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ERIC Number: EJ552007
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Youth Violence: False Fears and Hard Truths.
Dohrn, Bernardine
Educational Leadership, v55 n2 p45-47 Oct 1997
Many Americans view today's youth as menacing. Actually, a small percentage are arrested or incarcerated for violent offenses, only 5% are arrested for anything, adults commit 86% of all crimes, and teenage male violence is a long-standing phenomenon. However, youth homicide is a gun-fueled epidemic. Educators must resist legislators' criminalization of students, create mentoring programs, and advocate for children. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Adolescents, Change Strategies, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education, Guns, Homicide, Minority Groups, Misconceptions, Public Opinion, Small Schools, Violence
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Juvenile Crime