ABOUT 10,000 Victorian children aged 10 to 14 have been cautioned by police, arrested or ordered to appear in court in the past year, as a surge in youth crime continues.I agree, there is a massive need to censor gangster rap music, gangster fashion, violent video games, death metal music, etc. The success of Underbelly on television and the Bra Boys film are signs of a twisted celebration of violence under the pretense of entertainment.
Victoria Police say the escalation in juvenile crimes — ranging from break and enters to drug offences and assaults — is being fuelled by children's growing exposure to sexual and violent images on the internet.
While exact figures for the past year are not available yet, police dealt with 9860 criminals in the 10-14 age group in 2006-07 — a rise of 18% on the previous year — and say the situation is getting worse...
Internet blamed as 10,000 kids turn to crime
August 3, 2008
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