In Manteca, California, two young boys murdered a disabled man by violently kicking, stabbing, beating and finally choking him. When being questioned by the police as to why the boys poured salt in the dying mans wounds, one of the boys responded, "Oh I don't know. I just seen it on TV- (Levine, 199...
As early as eight years old, they are recruited as "lookouts," making up to 900 dollars a week. ... Studies prove that such exposure to violence, day in and day out, will make us insensitive, perhaps immune to human pain. ...
In Scorsese's explorations of the role of violence in redemption, a spectrum of possible versions range from the clearly redeemed Frank of Bringing Out the Dead, to Sam in Casino who achieved and then lost it, right up to Henry in GoodFellas who seems immune to any possible redemption. ...
