The United States is now the most violent country in the industrialized world, leading the world in homicides, rapes, and assaults. The causes and effects of violent behavior in society are complex and interrelated; much violence results from social injustice prevalent in our society. Among the significant contributors are poverty, substance abuse, unemployment, inadequate or abusive parenting practices, real-life adult models of violent problem-solving behavior, and everyday exposure to violence through modern media. By the age of 18 the average child will have seen 26,000 killings on television. All children today are affected by the violence that pervades our society. As a result, the healthy development of our nation's children is in serious jeopardy, and if we don't act as swiftly as possible the little boy down the street could be the next Eric Harris.
There have been many attempts to protect our youth from violent tendencies, yet we find a lack of resources to execute such......
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