Teen Violence Essay Research Paper Teen ViolenceImagine

Teen Violence Essay, Research Paper

Teen Violence

Imagine being caught in the middle of a crossfire with two students shooting and you are

right in the middle of it. Well that is exactly what students and teachers in Littleton, Colorado

went through. On April 20, 1999, at approximately 12:20am, two students armed with

semi-automatic hand guns, shotguns and explosives conducted an assault on the Columbine High

School and the people inside. A total of 12 students, 1 teacher and 2 suspects were killed; 24

students were transported to six local hospitals; and 100 students were treated at the scene

(www.Littleton.org). Is this what is happening inside the walls of where America s youth is

suppose to be learning and in a safe environment. What can we do to prevent events like this

from happening. It s a question we are constantly searching for answers to. There seems to be

no concrete answers or solutions just certain explanations.

Many People, especially in their teens often turn to violence when it comes to solving

their problems and expressing their feelings. Violence can de demonstrated and seen in various

aspects of life. These include, school environment, television and media and home situations.

Each of these things can contribute to the many reasons why teens might turn to violence. They

often try and imitate what is seen or get their own ideas. The problem is what is violence really

solving and how is it harming the person inflicting it. Everyday researchers are trying to find

possible ways to try and stop this violence that is ruining our society.

The School has been one of the main scenes where violence has been increasing steadily.

There is some disagreement about whether the school causes of reflects violent behavior. Those

individuals who see the school as the source of aggression argue that the school in one setting

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fosters all of the necessary conditions for violence and vandalism (Apter, Goldstein). They say

the school labels various students as failures and by making their failures obvious to themselves

and to others, forces youngsters toward aggression as a face-saving response. These youngsters,

in turn, fulfill the negative expectations of their teachers and principles. On the other hand some

view the school as the victim of aggression rather than its provoker. Is the school really

provoking teens to act in the ways they do. It is believe, that this is not always true since we see

cases in which the violent acts are done in elementary schools where the children say they get

their examples from outside the school. So could it be that the violent offenders start at a very

young age to get influenced by their surroundings to then act upon them in the future.

Television and film violence have been the subject of the most of the imprical

investigations of the effects of media violence (Mosotti, Bowen). Many statistics support the

idea that male teenagers who had viewed a substantially greater quantity of violent programs

than males otherwise like the mis-measured characteristics and attributes committed a markedly

greater number of seriously harmful antisocial and criminal acts (Alderman). This is greatly

argued a lot because there seems to be many reports concerning the differences that might exist

between boys and girls. Exposure to violence in newspapers, comic books and theater films

were also positively associated with aggression and antisocial behavior. There are a lot of

effects that are generated from television. These can be acquired from protagonists displaying

great strength and power who defeat essentially weak villains. Violence with numerous victims

such as mass killings, violence that erupts among friends, allies or gang members. Violence that

is extreme compared to all events leading up to it and violence that is no easily dismissible as

fiction because of its great realism (Flannery).

Another Major influential aspect are the parents and the home situations teens are

brought up in. Neglected children from affluent families also express their anger through

physical violence. Increases in suicides, date violence, destruction of property, bullying,

robberies, vandalism, addictions to drugs, and homicides of ones peers suggest that the national

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pursuit of material goods is not adequately meeting the needs of youth (Flannery). In these cases

where parents are said to be involved, patterns of abuse are usually always present. There is a

transmission of violence inflicted by one generation on another. This transfer of violence occurs

when parents abuse their children, and those same children then go on to abuse others as they

become young adults (Flannery). It is very important for children to receive proper care from

their primary care givers. Any early signs observed in the children should be take into account

very seriously. They could be the linkage to what causes their futures acts.

There also exis

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