Influences That Lead to Youth Violence

It seems that America has huge misconceptions regarding the amount and type of violence committed by adolescents, especially within a school setting. Although statistics have proven that violence among youth is on the decline, this issue still remains to be considered a social problem. Barry Glassner's article, "Killer Kids: Trend Making and Misdirection' blames two major strategies for this misconception: the medias focus on isolated incidents and portraying them as trends, as well as misdirection. …