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A. Link: The policies of the 1AC in response to youth violence encourage media and

political focus on violent tragedies.

1. The press hypes teen violence to get viewers.

Donna Ladd

[Media portrayal of juvenile crime means] overblown headlines and nonsensical editorials

calling for curfews and unrelenting zero-tolerance policies. Most media outlets,bloodthirstyfor a piece of the Columbine action, have virtually ignored the real picture, instead creating

"six-month anniversaries" of school-shooting tragedies to circle their cameras around.

2. Politicians hype violence to justify their legislation:

Beres and Griffith

Fear of youth crime often is focused on gangs. Prop. 21, for example, was justified by a findingthat youth gangs were a growing threat to the safety of the communityThe belief that youth

gangs pose a unique threat and have become more violent, bolder, and better organized

produces a popular demand for get tough policies against gang members

These fears lead to more harsh policies for juveniles:

Hodgon 08,

Many of the laws passed in the 1990s to increase the numbers of youth tried in adult court have astheir roots fears of the coming super predator. In multiple media stories in the 1990s, the

adolescent offender was depicted as violent, incorrigible, and on the fast track to a life of crime.Whilestate legislatures acted quickly to change policy

B. Impact: The focus on violence in media and policymaking increases violence in youth:

The B.A.D.A.

The effect of media violence on the behavior of viewers (especially young viewers) has been debated [seen] for

over three decades. [with] [r]esearch [showing] over that time period has shown a clear correlation between media

violence and thedevelopment of aggressive, and violent behavior. Exposure to media violence appears to

impact[s] children in several ways. First, [C]hildren learn from watching actors model violent behavior

This turns the AC because with its policies come increased child awareness and desensitivity

toward violence, increasing violence.

C. Negate to depoliticize youth violence. Revoke the policies of the AC so that politicians

no longer employ fear-tactics to strengthen their regimes. Through education,

assessments, and community-based treatment programs, juvenile crime will no longer

be feared by the public but understood and mediated.

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CITES

Linda S. Beres* and Thomas D. Griffith** 2000

DEMONIZING YOUTH

* Professor of Law, Loyola Law School.** John B. Milliken Professor of Taxation, University of Southern California Law School.

http://llr.lls.edu/volumes/v34-issue2/beres-griffith.pdf

Donna Ladd

April 1, 2000

http://www.alternet.org/books/16

SILICON LOUNGE: America is Demonizing Kids

Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse

DEVELOPING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES:

A Risk and Protective Factor Approach toPreventing Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

1995

Hogdon, Hilary. Border Disputes between Juvenile and Adult Criminal Justice Systems:

Exclusion and Transfer Law, 2008

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