Juvenile Crime

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This study examines the media coverage of juvenile crime, focusing on the 1924 murder of a 14-year-old boy, Robert Franks by two older teenagers, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. The paper follows the coverage among the many newspapers in Chicago at the time. An examination of coverage by the major papers (this study focuses on The Chicago Daily News) makes clear at least two central elements-- the boys were anomalies of human nature and their behavior should be seen as unacceptable.

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"The murders took place at a time when the United States was self-satisfied. The First World War was largely forgotten, the Roaring Twenties were in full bloom, peace and economic prosperity were everywhere. It simply did not make sense that juveniles who came from such a happy and successful society (and who in fact enjoyed the very best that that society had to offer, as children of wealthy and powerful families) could become such calculating, cold-blooded killers."

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