Michael Petit, Thomas R. Brooks
In the U. S. media, the most high-profile stories about children are ones about those who are killed. According to the Centers for Disease Control, among the 26 richest countries in the world, the United States accounts for 73% of all murdered children ages 14 and younger. The other group of children that we see on the evening TV news, often with jackets over their heads, are teenagers who have killed somebody else. We knew who these children were long before they committed the crimes. Frequently these two groups represent different sides of the same coin: The child as victim and, later, as victimizer.
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