Violent Movies Affecting Teens Behavior

Some movies that are being shown today have a very bad affect on young kids today. There are movies like Freddy Cruger, Jason, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and all the Saw movies that are portraying people with these bad thoughts. Some people, mostly being youths, watch these movies and enjoy the killer being bad. In most horror, bloody, violent murder movies, it usually begins with there being a bad guy which is the killer and they end up going on a killing spree because of usually something that happened. The point is that the kids look up to the killer because he is the main character and they see that as being cool. A very sad example of this is the movie “Basketball Diaries” with Leonardo Decaprio. There is a scene where he shoots his classmates with a trench coat because he was bullied by them. After watching a documentary I learned that the kids from Colombine had got their ideas from this and that movie got in big trouble. They looked up to him because he was seen as a bad kid, getting revenge. These murder movies today have such a big impact on the way people act because of the fact that people like to follow these characters and be like them after the movie is over. Texas Chainsaw Massacre is another bad example of the movie affecting the mind because of the fact that it is one guy killing everyone he sees in sight. This makes people get more and more into it, especially when there is a sequel.

Speeding/Racing

Speeding is seen as one of the number one killers besides drunk driving. Speeding is usually seen in the ages of seventeen to twenty one. This is the point when a kid first gets their license and they begin to think they are very cool. They speed everywhere they go and when a police officer pulls them over, they are usually fined with a big ticket. They are getting more and more strict with this because there have been many deaths involving young kids and even innocent people. Usually people who tend to speed can get in a very serious accident even if it is at fifty miles per hour. You will never really see the ages of twenty five and over speed because they have been driving a while and are more mature and know what they are doing. These people are the smart people if they care about their lives and other lives. Speeding also goes under the topic of street racing which is a very bad crime. The difference between the two is that speeding you will get a ticket but street racing you will get arrested for. Both of them will put your lives and innocent other lives at risk. Street racing is very bad because these young kids who street race are not professional race car drivers and think they are, until they either crash or get arrested and then realize that they have been doing the wrong thing. In this video that is posted are some bad car accidents caught on film that show how bad speeding and racing can be. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwW_wL4TwZg

Cell Phone Use While Driving

It has been researched that in the past couple of years the cell phone while driving rule has been getting more and more strict. This consist of both texting and driving and being on the cell phone while driving. They figured out an idea for talking on the phone rule and that was coming out with the Bluetooth. This made things a lot better and it was easier for people to concentrate on driving more. These two rules are mainly broken by teenagers who just seem to be getting their driver license. They will do things like not wear their seat belt, or speed, or talk or text while driving. We hear about bad accidents and fender benders every day with this happening. It is in the age group of seventeen to twenty one. This age group has it bad for all of those laws that were mentioned above. Age groups older usually tend to stick to these rules a lot better. The fine for a ticket for the use of a cell phone whether it is texting or being on it in some states can go up to three hundred dollar tickets. This is one of the big cause of accidents now days all over the country.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPlnNaHGZY8

Graffiti

Graffiti is a crime that is known to be very serious if caught. It was researched that you can be doing up to a year in jail or the summons you will receive will be very expensive. This is popular with the ages of eleven to twenty three. The ages can be before eleven and after twenty three but the most common use is in between there. Graffiti is a crime that is most likely committed in very bad areas of the country. Places like Brooklyn, Camden, Trenton, The Bronx, Harlem, etc. Graffiti is usually spray painted designs that are most likely found on schools or on the back of stores on the wall. This is usually done late at night around two or three in the morning. Usually you will not see the Graffiti as good as the picture I posted but some people are surprised by the wellness of graffiti that has been done. This can be very hard to take off, usually it is painted over. This is something that is very bad to do but it is very hard to catch the person because they will most likely be wearing dark colors at night. These people who commit this crime are most likely bored and usually find it funny. Graffiti design is seen as offensive to some people because they do not like spray paint being painted over nice buildings or over something that was just built or painted. Some people will do that purposely because they see it as funny but then it is not funny to them when they get arrested or fined for it.

Tress Passing

Tress passing is a very serious crime. This is something that is hard to follow especially between youths. This is considered under the breaking and entering crime. Tress passing can be from standing on someone’s property or standing on state property with a sign that says “No Tress Passing” all the way to breaking into a house and entering in and stealing things. I have researched that most teenagers tend to do most of their tress passing off of a website called WeirdNJ.com. If you read this website you will notice they just posted on the bottom of the screen, “Any Tress passers will be held accountable under the spot and will be arrested.” The police are taking this very serious because so many teenagers are going there and starting trouble by breaking things and being very loud. This is a big problem with the state of New Jersey. The state used to not be as strict as they are now because more and more kids are getting caught there causing trouble. There has also been bad reports of crimes being reported from tress passing on people’s property. There is a law that it is considered tress passing if you walk on someone’s property without their permission especially if they have a warning sign out already. This crime is starting to grow more and more with the age group of twelve to seventeen.

Drinking and Driving

This is probably one of the worst crimes anyone can ever commit and it is probably the most common. Between all ages, no matter what age you are, this crime can put you in jail for a very long time or even worse, death. If someone gets caught doing it who has a job they will most likely lose their job after receiving a DWI. If someone who is younger and does not even have a job yet and is still in school and gets a DWI, their whole life ahead of them is going to be bad. They most likely will not be able to get a job anywhere. Most teenagers end up drinking at a party thinking that they are totally fine to drive and later that night everyone gets in that person’s car and ninety percent of the time there is an accident and people are severely injured or killed. This can put a blame on the driver if they are still alive for the rest of their life living with that guilt. Drunk driving is the worst thing that can happen and it is impossible to stop. Police are getting more and more strict with it by doing random breathalyzer tests when they block off the road. Crimes like this happen more and more with a younger age group which is getting to become really bad.

Weapons

Weapons is a big issue today with youths and teenagers. The thing to do now days is to have someone buy a fake gun and either spray paint the tip or the whole gun. The reason why I said tip is because the toy guns are fake and usually have an orange tip if it is fake, and the gun is real when the tip is black. What people are doing now days are spray painting the tip of the orange gun black to make it look real. This will scare people because they look at that right away and everyone knows it is real. There was a time years ago when people just used fake guns on other people and the victim knew it was fake because they saw the orange tip. Now they will panic if they do not see that orange tip. Many children at this age are beginning to get smarter and smarter with these dangerous ideas and these type of crimes are started to be more and more committed from teenagers over adults. They feel that they are looking up to the bad people and want to be just like them, this can result in family problems at home or not being raised well by their parents.