Overall homicide rates drop but youth homicide climbs sharpl

ShepherdsDog @ Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:15 pm

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story ... icide.html

While national homicide rates have dropped 10%, youth homicide rates have climbed sharply, with Manitoba leading in the statistics.

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Nationally, the rate of young people accused of homicide was at its highest since data were first collected in 1961, Statistics Canada said.

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In Manitoba, 18 youths were accused of homicide in 2006, giving the province the highest rate of youth homicide in the country — 17.6 per 100,000 — more than double that of the next highest province, Alberta, and double the rate in Manitoba in 2005.

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Although Winnipeg has a much smaller population, its gang problems are similar in size to Toronto's, Getty said, and that gang involvement leads to killing.

Youth, particularly aboriginal youth, are led to gangs because they have few activities and few supports, Getty said.

novachick @ Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:20 pm

Eeeeps not touching this one [door] This time I'll just [popcorn] and warm myself by the flames that are about to happen :lol:

neopundit @ Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:53 pm

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

Youth, particularly aboriginal youth, are led to gangs because they have few activities and few supports, Getty said.

Again? Why is it continually pointed out that aboriginals have less access to things that every other Canadian citizen does? Maybe I'm blind to a totally different culture, having come form Ontario.

As far as what the article is really about, I think it's hard to hide the fact that there are increasing numbers of brazen young punks. We need to see some research into whether this increase in youth violence is associated with a lenient justice system over the past decade, instilling kids some sense of being unafraid of punishment.

Or maybe it's video games.

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