Why are teenagers Committing so Much Crime?

[GrindtooFilthy]

These new teens are crash test dummies for clout but they pale in absolute comparison to the kids who was outside being Jack boys back in the 90s check the murder stats. It just seems they worse because everyone has a camera now

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

Let the old grandmamas tell it, society has been going to hell since they took prayer out the schools

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

It seems like the crime across the country among teenagers is skyrocketing and I have no idea why. When I was a teen all I wanted to do is get my license and hang out with my friends. What happened? What's going on with the young people?

A lot of reasons. IMO single parent households when one parent works a lot contribute to it. When you look around there is nothing for kids to do. As for a license, you have grown people who can't afford car let alone a 16 year old. The days of working at McDonalds and saving up for a borderline lemon are getting a little more distant.

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

Nothing it's been the same, social media and the speed at which every little wild story can be spread now makes it seem worse, if these things had been around from the early 80s to mid 90s in any hood city, USA we would think shyt was mad max status

Bonus point : We are just getting old.

The last sentence is hilarious but there is a legit issue with teen crime. It's not just in our heads. The governor of my state just came up with a plan for this very issue. It's real.

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

Teenagers have always been wild but I think modern life delays maturity. For centuries human had to grow up fast, the responsibilities of what we would call adulthood today would begin not too long after the onset of puberty. Being forced to grow up and take on responsibility at a very young age probably neutralized some of the natural impulsiveness that comes with the teenage years. Young people are idle and purposeless for way too long these days. I also think we are over stimulated and struggling to deal with the abundance of options in every area of life.

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

crazy how most people just completely overlook the most impactful event of the century that accordingly wreaked havoc on teenagers (covid 19)

oh and there are studies, articles, reports and etcetera for people who want to run with feelings and the same old basic rhetoric

 

[Lord_nikon]

most of these teenagers are marijuana infused dope babies that know they are untouchable by their parents and the law///////

with that being said,,, these muhfukkas ride around all day and night terrorizing people on some madMax shyt

imo lol

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

one idea i presenting to my folks is that the legal weed market took billions of dollars out of the local hood economies across the country.

a highschool nikka who lacked the etiquette and temperament to work regular jobs could just sell weed on the side for a couple hundred+ a week and get by. That shyt is over nowadays. No side hustle except scamming, theft (bay area) and pills now. nikkas cant just chill smoke weed and sell a few sacks to get through their daily...

This is an interesting take. Never thought about this.

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

A lot of great responses. I might have to do some real research on this

 

[Dog Based Gremlin]

Its getting scary out chea

school is out

 

[3rdWorld]

Raised by a young mother with hip-hop for a father figure..and wonder where dysfunction comes from brehs.

 

[MajesticLion]

No empathy, no discipline, no consequences. You're not about to suddenly start parenting effectively in panic mode when they hit tween years. The habits are formed from birth.

 

[getmoney310cpt]

I honestly think the youth today is much better than the youth of the past. There is just more cameras on the present.
My other theory is the lack of church within this gen

Yeah facts teens in the 80s and 90s was living like adults smoking cigarettes and weed and selling dope..when I was a teen in early 2000s we was still watching Cartoon Network..some was outside but most ain’t jump off the porch my generation until 10th grade

 

[Uachet]

Gun deaths among U.S. children and teens rose 50% in two years

In 2021, there were 2,590 gun deaths among U.S. children and teens under the age of 18, up from 1,732 in 2019.

www.pewresearch.org

Gundeath rate for teens and children is up over the last measurable period...........Black teens are disproportionately represented in the number of homicide victims.
Likely dead at the hand of people who lived in close proximity to the victims.

Recent up spike......and highest numbers in 20 years

April 6, 2023

Gun deaths among U.S. children and teens rose 50% in two years​

By John Gramlich




The number of children and teens killed by gunfire in the United States increased 50% between 2019 and 2021, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the latest annual mortality statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic, there were 1,732 gun deaths among U.S. children and teens under the age of 18. By 2021, that figure had increased to 2,590.
The gun death rate among children and teens – a measure that adjusts for changes in the nation’s population – rose from 2.4 fatalities per 100,000 minor residents in 2019 to 3.5 per 100,000 two years later, a 46% increase


Racial and ethnic differences in gun deaths among kids are stark. In 2021, 46% of all gun deaths among children and teens involved Black victims, even though only 14% of the U.S. under-18 population that year was Black. Much smaller shares of gun deaths among children and teens in 2021 involved White (32%), Hispanic (17%) and Asian (1%) victims.


Looked at another way, Black children and teens were roughly five times as likely as their White counterparts to die from gunfire in 2021. There were 11.8 gun deaths per 100,000 Black children and teens that year, compared with 2.3 gun deaths per 100,000 White children and teens. The gun death rate among Hispanic children and teens was also 2.3 deaths per 100,000 in 2021, while it was lower among Asian children and teens (0.9 per 100,000).

Thank you for the info and links.

After reading them, the problem is disconcerting. Though the rise in gun deaths are happening in all age groups and that raise includes suicides and accidents, it has risen significantly more in teens in my community by far. It is only data on one year, so I need to see what happens with the data from 2022 on to see if this rise is a trend or an outlier.

I am not willing to state the children of today are more violent than yesteryear yet. Though they have definitely gotten more violent (with each other and themselves) recently as per that pew research data.

 

[I Really Mean It]

because they live in an increasingly decadent world in which the concepts of empathy and community have been wiped away, replaced by a nihilistic worship and pursuit of material possessions by any means necessary.

this is called end stage capitalism.