Adolescents at risk for violence |
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Authors: | Richard Lowry David Sleet Carlton Duncan Ken Powell Lloyd Kolbe |
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Institution: | (1) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, Georgia;(2) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Mailstop K-33, 1600 Clifton Road N.E., 30333 Atlanta, Georgia |
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Abstract: | Interpersonal violence among youth is a growing problem in many communities and schools across the nation. The causes of violence are multiple and complex. This paper examines the extent and nature of interpersonal violence among youth as well as the individual and societal factors which contribute to youth violence. Adolescents are disproportionately represented as both victims and perpetrators of fatal and nonfatal assaultive violence. Homicide rates among young men in the United States are vastly greater than those of other Western industrialized nations. Persons age 12–24 years face the highest risk of nonfatal violent victimization of any segment of our society. Arrest rates for homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault peak among adolescents and young adults. Further, arrest rates for murder and other violent crimes have increased substantially among this age group since the mid-1980s. Effective prevention programs will require combinations of interventions aimed at multiple factors and delivered through many channels. |
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Keywords: | adolescence violence homicide assault sexual assault |
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