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/^t/American criminologists are already warning that the United States can expect another wave of violent crime in the coming decade, and some say that it will be much worse that the one that is now subsiding. Polish political leaders and psychologists, on the other hand, call it meekly 'a rising tide of violence'. According to psychologists a 14-year-old with gun in his hand is far more menacing than an adult. That is because a teenager will pull a trigger without fully considering the consequences; he will pull the trigger over a leather jacket, a pair of sneakers or a joke.