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 …showed first 75 words of 791 total…

…showed last 75 words of 791 total…juvenile death penalty should be abolished, and those convicted should be sentenced to life in prison. (Sreib 243) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Saving Our Kids from Delinquency, Drugs, and Despair. New York: HarperCollins, 1991. Kids Whom Kill. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1990. Last one over the Wall. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1991. Justice for Juveniles. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1989 “Punishing the Young: Juvenile Justice in the 1990’s, “America, February 29, 1992 “Teen-Age Murders: Plentiful Guns, Easy Power,” The New York Times, May 24, 1997.