And while it was often defended as simply glamorization of news for the sake of ratings (a modern equivalent would be link - baiting), the book's account has never been discredited as inaccurate.
Once your kids walk out the door, you simply can't insulate them from the kind of culture that is out there: the violence, the sexualization, and the glamorization of criminal behavior that we see all around us in movies, music and video games.