Author: Lisa M. JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The Relationship Between Chronic Community Violence Exposure, Pathology, and Adolescent Male Juvenile Crime
Author: Lisa M. JohnsonYouth Violence in Context
Author: Eileen M. AhlinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429655096
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
This book places youth violence within a Routine Activity Ecological Framework. Youth violence, specifically youth exposure to community violence and youth perpetration of violent behaviors, occur within various contexts. Ahlin and Antunes situate their discussion of youth violence within an ecological framework, identifying how it is nested within four mesosystem layers: community, family, peers and schools, and youth characteristics. Contextualized using an ecological framework, the Routine Activity Theory and Lifestyles perspective (RAT/LS) are well suited to guide an examination of youth violence risk and protective factors across the four layers. Drawing on scholarship that explores predictors and consequences of youth violence, the authors apply RAT/LS theory to explain how community, family, peers, schools, and youth characteristics influence youth behavior. Each layer of the ecological framework unfolds to reveal the latest scholarship and contextualizes how concepts of RAT/LS, specifically the motivated offender, target suitability, and guardianship, can be applied at each level. This book also highlights the mechanisms and processes that contribute to youth exposure to and involvement in violence by exploring factors examined in the literature as protective and risk factors of youth violence. Youth violence occurs in context, and, as such, the understanding of multilevel predictors and preventive measures against it can be situated within an RAT/LS ecological framework. This work links theory to extant research. Ahlin and Antunes demonstrate how knowledge of youth violence can be used to develop a robust theoretical foundation that can inform policy to improve neighborhoods and youth experiences within their communities, families, and peers and within their schools while acknowledging the importance of individual characteristics. This monograph is essential reading for those interested in youth violence, juvenile delinquency, and juvenile justice research and anyone dedicated to preventing crime among youths.
Adolescents, Neighborhoods, and Violence
Author: Akiva LibermanPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437921167
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods(PHDCN) was designed to investigate the development of crime and violence in children and adolescents. The PHDCN combines a longitudinal study of more than 6,000 Chicago children and adolescents with a study of Chicago neighborhoods. The longitudinal study involved interviews with children, adolescents, and primary caregivers conducted from 1995 through 2001. This report summarizes findings from four recently published papers using the PHDCN longitudinal study to address various questions about adolescent violence. A common factor in all the articles summarized in this report is the important role of neighborhoods in increasing or controlling adolescent violence. Illustrations.
The Role of Crime, Community Violence Exposure, and Perceived Neighbhorhood Violence in the Development of Conduct Problems Among African American Youth
Author: Nicole L. CammackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African American youth
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
African American youth are disproportionately located in neighborhoods characterized by crime and are at an increased risk for exposure to community violence and perceiving their neighborhoods to be violent. Each of these three experiences with violence has been linked with conduct problems. However, methodological problems in the existing literature limit our ability to understand whether these three types of violence differentially affect the development of adolescent conduct problems and if so, what the relative effects of these experiences with violence are. In addition, research has not examined whether the more proximal experiences with violence (i.e., community violence exposure and perceived neighborhood violence) are more useful for explaining the development of conduct problems that more distal experiences such as neighborhood crime. To address these issues, the present study examined whether neighborhood crime, community violence exposure, and perceived neighborhood violence differentially predicted youth conduct problems. Participants were an epidemiologically-defined community sample of 585 African American adolescents (53.2% male) assessed at regular intervals from elementary school through adolescence. Results revealed that each experience with violence was differentially associated with youth conduct problems, with varied effects for males and females. Understanding the effects of neighborhood crime, community violence exposure, and perceived neighborhood violence on the development of conduct problems is an initial step in the development of contextually-relevant interventions to promote healthy developmental outcomes in urban adolescents.
Family Life, Delinquency and Crime
Author: Kevin N. WrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Describes how positive parental involvement deters delinquent behavior while its absence -- or worse, its negative counterpart -- fosters misconduct. Researchers conclude that children raised in supportive, affectionate, and accepting homes are less likely to become deviant.
Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders
Author: Rolf LoeberPublisher: SAGE
ISBN: 0761920404
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
Detailed and comprehensive, Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders presents authoritative discussions by a select group of leading scholars on issues surrounding serious and violent juvenile offenders. This population is responsible for a disproportionate percentage of all crime and poses the greatest challenge to juvenile justice policymakers. Under the skillful editorship of Rolf Loeber and David P. Farrington, this unique volume integrates knowledge about risk and protective factors with information about intervention and prevention programs so that conclusions from each area can inform the other. Current literature on these two areas does not, for the most part, apply directly to serious and violent juvenile offenders. This volume contends that serious and violent juvenile offenders tend to start displaying behavior problems and delinquency early in life, warranting early intervention. It is the contributors' thesis that prevention is never too early. They also maintain, however, that interventions for serious and violent juvenile offenders can never be too late in that effective interventions exist for known serious and violent juvenile offenders. Augmented by charts, tables, graphs, figures, and an extensive bibliography, Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders is an excellent reference work and a must read for policy and lawmakers, judges, attorneys, law enforcement personnel, education administrators, researchers, academics, social workers, sociologists, as well as graduate students and interns.
The Effects of Violence Exposure on Inner-city Youth and Moderating Factors Associated with Coping Practices
Author: Douglas J. TroopAdolescent Exposure to Violence and Effects on Delinquency
Author: Liam Sean O'BrienPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile delinquency
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Two persistent problems in the United States are juvenile delinquency and children who are the victims of violence. Delinquency can be costly and can drain the resources of communities, therefore early and appropriate interventions are invaluable. Children also have a substantial risk of being exposed to a variety of different types of violence. The effects of this potential exposure can be profound and far-reaching. Additionally, it has not been until recent that violence within the home has been truly acknowledged and studied, thereby limiting any research that had been conducted on the subject. The current study examines the relationship between these two problems. A sample of 359 participants was used for this study. The sample came from Department of Children and Family referrals of suspected child abuse. The amount of violence a child was exposed to was measured, as well as the amount of delinquent behavior that the child subsequently engaged in. Results showed a positive correlation exists between exposure to violent acts and engagement in delinquent behavior.
Youth Violence
Author: Daniel J. FlanneryPublisher: American Psychiatric Pub
ISBN: 9780880488099
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
This is a resource for dealing with both perpetrators and victims of violence and understanding the risk factors facing youth. Presenting an assessment of effects of exposure to violence and the continuity of aggression from early childhood to adulthood, it outlines an integration strategy for public policy towards prevention and treatment.
The Relationship Between Exposure to Community Violence and Violent Behavior in the Social Ecologies of Incarcerated Adolescents
Author: Colleen Anita HallidayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description