The Apocalypse of Adolescence. / Ron Powers.
by Powers, Ron; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 26Family. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Syndicate 2, 2002ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Gangs | Juvenile delinquency | Juvenile delinquents | Juvenile homicide | Murderers | Prisoners -- Education | Teenage boys | Violence in adolescence | VermontDDC classification: 050 Summary: "This spring [2002] one of two Vermont teenagers charged with the knifing murder of two Dartmouth College professors will go on trial. The case offers entry to a disturbing subject--acts of lethal violence committed by 'ordinary' teenagers from 'ordinary' communities, teenagers who have become detached from civic life, saturated by the mythic violent imagery of popular culture, and consumed by the dictates of some private murderous fantasy." (ATLANTIC MONTHLY) The author utilizes the Vermont case to illustrate the factors that motivate "ordinary" teenagers to commit heinous crimes.
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Originally Published: The Apocalypse of Adolescence, March 2002; pp. n.p..
"This spring [2002] one of two Vermont teenagers charged with the knifing murder of two Dartmouth College professors will go on trial. The case offers entry to a disturbing subject--acts of lethal violence committed by 'ordinary' teenagers from 'ordinary' communities, teenagers who have become detached from civic life, saturated by the mythic violent imagery of popular culture, and consumed by the dictates of some private murderous fantasy." (ATLANTIC MONTHLY) The author utilizes the Vermont case to illustrate the factors that motivate "ordinary" teenagers to commit heinous crimes.
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