Why is this depressing? No matter how bad a teen is, they are the product of their environment. Taken out of the environment, they may be rehabilitated.
An adult? An adult is the product of what the adult does. They made the environment in which the teens felt invincible enough that even rape was acceptable so long as they kept winning. I grew up in a small town like this, and I played on a jr. high team…if you were football, you were golden and those on the Jr. teams were rapidly told that they were what gave the town value. It starts early with these people.