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Youth Violence Reality Check: The Problem's Not as Big as it Seems
Violence is a never-ending problem that our society has battled with since the beginning of time. To most people, the most ridiculous and most noticeable violence is adolescent crime. While these crimes committed by children and adolescents fascinate the public and generate a great deal of media attention, youth violence is actually less serious than reported.
Fifteen people are dead, twenty-three wounded in the worst school massacre in history.
The two gunmen were dead at Columbine High in a small town Littleton,
Denver (Colorado). Suspects were "fascinated with W.W.II and the Nazis."
April 20, 1999 Hitler's Birthday. (qtd. in Devitt)
The story flashes across the television screen, floating from state to state, country to country, giving society the accusing, misinterpreted view of today's "violent youths." Media reports debated for days about the problem of increasing teenage violence. Most......

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