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The assumption that teen violence is upswinging is supported by statistics. The violent crimes by youths have risen dramatically. Juvenile homicide has increased 144 percent, juvenile rape has increased 25 percent and the cases of aggravated assaults by juvenile has increased 134 percent. Teen violence commit a large part of America's violent crime. (19 percent) Also Girls are increasingly involved in violent crimes, including gang violence. The number of arrested youths because of violent crimes is 60 percent above the figures in 1987.
Today's Teens are more Callous: The nature of the crimes has also changed. Today the teenagers shoot rival gang members and torture their robbery and rape victims. A proof for this is an article in Newsweek. A reporter described how six teenage gang members in Housten raped and murdered two young girls. The dead bodies of the girls were found four days later after the crime. The police arrested the boys and they didn't feel any remorse. Such crimes are reported in the papers every day. It shows that today the youths lack conscience. They don't know the difference between right and wrong. The parents are blamed for the violence, because they don't or they can't teach their children the difference between right and wrong.
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