2. Youth
violence
On December 14th, 2012, 20 year old, Adam Lanza,
opened fire on a classroom of first graders in
On July 20th, 2012 a gunman entered Newtown, Connecticut.
a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado
during a screening of the Dark Knight,
and opened fire.
4. What is contributing to all of the
violence amongst our nations youth?
VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS
In a 2011 study conducted by the Center of
Disease control, 5.4% of those surveyed
reported “carrying a weapon (gun, knife or
club) on school property on one or more days in
the 30 days before the survey.”
VIOLENCE IN RELATION TO MENTAL
DISEASES
“There are no numbers. It is impossible to prove causality
According to a 2006 Harvard national
with these sorts of things… but certain personalities are
survey, it was found that “31% of people Weapons used in murders,
unable to so easily differentiate between fantasy and the
who had both a substance abuse disorder
and a psychiatric disorder (a "dual
2011
real world. They might not fully understand that the people
they harm have real lives and real families.”
diagnosis") committed at least one act of Laura Davis, M.D.
violence in a year, compared with 18% of
people with a psychiatric disorder alone.:
6. Works Cited
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/12/17/do-video-games-make-kids-violent
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/10/gun-crime-us-state
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Gerber, Maria. “James Holmes considering insanity plea in theater shooting.” Los Angeles Times. 2 March 2013. Web. 3 March 2013.
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Call of Duty. Los Angeles, CA: Activision, 2010. XBOX 360 software.
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Friedman, Michael. "Mass Murder: Is There A Mental Health Issue?" Columbia University School of Social Work. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Mar. 2013.
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http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/12/17/do-video-games-make-kids-violent
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jan/10/gun-crime-us-state
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Gerber, Maria. “James Holmes considering insanity plea in theater shooting.” Los Angeles Times. 2 March 2013. Web. 3 March 2013.
Fahrenthold, David, Horowitz, Sari, and Vogel, Steve. “Sandy Hook Elementary shooting leaves 28 dead, law enforcement officers say.” The
Washington Post. 14 Dec. 2012. Web. 3 March 2013.
“Columbine High School.” Federal Bureau of Investigation. 26 April 1999. Web. 3 March 2013. .
Call of Duty. Los Angeles, CA: Activision, 2010. XBOX 360 software.
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