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Understanding Youth Violence - Part 1
They were so young. Michael Carneal was fourteen when he killed three and wounded five in Paducah, Kentucky. Luke Woodham was sixteen when he killed nine at a Pearl, Mississippi high school. And in Mount Morris Township, Michigan, both the shooter and the victim were only six years old. Why? What causes young people to threaten, injure, and even kill others? Everyone wants to know: are they born like that? Is it learned? It is because they were abused as children? Have they seen too many violent television shows and movies? Barry Loukaitis was described as "a pleasure to have in class" by the teacher he would later kill. Thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Brazill was an honor student at Lake Worth Middle School in Florida when he shot teacher Barry Grunow in the face. Why? What possible motive could they have had? What causes the different forms of violent behavior - pushing, shoving, slapping, and punching - that occur every day in schools across the country? And what causes some kids to do the unthinkable and kill teachers and classmates? There are as many theories for youth violence as there are experts to talk about them. Each fresh news report brings on a parade of speculation to answer the universal question of why. Unfortunately, that's all it is: speculation. No one, not even those who study the subject of violence for a living, can give a concrete, one hundred percent accurate explanation for why violence happens. Research has been conducted for years and continues to be conducted in the hopes of finding an answer. And while it's true that we are closer to finally understanding the causes of violence, there is still room for much debate. Amid all the ideas and conjecture, two broad schools of thought have emerged: biology versus sociology. It's a version of the old "nature versus nurture" argument that has long dominated popular thinking about aggression, violence, and human behavior. Are violent individuals born or made? Laura Quarantiello hates criminals and the crimes they commit. Her essential book "On Guard" has the answers you need to avoiding crime and keeping your family and property safe from the creeps and crazies out there. Please visit: http://www.tiare.com/onguard.htm
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