Violence Paper

The article “The Price of Public Violence” touches on the serious issue of the great harm of public violence on those who have been wounded or who have witnessed the shootings in terms of strong mental trauma. According to the author, the fact that every year a number of people die of murder is startling; moreover, the fact that the majority of murders happen in public places need more attention as the public violence has caused serious consequences. People who have been wounded in the shooting or who have witnessed the shootings suffer a lot from mental stress and even psychic disorder. Those who have witnessed the shootings are unable to accept the fact their schoolmate or close friend have been shot down, just in front of them, which has led to hallucinations, lack of belongingness, distrust of people around and completely be self sealing. Furthermore, some teenagers who have been exposed to public violence turn to violence themselves as a source of power, prestige, security, or even belongingness. This situation can be finally developed to be the vicious circle that violence issues can still hurt more people, and on the contrary the innocent victims will seek refuge by the evil powers, which the violence problem can be a hard nut to crack. The shooting victims are most likely to injury someone else as revenge and some who have been wounded hesitate to share the experience fearing being blamed. In addition, public violence affects those working on the front lines, such as social workers that suffer from mental stress, due to the disastrous consequences of public violence. The article advocated that the stiffer gun control laws, better policing, providing mentoring and after-school programs are essential, and most importantly, the effect of public violence on human soul need to be paid serious attention. On the whole, the author uses lots of statistical data to warn people that there is a huge cost for innocence’s death and civic loss through damage done to the