Saturday, April 30, 2005

Stop explaining 'why' when teens kill; Instead reach out / Medical News today, 27 Apr 2005

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=23479
"The labels put on youths who commit violent crimes not only prevent society from understanding their behavior, but also act as a barrier to solving the problem, says a Purdue University sociologist"

Includes abstract of paper - It's Not as Simple as it Seems: Ambiguous Culpability and Ambivalent Affect in Media Representations of Violent Youth
J. William Spencer