Analyzes federal district court case involving legal action against certain companies that produced violent video games, a violent motion picture, or maintained pornographic websites. Parents of three Kentucky high school students shot and killed by another student who regularly viewed the aforementioned material brought suit. The court dismissed…

Colleges and universities have been sued by student-victims of campus crimes in recent years. Analyzes the factors that render colleges and universities vulnerable and suggests actions to limit their liability. Examines the effect that mandatory federal and state reporting laws will have on future litigation. (100 references) (MLF)

This subcommittee report to the 105th meeting of the United States Congress was prepared to help enact legislation that will help prevent and reduce juvenile crime. The hearing determined that there is a problem in our society with children killing children; this problem is not limited to the inner cities; the majority of violence occurs among…

Each day 13 children are murdered, killed by accident, or take their own lives with guns and at least 30 more are wounded each day. This hearing was held to hear the voices of children on the issue of guns to assist in the creation of a crime bill. Opening statements were made by the following U.S. Representatives (in order): Charles E. Schumer,…

These transcripts feature statements and testimony from a Senate hearing on gun-related violence among school children. Opening statements by judiciary committee members Joseph R. Biden, Paul Simon, Herbert Kohl, Strom Thurmond, and John H. Chaffee offer statistics and anecdotes about the increasing presence of guns on school campuses, the…