The number of serious crimes committed by young people under the age of majority tends to increase. This is facilitated by a number of reasons, which criminologists and sociologists talk about. Brenda Spencer committed the killing of two people without obvious motives.
Joyless childhood
Brenda Ann Spencer was born on April 3, 1962. The family at that time lived in the famous city of San Diego. Parents related to the upbringing of the child, as they say, through the sleeves. Father loved to drink a glass or two of strong drink without any reason. Just because the body required an antioxidant. Mother regularly left for some of her affairs, and the girl was left without any supervision. Left to herself, Brenda hung out for a long time on the street and spent time in dubious companies.
Young Spencer did not seek to get a good education and often missed classes. Instead, she became addicted to alcohol early, and then to drugs. I found out how marginals live. At the same time, the girl dreamed of becoming famous. She was fascinated by television programs about serial killers and violence. Brenda could sit for hours in front of the TV, absorbing all the nuances and details of what was happening. And she also loved weapons.
Emergency
The biography of the infant killer attests to the fact of a suicide attempt. This happened in the winter of 1978. They saved the brand. Parents did not pay due attention to this incident - the husband and wife were engaged in their personal lives, they had not needed a child for a long time. True, the father, demonstrating his love, gave his daughter a Christmas self-loading rifle and five hundred rounds. It is difficult for a normal person to follow what an adult man was guided by when choosing such a “gift”.
If the weapon fell into the hands of an unbalanced teenager, then the consequences are not difficult to guess. On Monday, January 29, 1979, Brenda stayed home. The windows of her apartment overlooked the school gates. The girl took a rifle out of the case, loaded it, and, having waited for more people to gather at the gate, she began to shoot at the gathered people. Already in the course of the investigation, it will be estimated that Spencer fired thirty-six shots. Two teachers were killed, eight students and a policeman were injured.
