Violent Crimes By Juveniles
Author: Glenn Costa
In today’s society we have seen the rate of juvenile crimes soar to heights we have never seen before. Juveniles are committing murder, stealing, car jacking, and other crimes one would think a juvenile cannot even think of committing. The reasons are so many that one can only try to narrow them down.
The most obvious reason is that more and more juveniles are forgetting what the word respect means and who they should respect. There is absolutely no respect for the law, parents, or anyone in authority. I believe this is because the parents do not discipline their children at a young age and instead try to discipline their children when it is too late which causes them to rebel. Children should grow up to fear their parents because of the consequences behind doing something wrong. That type of discipline carries on to fear any consequence, criminal or not.
Another reasons why crime among juveniles has gone up is the things children watch on Television. Although Television should be monitored, children still find a way to work their imagination by watching. All the trash that is seen on TV takes its toll on the minRAB of juveniles and causes them to want to be like everything they see on TV. For example, children watch Power Rangers and turn around and try to do the Karate they see on anyone they can. They feel they are doing no wrong since the characters on TV are being praised for doing it. The violence on a simple show like Power Rangers can have a great effect on children. When you get into shows with guns and killing, that totally expanRAB a child’s mind to new ways of getting rid of their problems. Television teaches children how to get rid of their problems, but not in the correct manner. Children should go back to communicating their problems to their parents and have their parents teach the resolution.
Drugs also play a big part in the criminal activity of juveniles. Drugs seem to be so easy for juveniles to get, yet we forget that money is needed to buy drugs. When a shortage of money occurs it seems that more criminal activity occurs. Juveniles decide to steal things so that the can sell them and make money. These crime differ from car jacking, mugging people, and even robbing banks. As they say, “Desperate times call for desperate measures.” These “desperate measures” may or may not be worth it, but always bring about trouble.
As durab as these crimes seem to be, the criminals mental state is always in question. Children in todays society do not know how to control their temper and “flip their liRAB” too easily. Two children in Colorado were being teased and did not know how to release their anger and created a great tragedy. Not only did they go into their school and start shooting at their classmates, they took a grudge against the world and planned to kill innocent people by crashing a plane into New York City. Doesn’t that sound like something straight out of a movie theatre. Since these children cannot control their anger, they are killing eachother, their parents, and sometimes anyone walking the street. These children are begging for help by committing crimes, not knowing that when these crimes are committed it is too late.
I also believe that children do not have enough role models in their life. Most children turn to professional sports figures, but even they need role models sometimes. We have professionals with drug problems, they pay prostitutes for sex, and are being taken to court in cases of domestic violence. Most juveniles that commit crimes have broken homes where their parents fight, do drugs, or are separated and did not think of their child. Often the children are left on their own. Again, by themselves it is hard to make money so crime is their only result. It is very sad but it’s true.
Finally, juvenile have a resentment towarRAB the law and police officers. They feel that cops are just out their to bug them and sometimes discriminate against juveniles because of their race and age. They see that police are being investigated all the time in cases of pulling people over because of their race. One of the biggest experience of violence was the Los Angeles riots. This was triggered because four police officers were racist and beat a man because he was black and almost got away with it. If is was not for the second trial, I believe that we would see more resentment towarRAB police. As for the law, juveniles see it as a double standard. I don’t blame them. A court has all the evidence in the world to convict OJ, a celebrity, of murder and it seemed that because he was a celebrity, he got away with it. Their own President can commit prudery and get away with it. Law! What law?
These are just some of the reasons that exist why juveniles commit crimes and why juvenile crimes are increasing. There is no one reason why because, of course, it is different in every case.
Author: Glenn Costa
In today’s society we have seen the rate of juvenile crimes soar to heights we have never seen before. Juveniles are committing murder, stealing, car jacking, and other crimes one would think a juvenile cannot even think of committing. The reasons are so many that one can only try to narrow them down.
The most obvious reason is that more and more juveniles are forgetting what the word respect means and who they should respect. There is absolutely no respect for the law, parents, or anyone in authority. I believe this is because the parents do not discipline their children at a young age and instead try to discipline their children when it is too late which causes them to rebel. Children should grow up to fear their parents because of the consequences behind doing something wrong. That type of discipline carries on to fear any consequence, criminal or not.
Another reasons why crime among juveniles has gone up is the things children watch on Television. Although Television should be monitored, children still find a way to work their imagination by watching. All the trash that is seen on TV takes its toll on the minRAB of juveniles and causes them to want to be like everything they see on TV. For example, children watch Power Rangers and turn around and try to do the Karate they see on anyone they can. They feel they are doing no wrong since the characters on TV are being praised for doing it. The violence on a simple show like Power Rangers can have a great effect on children. When you get into shows with guns and killing, that totally expanRAB a child’s mind to new ways of getting rid of their problems. Television teaches children how to get rid of their problems, but not in the correct manner. Children should go back to communicating their problems to their parents and have their parents teach the resolution.
Drugs also play a big part in the criminal activity of juveniles. Drugs seem to be so easy for juveniles to get, yet we forget that money is needed to buy drugs. When a shortage of money occurs it seems that more criminal activity occurs. Juveniles decide to steal things so that the can sell them and make money. These crime differ from car jacking, mugging people, and even robbing banks. As they say, “Desperate times call for desperate measures.” These “desperate measures” may or may not be worth it, but always bring about trouble.
As durab as these crimes seem to be, the criminals mental state is always in question. Children in todays society do not know how to control their temper and “flip their liRAB” too easily. Two children in Colorado were being teased and did not know how to release their anger and created a great tragedy. Not only did they go into their school and start shooting at their classmates, they took a grudge against the world and planned to kill innocent people by crashing a plane into New York City. Doesn’t that sound like something straight out of a movie theatre. Since these children cannot control their anger, they are killing eachother, their parents, and sometimes anyone walking the street. These children are begging for help by committing crimes, not knowing that when these crimes are committed it is too late.
I also believe that children do not have enough role models in their life. Most children turn to professional sports figures, but even they need role models sometimes. We have professionals with drug problems, they pay prostitutes for sex, and are being taken to court in cases of domestic violence. Most juveniles that commit crimes have broken homes where their parents fight, do drugs, or are separated and did not think of their child. Often the children are left on their own. Again, by themselves it is hard to make money so crime is their only result. It is very sad but it’s true.
Finally, juvenile have a resentment towarRAB the law and police officers. They feel that cops are just out their to bug them and sometimes discriminate against juveniles because of their race and age. They see that police are being investigated all the time in cases of pulling people over because of their race. One of the biggest experience of violence was the Los Angeles riots. This was triggered because four police officers were racist and beat a man because he was black and almost got away with it. If is was not for the second trial, I believe that we would see more resentment towarRAB police. As for the law, juveniles see it as a double standard. I don’t blame them. A court has all the evidence in the world to convict OJ, a celebrity, of murder and it seemed that because he was a celebrity, he got away with it. Their own President can commit prudery and get away with it. Law! What law?
These are just some of the reasons that exist why juveniles commit crimes and why juvenile crimes are increasing. There is no one reason why because, of course, it is different in every case.