Posted by PattyG on July 15, 2000, at 11:35:18
In reply to Re: Orgins of crime and adolescence , posted by MisterB on July 14, 2000, at 18:40:08
//Great dissertation!
According to a recent network report,
license plate shop workers are among the highest paid of prison shop workers.///I would imagine those inmates are turning over a good deal of their salary for their board and keep. Inmates are normally limited on the amount of money they can spend - not sure on the amount of money that can be deposited in their commissary accounts. I read an article recently about inmates making yo-yo's.......yes, they're earning a fair wage, but they have to use that pay to reinburse the system for their expenses. That's fine with me. Just clarifying that it's doubtful anyone is getting rich while imprisoned.
* The increase in school shootings is a real phenomenon, and not an illusion resulting from increased media
reporting of incidents. The same is apparently true for the increase in workplace shootings. Many of the mass
shootings have involved individuals who had recently been prescribed newly developed SSRIs. The increase in school shootings followed the certification of SSRIs for adminsitration to youths.///I would sure hesitate to blame the prescribing of SSRI's on recent trend in violence. One has to ask the question, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?" To my way of thinking, something was obviously going on with these kids *before* the psychotropic meds were recommended.
While media sources could be indicted as playing causal roles in violence, others argue that media infiltrates homes to provide new approaches to problem solving, tolerance and acceptance. We could debate whether violent or conflict resolution is the majority product of television, but we would all probably agree that some programming provides social and scientific learing opportunities.///I doubt we need to point the finger at any one "cause" - but I do think the televised overkill approach can't be helpful. All "official reports" (supposedly) reveal that kids used to kill more frequently than in current times. If so, I'd like some facts. Give me names and places - I just don't think I believe that. I definitely feel the "entertainment industry" as a whole has greatly contributed to the downfall of our children. Nothing is sacred anymore. And speaking of sacred............that might be another avenue to explore.
* The correlation of abuse and borderline personality disorder might be, as one writer suggested, flawed. But the correlation of childhood abuse and the practice violent behavior is well recognized by criminologists and law
enforcement executives. The psychological classification of personality disorder might not be the best instrument for tracking sociological patterns of learned violent behavior._///I agree.
There is plenty of fear mongering among journalists and editors, but that is not why I hard sell some of my
courtroom reports. I push crime news as community news so people will understand the issues involved. I also report economic trends, and enjoy frequent feature assignment that allow me to tell "good news".///I'm glad to hear you're spreading the good news:) I've always said that part of our problem is the focus on the bad news. Perhaps we should try catching a kid at being good as opposed to being bad. Sometimes the news media have more time and space for the trouble-makers than the do-gooders.
PattyG
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