Who Is To Blame For Violent Crimes

In the last years our news media has been bombarding us with reports of crimes of our youth. We have had teens walking into schools and movie theaters going on shooting rampages. We have watched helplessly while kids that are not old enough to vote, use shotguns and automatic rifles with precision and accuracy. We have tried to find someone to place the blame of these horrific crimes. It is easy to blame the parents for not rearing the children correctly. We do not look at the fact that the courts have taken the right of the parent away. We have blamed video games on their behavior and we have tried to blame movies, but we should be placing the blame where it is due, the kids. We have constantly been told that no child should be hit, but who steps in when parents come to court with black eyes, courtesy of their 17 year-old. Should we have parents that are threatened and afraid of their child (Ayers, 1997). Some parents have been arrested for simply disciplining their kids. When we have young people meticulously hunting and killing kids as well as adults without any remorse for a human life. When crimes of such magnitude are committed with weapons stolen from their own homes, the punishment should fit the crime. The blame of these crimes should not be on the parents, but the youths, society, and their peers. …show more content…
Sometimes crimes are committed by younger children just because of the fact that everyone knows their punishment will not be that severe, they are getting away with murder with just a slap of the wrist. When we have children that are plotting and planning massive murders there is something seriously wrong with our youth. Juveniles are committing serious crimes regardless of their culture or the country where they grew up (Junger-Tas, etc…, 2012). If youth crimes are dealt with like adults; jail time, prison time, and probation, I personally think a lot of these crimes will not