Teen Killers How to Prevent These Acts of Violence
Over the last decade the amount of teen violence, including the heinous crimes of suicide and homicide, has risen dramatically. ... The United States has the top percentage for teen homicide; 7,354 teens die each year from homicide (Galas 12). ... Maryann Miller states in Coping with Teen Violence at Your School and in Your Neighborhood that 20% of high school students carry a weapon to school with them each day (Miller 16). ... The common traits of teen killers are, often derived to being self-centered, self absorbed, and very angry (What Causes School Killings). ... Guns play a major role in teen homicide. ... As the news media delved into the recent history of two killers, a pattern of rage and violence emerged throughout public and private schools in America. ... A parent of a victim spoke at a local violence rally in Colorado. ... In various news conferences and interviews with the killers, other students began asking their selves the a question; “Why would Klebold and Harris commit such an atrocious killing spree with only six weeks left of school” (Bowling for Columbine). ... Despite the fact that in December of 2003 sixteen year-old Andy Robinson was stabbed to death by fifteen-year-old Daniel Dillingham on a school bus (“Porter Teen”). ... Emergency Medical Teams were rushed to the scene while a search for Dillingham started (“Porter Teen”). ... He has been charged with first-degree murder (“Porter Teen”). ... Jealousy is like a roller coaster ride when it comes to teen romance. This narrative from a magazine shows that teen jealousy went to far. ... Teen suicide and homicide is a frustrating social problem. For the most part the public is rather complacent and is apt to assume that the community is doing all it can do for the problem of teen killers. Any effort to stop killers today must be made in local communities. ... All of these features of the modern world must be taken into account in formulations a strategy against teen killers.