Influences that lead to youth violence

It seems that America has huge misconceptions regarding the amount and type of violence committed by adolescents, especially within a school setting. Although statistics have proven that violence among youth is on the decline, this issue still remains to be considered a social problem. Barry Glassner's article, "Killer Kids: Trend Making and Misdirection' blames two major strategies for this misconception: the medias focus on isolated incidents and portraying them as trends, as well as misdirection. …

…problem with condemning those who have committed the crime, but to categorize all youth as a group with no morals or values is just ignorant. From now on, the media should focus on what is important: the positive contributions that not just the youth, but everyone has contributed to society; and perhaps the media and even the leaders of this nation will see the declining trend in the so called social problem of youth violence.