Killing In America By Danny Malec Summary

There are people that have a say in how the media effect youth deviance. Danny Malec is a peace builder and the author of the academic journal called “Transforming Latino Gang Violence in the United States”. Malec believes that gangs are formed through economic, social, and cultural disparity. Through each of his main topics of why gangs are created, there are also subtopics, such as school, family, media, identity, etc. Malec believes that the media popularizes youth deviance. Malec expresses music can cause delinquent behavior. Another author, Dave Grossman, who is also a lieutenant wrote Killing in America. He thinks that gangs have been created through different types of learning called classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and

For example, Grossman states “the aggression taught by Hollywood’s new role models is unrestrained by any obedience to law” (Grossman 324). A lot of people tend to look at celebrities to be their role models. He believes that if one is exposed to this aggression and happens to view their role models lash out, then seeing this type of violence would want to make them be violent. Grossman and Malec both agree upon the concept of role models in the media playing a role in a youths’ life, yet they have different ways in showing how role models actually effect the youth. This is also what Malec agrees with but his view on role models is different. He expresses that during ones’ youth, they try to find their own identity through examples of role models in the media or what they see in their everyday lives. Malec states, “A social and cultural context that supports the identity formation process and contributes to fulfilling the adolescent’s associated human identity [is very important]” (Malec 82). The youth gets a sense of their social and cultural context through experiencing their everyday lives and viewing how they live and learn compared to