Crime and Teens

“Not long ago, kids were considerably hopelessly delinquent when they skipped a day of school…Today, many juveniles sell drugs, rape, rob, and shoot to kill.” Many shocking reports of violent crimes committed by juveniles seem to have become commonplace. In September 1994 eleven- year old Robert Sandifer Jr.was shot in the head by teenage fellow gang members in Chicago. At the time of his death, Sandifer was being sought by police for the shooting …showed first 75 words of 732 total…

…showed last 75 words of 732 total…children watch an astonishing 5,000 hours by the first grade and 19,000 hours by the end of high school more time than they spend in school. By the age of 18 according to one estimate that a youngster will have seen 200,000 acts of violence on TV including 40,000 murderers. TV Guide looked at 10 channels on one normal 18-hour day program and found 1,846 individual acts of violence and every hour of prime time carries six to eight acts of violence.