Youth violence: "Under the guise of 'LOL' culture, they say to themselves that they can kill"

LE FIGARO.

- This week was marked by the death of

Alisha

, a 14-year-old schoolgirl who was allegedly murdered by two teenagers her age.

Recently, young

Lilibelle

lost her life to a stab in a brawl.

Aymane, 15, was shot dead in the

Bondy neighborhood house

(Seine-Saint-Denis).

How to explain such an outburst of violence among young people?

Laurence ALLARD.

In sociology, it is said that juvenile violence is a reflection of adult society.

However, young people today are confronted, via screens, with a culture of clash, presented as the normal functioning of the adult world.

On television as on social networks, interactions are often very violent and arguments are recurring.

Reality TV, networks, continuous channels… Adolescents observe this spectacle society all the time, where the goal is to split and insult.

So they grow up in this world of fire and blood and, naturally,

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