• Children Murdering Less Children Than Ever Before.
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[URL]http://news.yahoo.com/youth-homicide-rate-hits-lowest-mark-30-years-162759838.html[/URL] [QUOTE]ATLANTA (AP) — The homicide rate for older children and young adults has hit its lowest point in at least three decades, but the decline has been slowing, according to a new government report. In 2010, the homicide rate for victims ages 10 to 24 was less than half the rate seen in 1993, when there was an explosion in crime tied to crack cocaine. The report released Thursday echoes earlier findings about a national decline in killings and other crimes, but offers a more focused look at what is one of the most affected groups. Ages 10 to 24 account for about a third of slaying victims. The highest homicide rates are consistently seen in people in their late teens and 20s. "That's what drives the national numbers. That's the ballgame," said David Hemenway, director of the Harvard University's Injury Control Research Center. He was not involved in the new study. There are various theories for the drop in youth killings and other crimes since the early 1990s, ranging from the economy to police work or public health campaigns. None completely explain the trend, said Hemenway, a member of a National Academy of Sciences' group examining crime trends. For the report, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention searched a death statistics database that goes back to 1981. About 4,800 youths ages 10 to 24 were killed in 2010, the most recent year in the analysis. That translates to a homicide rate of 7.5 per 100,000 people — the lowest since 1981. It also appears to be lower than rates in the 1970s, a CDC spokeswoman said. [/QUOTE]
I don't really think 24 year olds are kids.
[QUOTE=Caulo32;41434547]I don't really think 24 year olds are kids.[/QUOTE] 24 certainly isn't an old age to die at.
You know our world is fucked up when this is potential news.
Youth homicide rate is definitely on the rise in Chicago, and other parts of the midwest though. [editline]12th July 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=reywilnc;41434565]You know our world is fucked up when this is potential news.[/QUOTE] How old do you think soldiers were 200+ years ago?
Children are discrete, countable things so your title should read "fewer" instead of "less". The article also doesn't mention anything about the killers' demographics, so you don't know whether youth vs. youth homicide is necessarily decreasing.
[QUOTE=smallfry;41434595]Children are discrete, countable things so your title should read "fewer" instead of "less". The article also doesn't mention anything about the killers' demographics, so you don't know whether youth vs. youth homicide is necessarily decreasing.[/QUOTE] I tried to change it just now, but the changes didn't take for some reason. I see what you are saying though, and I'll keep it in mind for my next title.
The rate its going down is slowing? Must be because we aren't banning stuff fast enough.
It's because they're all hooked on video games.
it was all just a phase i was going through sorry
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