The online video The ‘Superpredator’ Scare illustrates the wave of crimes committed by youths in the 1900’s, but mainly depicts the murder of an eleven year old (Robert Sandifer aka “Yummy”) committed by the brothers Craig and Derrick Hardaway in Chicago.The video includes testimonies from criminal analysts and linguistics people to further explain the theory of “superpredators” conducted by John J.DiIulio Jr, and analyze if the study was the explanation to why youth delinquency was occurring, and could be applied to the Hardaway brothers. The term was commonly used throughout America, and DiIulio utilized it to predict that the crime rates of youths would triple through the years, only to conclude that the term “superpredator” and his prediction wasn’t accurate, which resulted in the truth that youth crimes had decreased in the 90’s.
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It is mind blowing that children at that age are willing to kill. However as the video progressed Derrick Hardaway expressed that in a gang you have to do what your told, or else you will be the person with a gun pointed at. The environment in which those youths were accustomed too, and brought up in are key factors as to why the Hardaway brothers resultes to joining a gang, and engaged in the life of
It is mind blowing that children at that age are willing to kill. However as the video progressed Derrick Hardaway expressed that in a gang you have to do what your told, or else you will be the person with a gun pointed at. The environment in which those youths were accustomed too, and brought up in are key factors as to why the Hardaway brothers resultes to joining a gang, and engaged in the life of