Teenage and young-adult violence is a growing epidemic. With the spreading violence epidemic
             comes widespread depression. We are now seeing more and more depression in younger and
             younger people. We tend to classify angry, violent, and aggressive adolescents as troubled
             individuals. We try to take these troubled individuals and sequester them from our troubled
             world. We are appalled at the outbreaks of murder in our schools, of gang violence, and of
             uncontrolled adolescent anger. We pour billions of dollars into police departments and prisons,
             Both suicide and homicide in the adolescent age group (13 to 21 years old) have risen
             dramatically in the past twenty years. Suicidal and homicidal behavior are closely linked in
             sociological studies, and, together, are just contributing components to the growing adolescent
             discontent and anger. Because the youth are so easily influenced, adolescence is a time when
             children start to use their newly developed powers of logical thinking to see for themselves
             whether the things they've been told all their lives by adults, especially their parents, are really
             true. Incidents of violence involving teenagers in the US have caused many persons to start
             asking why these things are happening. "What causes teenage violence?" they ask.
             Many contemplate the different causes of adolescent violence in their communities.
             Among those causes that are considered are the lack of opportunity in neighborhoods, such as
             joblessness. It has also been taken into account that poverty and discrimination play big roles in
             the lives of the youth. The existence of bad neighborhoods may also promote violence. Others,
             however, deem the television and media responsible for the promotion of violence among teens
             and young-adults. For example, many find that movies such as those involving pornography, and
             advertising affect a child's thought and judgment.
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