AIM
02-19-2006, 11:46 PM
The Superpredators was a term coined in 1995 by John J. DiIulio, Jr. The Superpredators are young teens who act violently and show ZERO remorse when they are actually caught. They don't know the difference between right and wrong, and honestly they don't care. Mr. DiIulio claimed during President Clinton's term that if we don't act quickly, juvenile crime will only escalate to the breaking point. He said that Inner city gangs that were once prevalent in low income neighborhoods will start to crop up in medium and high income areas. This dire prediction was made in 1995 and unfortunately we haven't done anything to change the incoming train wreck.
Let's look at what's currently taking place in America. Gangs are more prevalent than ever before. Gang leaders don't have to recruit anymore because they get enough children who seek them out. In NJ alone we have counties that are being taken over by gangs. Trenton and parts of Essex County are under a state of emergency because of the escalation in violence in recent months. In fact, the NJ attorney general has recently stated that today's gangs pose a much more serious threat then the mob. Philadelphia and New York City has seen a dramatic increase in crime and murder.
Don't think that you can escape the violence because you live in a wealthy neighborhood either. Just a month ago a home invasion robbery took place in a very wealthy suburb in NJ. The father who owned 3 auto body shops was followed by 4 young teens. They tied up the family and killed the father in front of his family. Then they raped the wife and looted the 1 million+ dollar home clean! They have since been caught and are awaiting trial.
Today's killers are only getting younger. They have ZERO remorse for anything that they might do. The only time they are truly sorry is when they are caught. They don't know right from wrong and they don't care about their own safety. They live for today and the hell with the future.
So what do we do about these Superpredators? It's only going to get worse. The liberals answer to this dilemma is we rehabilite them, but as we're finding out this doesn't work. They manipulate the system to their own benefit, and once they are back on the streets they revert to their old ways: robbing, killing and raping innocent people. Conservatives will tell us that longer jail time is the answer. But is it? How many jails can we actually keep building and at what expense? It cost us the taxpayers $32,000 a year to house these felons. That's an awful lot of money to house young criminals.
So what are the answers? IMO, the terrorist aren't what we have to worry about today. It's the children who are growing up without fathers. These are America's next killers and they are growing in numbers that are truly terrifying. We are all at danger and our way of life is going to be threatened in the near future unless we take drastic steps.
Links:
http://www.brookings.edu/views/testimony/diiulio/19960228.htm
http://www.nj.com/news/gangs/
http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/news/pr063005.html
Let's look at what's currently taking place in America. Gangs are more prevalent than ever before. Gang leaders don't have to recruit anymore because they get enough children who seek them out. In NJ alone we have counties that are being taken over by gangs. Trenton and parts of Essex County are under a state of emergency because of the escalation in violence in recent months. In fact, the NJ attorney general has recently stated that today's gangs pose a much more serious threat then the mob. Philadelphia and New York City has seen a dramatic increase in crime and murder.
Don't think that you can escape the violence because you live in a wealthy neighborhood either. Just a month ago a home invasion robbery took place in a very wealthy suburb in NJ. The father who owned 3 auto body shops was followed by 4 young teens. They tied up the family and killed the father in front of his family. Then they raped the wife and looted the 1 million+ dollar home clean! They have since been caught and are awaiting trial.
Today's killers are only getting younger. They have ZERO remorse for anything that they might do. The only time they are truly sorry is when they are caught. They don't know right from wrong and they don't care about their own safety. They live for today and the hell with the future.
So what do we do about these Superpredators? It's only going to get worse. The liberals answer to this dilemma is we rehabilite them, but as we're finding out this doesn't work. They manipulate the system to their own benefit, and once they are back on the streets they revert to their old ways: robbing, killing and raping innocent people. Conservatives will tell us that longer jail time is the answer. But is it? How many jails can we actually keep building and at what expense? It cost us the taxpayers $32,000 a year to house these felons. That's an awful lot of money to house young criminals.
So what are the answers? IMO, the terrorist aren't what we have to worry about today. It's the children who are growing up without fathers. These are America's next killers and they are growing in numbers that are truly terrifying. We are all at danger and our way of life is going to be threatened in the near future unless we take drastic steps.
Links:
http://www.brookings.edu/views/testimony/diiulio/19960228.htm
http://www.nj.com/news/gangs/
http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/news/pr063005.html