Teen Violence Teen Violence has become an appalling problem in the US today. Statistics show that teen homicides have gone up 300% in the last 30 years. Suicide rate for 15 to 19 years olds has tripled to 10 per 100,000 in the past 30 years. Firearm death rate for 15 to 19 years olds has gone up 43% between 1984 to 1988. What seems to be our problem? Volcanic anger due to kids constantly picking on each other. Maybe teens just don't have any skills to …
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…culture and society today. Contrary to what people think the issue hasn't become to extreme yet, but it wills if we don't do something about it. Everyone must help to stop this problem, because not just one person can fix it. Know the facts and try to help. A chain is only as strong as its links and without knowledge and self-motivations we have a very weak chain and our problem will never be fixed.