More violent crimes are being committed by young, poor and disadvantage teens. These teenagers have developed a very observed behavior toward the real world and resort to violence and killings to settle their faults. (Barrett 17) Gang violence and the availability of guns has caused a big increase of the young children who are injured or killed. These children suffer not only the trauma of the physical violence, but also continued psychological trauma that stops them from learning in school and being able to take on the stressful daily life. (Freed 23) All over the United States more teenagers are arming themselves using guns. Law enforcements and officials and social workers claim that, as this is going on, the number of adolescents killed by guns has reached epidemic proportions. (Tabor 31)
             Violent youth crime in the U.S. has been exaggerated and inaccurately documented. The results as that a majority of juvenile delinquents sent to reform school have been mislabeled as violent offenders. Society has done very little to correct this mistake. (Miller 44) Political, the media and the government have misled the public by overstating the number of youth violence incidents. Youth violence exists, but it has not increased. (Schwartz 49) Youth violence is not a common occurrence. Each year over the past decade, fewer than 11 percent of all murders and manslaughter's have been committed by youths under the age of eighteen. (Ewing 55)
             No single person can be found for violence committed by youth's combination of factors lead some youths to act violently, including child abuse; violence in the home, neighborhood, and the media; and easy access to guns. (Murphy 60) Senseless violence and murder committed by juveniles is escalating. The primary source youth violence is the breakdown of the tradition two-parent household. (Zinimeister 65) Studies of juvenile murders show that many of these youths are victims...