Teen Violence
...adolescents. More correctional facilities are in demand where adolescents can fulfill their terms, while at the same time learn useful skills that may help correct their deviant behaviors. Adolescents placed behind bars are introduced to more violence and greater resentment towards society. An education, with real-life skills, will help them get back into society and give back to their community, rather than sending them back without any type of correctional program and/or skills. Adolescents are very easily impressionable and are not mature enough to be placed with criminals who have had the opportunity to grow and understand the repercussions of their actions. Nurturing, and treating, children with deviant behavior with the correct means will allow them to become productive citizens in society.
Adolescent Violence:
Lost Boys: Why our sons turn violent and how we can save them
There are a number of social developmental issues that male boys face as adolescents. These may include factors such as parents, peers, and other influences, ranging from media to environment, that play a role in changing an adolescent into a violent teen. Along with these factors are other aspects that may also have a negative influence on a teen during their adolescent years; in particular, poverty, abuse, drugs, and television/media. By looking at James Garbarino's book, Lost Boys: Why our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them, and comparing it with other books, such as Peter Elikann and Mark Klaas', Superpredators: The Demonization of our Children by the Law, we will be able to view similarities and differences between different factors in teen violence and how it manifests itself. By analyzing these factors of adolescent violence, an alternative way of dealing with these juvenile delinquents can be found.
What are some factors that contribute to teen violence?...
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