0001|                          HOUSE MEMORIAL 27
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                              BEN LUJAN
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0010|                              A MEMORIAL
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0011|     ENCOURAGING PREVENTIVE FIRST-HAND EXPOSURE TO THE CRIMINAL
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0012|     JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR ALL MIDDLE AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
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0013|     
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0014|          WHEREAS, juvenile crime is the fastest-growing segment of
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0015|     all criminal activity in the United States and in New Mexico;
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0016|     and
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0017|          WHEREAS, the number of juveniles involved in gangs or gang
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0018|     activity has steadily increased over the last decade and shows
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0019|     no sign of declining in the near future; and
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0020|          WHEREAS, the most effective solution to any problem is to
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0021|     avert it; and
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0022|          WHEREAS, our educational institutions, particularly those
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0023|     that deal with children in the vulnerable years between ten and
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0024|     fifteen years of age, have a responsibility to impress upon
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0025|     their students the possible consequences of criminal or
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0001|     antisocial activity; 
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0002|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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0003|     REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that all middle and
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0004|     junior high school administrators and those involved in
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0005|     supervising activities that transport students on field trips
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0006|     to governmental and other institutions be encouraged to include
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0007|     in such out-of-school activities visits to juvenile and adult
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0008|     correction facilities and attendance at sentencing proceedings
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0009|     in various state courts; and
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0010|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that police officers, juvenile
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0011|     probation and parole officers and other corrections officials
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0012|     be encouraged to visit public schools, especially middle and
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0013|     junior high schools, to help instill in our youth a healthy
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0014|     respect for those institutions, the law and for the need for
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0015|     following rules in a civilized society; and
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0016|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0017|     transmitted to every public middle and junior high school
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0018|     administration in the state and to the secretary of public
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0019|     safety for distribution to all appropriate personnel and to the
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0020|     administrative office of the courts for appropriate
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0021|     distribution.
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