[USA] In violent neighborhoods, adults too fearful to intervene with most young offenders / EurekAlert!, 17 July 2007
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-07/osu-ivn071707.php
"A study of young, violent criminals in New York City found that they used fear and intimidation to keep adults from interfering with their criminal activities. Almost 40 percent of the young offenders interviewed said that adults' fear of teens was the defining characteristic of their relations."