Experts in teen-age violence said they understood the fears related to schools, and that efforts to halt violence there should not be reduced.

Certainly this is true in the case of teen-age violence.

After she moves to Maine, a physician is harassed by cases of teen-age violence.

Americans also said they were particularly worried about teen-age violence, with more than 8 in 10 saying crimes committed by young people were on the rise nationwide.

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It was part of a grant proposal the city made to the state in 1994 to cut down on teen-age violence and delinquency.

Other officials and residents said that given the magnitude of the crisis in the streets, incidents of teen-age violence may continue to rise through the coming summer.

"If the guns can be taken from them," he added, "then the traditional teen-age male violence will result in just bloody noses rather than homicides."

Asked to name for themselves what is most to blame for teen-age violence, 21 percent of those polled volunteered "television."

But those who have studied race relations and teen-age violence say there are common threads.