How Common is Teen Violence?
Violence among teens is so
common that one in ten teens get sent to the police. Nineteen percent of those that are sent to the police are charged
with a violent crime. It is the second leading cause of death among teens between the age of fifteen and nineteen, forty-point-three percent of
teens had taken part in a fight in the last year (more boys than girls.) thirty-three-seven percent had been involved
in bullying during the last school term. Fifteen-point-eight had sustained an injury from fighting in the last year. Ten-point-seven
had carried a weapon at least once in the last thirty days.
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