The term predator usually means “animal that eats other animals.” Super predator was created for the specific purpose of dehumanization. It became “the symbolism of the vicious youth criminal who preys on his victims…” Supporters of this mythical claim usually refer to the media who claim that juvenile crime would increase at a scary rate and predictions made by people like James Q. Wilson and John Dilulio who said by 2000 and 2010 there would be a rise in crime rates by juveniles. There is no factual basis to this myth but instead mere misrepresentation. Instead of actual crime surge, the super predator myth drove a panic which initiated the policies to get harsher with offenders. These policies led to the laws trying children in criminal
