Throughout history, people have been attracted to music. For the past decade, references have been made to link violent and deviant behavior to music and certain music categories. The one category that has been under controversy is rap or “gansta” rap. If indeed there is a direct correlation between violence in music and violence in adolescent behavior, it is important to look at where the connection lies. By simply understanding the adolescent stages of human …showed first 75 words of 2122 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2122 total…consciously or not, on what they see in their environment, and this is particularly true of what they see in their families. There are a number of scientific studies that show that children from abusive families are at a high risk to repeat that abuse when they grow up. That doesn't mean that every child who grows up in an abusive home becomes abusive. That's just one more factor that goes into the mix” (Christoffel, 1998).