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A 5 page paper that argues that parents should be held accountable for the crimes that their children commit if society ever hopes to put an end to these tragedies. Discussed are the circumstances that surrounded the Columbine shooting in 1999 and the Flint, Michigan shooting in 2000 and how both cases reflect parental negligence. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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File: D0_LCCrimes.doc
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At the end of their spree, twelve students, one teacher, and both gunmen lay dead in the wake of a tragedy that shocked not only the community surrounding Columbine High,
but the rest of the world as well (Hilliard http://www.thedailycamera.com/ shooting/28blawsu.html). In the aftermath of this tragedy, the grieving community of Littleton as well as a saddened nation at
large faced the question that was posed by this incident - should the parents of the gunmen be held accountable for the crimes committed by their children? By overlooking
the obvious evidence of brewing trouble that was found in plain sight in the gunmens homes after the incident, did the parents become accessories to the crimes carried out by
their offspring? The student who argues that the advanced ages of the gunmen, each in very close proximity to an age where one is considered a full and legal adult,
should absolve the parents of any guilt is a valid point and one with which many tend to agree. This student might also point out the fact that relationships
between children of this age and their parents are commonly distant and unconnected and that this is a very normal stage of parent-child interaction in adolescence, which would also be
another excellent point in favor of the parents. So a valid argument would be that parents are not responsible for the actions of their children when these children commit
crimes, therefore should not be held accountable for these crimes. The argument over the accountability of the Columbine gunmens parents was still being debated almost a year later when another
such incident took place in a school in a school near Flint, Michigan. The gunman, who shot and fatally wounded a classmate he had previously argued with, took the
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