 35 V Page Rom ley, Richard M.Continued Appendixes--Continued CMaricopa County juvenile population and juvenile court referrals. 36 DMaricopa County juvenile crime clock 43 EArticle from the Juvenile Justice Bulletin, "Study Sheds New Light on Court Careers of Juvenile Offenders," August 1988 44 Testimony by: Roulhac, Rosemarie 63 Sharpe, John 219 Smith, Gary L.: Testimony 138 Prepared statement with summary 140 Treadwell-Rubin, Pamela: Testimony 147 Prepared statement 151 Testimony by: Wheeler, Bruce 118 Wilcox, Mary Rose 15 APPENDIX ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS FOR THERECORD Letter to Senator DeConcini from: Gerald P. Richard II, Esq., special assistant to the police chief, June 2, 1993 255 Prepared statement 256 Franciso A. Islas, June 9, 1993 259 Daniel Zapata, June 1, 1993 260 "Phase II, Operation Permanent Cease-Fire" 261 Shirley Villegas, mayor, May 27, 1993 266 Letter to Father Thomas Rush, from Chuck Jordan, Feb. 26, 1993 267 A copy of a check from Michael D. Bradbury, district attorney, special fund for anti-gang activities, Feb. 5, 1993 268 Statement of: Cheri Ross-Nostros 269 Shirley Villegas, mayor of South Tucson, AZ, May 27, 1993 274 El Pueblo Neighborhood Center, Tucson, AZ, June 1, 1993 275 Frank 0. Romero 278 Pueblo High School, Tucson, AZ, June 2, 1993 280 List of members for the Violence Reduction Coalition in Tucson, AZ 283 Articles from: The Daily News,