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the speculation of aldolescent male violence

The increase in adolescent males committing violent acts such as, muggings, burglaries, drive by, and school shootings in the past few years is astonishing. Why are these adolescent male crimes becoming more and more apparent as each day passes? Researchers, psychologists, professors, students, writers, and the general public alike, have been trying to find the cause(s) for the adolescent male violence epidemic that is sweeping the nation. I believe that the rapid increase in adolescent male violence we are witnessing today, is not stemming from one single factor such as violence in the media (films, television, video-games, the Internet, magazines, newspapers, books, etc.), or the neighborhoods which people live in, but a combination of factors that are far more complex, and perhaps even harder to grasp. However, since the issue of adolescent male violence in our society and where is stems is such a complex problem, it has lead many people to speculate about single causes contributing...

Posted by: Sheryl Hogges

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