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Urban Commnity Introduction: Even the most noble of societies can't escape crime. Most choose to ignore the fallacies of urban youth be it in the ghetto or the suburbs,
Submitted by Niikai on May 19, 2005
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Introduction:
Even the most noble of societies can't escape crime. Most choose to ignore the fallacies of urban youth be it in the ghetto or the suburbs, our children are becoming victims of their own ignorance. The lure of "street" life out weighs the yearning for a competent education. The media, audio and visual glorify a lifestyle that average people lust for. Most children compare the lifestyle of entertainers to their own creating a yearning for riches, and begin to emulate the behaviorism of their favorite wrestler, rapper, or movie actor unfortunately these characters are not all positive roll models. Society stands by; few do anything to stop our innocent children become victims as well as offenders.
The number of children arrested and convicted of capital offenses such as: armed robbery, rape, and murder are shocking nevertheless real. Children are committing homicides with intent as young as nine years old, and the penal system fails to rehabilitate anyone in most cases they train the youth to become career criminals by trying these children as adults.
"Children Who Kill" will discuss a few headline murder cases, media coverage, the court system, entertainment industries, and how society and the entertainment industry plays a major part when analyzing a child's deviant behavior. It is my belief the entertainment as well as society is responsible for the decline of moral an ethics in inner city youth.
The Media
The news industry has the majority of society believing that the inner city's children, gang members, the homeless, and the mentally ill are the only ones capable of committing brutal crimes; however children reared in seemingly normal conditions are committing murder as well. Suburban areas are experiencing the same rise in crimes committed by minors, the media just reports it differently if at all.
Take for instance a white teenage girl from...
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