There were calls today to take a harder look at teen violence in the community and the juvenile justice system itself.A week after the death of a young UC student who was simply crossing a street, top prosecutors from both sides of the river grow increasingly concerned."This shouldn't surprise anybody," said Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters. "When you let violent criminals out on the street, they commit violence."Kenton County Prosecutor Rob Sanders was equally adamant about the youth violence situation in general."I think it's time that we re-evaluate how we are handling juvenile crime," Sanders said.The recent hit-and-run death of Cayden Turner, an 18-year-old college student, has focused a spotlight on the criminal history of the youth accused of running into her with what police said was a stolen SUV.According to police and court documents, the driver was the same 17-year-old who was part of a group that injured a Boone County Lieutenant Chris Hall with a stolen SUV last October.After pleading an original attempted murder charge down to assault and receiving stolen property, he was released to his mother.A few weeks later, Cincinnati police arrested him for violating probation by having a loaded gun in his car."While he's on probation here, he picks up, he's caught with a weapon, a gun," Deters said. "And we don't lock him up?"Nineteen juveniles were charged with murder in Hamilton County last year. So far in 2022, there have been 16.Prior to the pandemic, the numbers were mostly in the single digits.Sanders, like Deters, pointed to data that showed most violent crime is committed by a small percentage of people, which he said holds true for minors as well as adults."The juveniles that are out there committing carjacking's, street robberies, murders, not their first rodeo," said Sanders. "These are kids that have been in and out of the system repeatedly."Sanders lamented the lack of transparency in the juvenile system, suggesting public scrutiny would allow for greater accountability."We can't have a hug-a-thug mentality when juveniles are committing adult crimes," Sanders said. "I think as a society we really need to look at, you know, what kinds of crime our juvenile system is equipped to handle versus what kinds of crime juveniles are actually committing. We also need to go back and look at what we are doing in juvenile corrections to make sure that we're not just sending the kids to a summer camp, that we are doing something to try and make sure that we are curbing their behavior," he continued. S'keisha Rembert-Wilkerson, the mother of that 18-year-old Turner, was asked about the teen allegedly responsible for her daughter's death."I think it's senseless and people don't think about their actions," Wilkerson said. "And it really saddened me to know that it's someone her age as well."The teen was released in mid-August with an ankle monitoring device.Deters said electronic monitoring is overrated, equating it to a stay-away order for someone accused of domestic violence."The fact of the matter is the only way you change this is through elections," said Deters. "If you elect a bunch of progressive judges that don't believe incarceration's the right answer, you're going to get more of this."Democratic candidates hit back at those words, saying society should focus more attention on the root causes of crime such as poverty, low self-esteem, and lack of educational opportunity.While the political back-and-forth plays out, students along Jefferson Avenue on the east side of UC's campus just want to cross safely and get to class.