Teen-Age Violence

More violent crimes are being committed by young, poor and disadvantage teens. These teenagers have developed a very observed behavior toward the real world and resort to violence and killings to settle their faults. (Barrett 17) Gang violence and the availability of guns has caused a big increase of the young children who are injured or killed. These children suffer not only the trauma of the physical violence, but also continued psychological trauma that stops them …

…juvenile death penalty should be abolished, and those convicted should be sentenced to life in prison. (Sreib 243) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Saving Our Kids from Delinquency, Drugs, and Despair. New York: HarperCollins, 1991. Kids Whom Kill. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1990. Last one over the Wall. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1991. Justice for Juveniles. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1989 “Punishing the Young: Juvenile Justice in the 1990’s, “America, February 29, 1992 “Teen-Age Murders: Plentiful Guns, Easy Power,” The New York Times, May 24, 1997.