Myths of the Juvenile Superpredator: Myth vs Fact.
Date Submitted: 05/04/2004 13:26:39
Category: / Social Sciences / Education
Length: 7 pages (1924 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Education
Length: 7 pages (1924 words)
The myth of the juvenile superpredator is being readily touted in the media these days. Newspapers, public speakers, television talk shows, and news programs, have created the idea that society is, or soon will be, bombarded with a generation of violent, apathetic, and unremorseful adolescent delinquents (Kappeler, Blumberg, & Potter, 2000, p.175). Kappeler, Blumberg, and Potter refer to this topic in chapter nine, "Juvenile Superpredators," (Kappeler et al., 2000, p175-195) of their text: The Mythology of …
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…by Kappeler et al. for instance, the media can be used to collapse these fears and myths just as easily as they have built them.
References
Kappler, Victor E., Blumberg, Mark, & Potter, Gary W. (2000). The Mythology of Crime and Criminal Justice (3rd ed.). Prospect Heights, Illinois: Waveland Press, Inc.
McLaughlin, Peter. (1996, April 7). New fear in the classroom: Assault, threats, and even murder: Nova Scotia schools have become a battleground. The Halifax Daily News, p. 4.
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