Juvenile Homicide

A detailed Summary of Juvenile Homicide

A great majority of Americans think that crime is the greatest concern for the nation. (Cole 3) Even though statistics in the FBI Uniform Crime Reports show that crime decreases slightly each year, Americans are consumed with crime. (FBI Crime Reports 1) More specifically juvenile violent crime and juvenile homicide. This nation of parents pay full attention to the horrible crimes their children seem more and more prone to committing, because even though crime statistics have declined, youth homicide has tripled. (FBI Crime Reports 2)

With this information in mind, one might ask, "What exactly makes these juveniles commit violent crime?" I have studied the effects of many social relationships such as gangs, victimization, and neglect at home to which minors have easy access to in today's society. Before any thought can be given to these social relationships or the effects of them on juveniles, I hope to prove that only the parents themselves are to blame. I believe that no matter what kind of activities the child engages in, their parent or parents must still be held responsible for the death of someone when their child is the one who has pulled the trigger.

Other reasons why juveniles become homicidal include hereditary reasons, no sense of reality at a young age, and gangs. If the minor comes from a broken home, and homicide and violent acts are witnessed in the home, the child might develop this same, warped sense of right and wrong. Another point to be taken is that a small child who pulls the trigger on someone has not grown a sense of reality. (Sheras 2) They do not understand that things like bullets or knives can hurt someone at all at an extremely young age. In fact, they may not understand the difference between life and death. As Dr. Peter Sheras notes, "Most six-year-olds have a different view of reality and play than do adults." (Sheras 2) Gangs

are another influence why children lose their morals and consign homicide. (Osmanski) Even though some gangs do not entail killing, since gangs are violent and consist of unsupervised children who feel they need to have a sense of authority, it is obvious this situation may lead to violence. (Osmanski)

up a gun or knife, and try to relieve his anger towards someone else. To support this claim, the following data has come from the FBI Supplemental Homicide Report and states, "Violent juvenile crime occurs most frequently in the early afternoon hours, when many juveniles are without supervision." (FBI Crime Reports 3) An experienced officer of 15 years, Officer William Osmanski, commented that when juveniles commit homicidal acts, in his experience, it is absolutely because

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