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     Ever since the terrible tragedy at Columbine High School, there has been a numerous list of recent school shootings in America. Youth violence is a major issue in today’s society. Many people dread what causes adolescents to be so violent, committing horrible crimes.     

Living in low-income and impoverished neighborhoods with little upward mobility and the way African American teens are treated and seen as in society are also major factors in the growing violence in predominantly black schools. Preventing violence in black teens begins with changing the environmental factors that affect African American adolescent males. Also, by providing support from the home, classroom, and community, the effects of the socioeconomic and social disadvantages will begin to decrease.

The "Juvenile Justice: Policies Programs, and Practices", believes that schools that have an unconstructive or a negative environment, as well as an excessive amount of misbehavior and conflict between the faculty and students, and students against other students, are issues that can trigger juvenile violence in schools. In addition, juvenile violence tends to happen more often in high schools and middle schools that are located in poor urban areas (Taylor, Fritsch, and Caeti 58-60).

The history of this problem primarily focuses on the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the rate of youth homicides increased dramatically for many cities. Specifically in

Dr. Garbarino (1999) proposes common factors that are trending when it comes to an increase in violence among young boys, but does not state that such trends are causes of violence. Risk factors, especially in inner-city neighborhoods, such as poor quality of education, low socioeconomic status, limited healthcare options, multiple family residences, lack of a father figure, and high crime may lead an increase in violent nature for male youth. In addition, the book mentions four specific problems that provide a foundation for violence. These four problems include, attachment, abandonment by mother, abandonment by father, and

This neighborhood factor drives children to seek companionship amongst others on the already violent streets and causes them to follow suit. The final factor that may result in violence stems from the individual. For instance, children raised in a bleak and violent environment may develop low self-worth and feel little power over their future. Unable to break the cycle, they become a direct reflection of what they experience in their community and contribute to the ongoing violence.

If the youth’s family has a drinking problem or involved with selling or using drugs or alcohol. The cause of violence in young youth is from violent hostile families, violent friends, this will change the perception and attitude of the youth’s life. The problem with these families is that it is hard to get out of a situation like that. when you were raised like in a hostile environment you adapted to doing these things and you think it is right but in reality it is

The 70806 of Baton Rouge, LA consists of a diverse community of college students, low income and middle class income areas. Driving through the community reveals income inequality, poverty and opulence, homelessness and extravagant houses, healthy youth and elderly sick individuals. It was a challenge to assess the 70806 due to the great diversity but a much greater challenge to come up with viable.

The primary risk factors for this family are social risk factors. As noted by Lieberman and Van Horn (2008), negative outcomes for children increase with multiple risk factors. Amarika’s family faces racial discrimination, given their ethnic identify as African Americans. They also reside in an unsafe neighborhood where gang violence often occurs. Given their inability to move from this area, it can be assumed they are also facing poverty. Mrs. Lawrence is a single mother of two daughters, one of whom is also a young single mother. We also have to consider the political climate, as the family has little influence to change the way that police protect (or fail to protect) their community. The gang violence is an unfortunate part of the community and African American culture in our country. All of these risk factors increase the likelihood that Amarika may experience another traumatic

There is a prevention for teen violence that needs to practiced, if not the youth will grown up to be heartless adults with a tremendous amount of problems in their lives. Parents should not argue in front of their children and show such violence towards each other. It can traumatize them and then they wouldn’t be the same. Communities and neighborhoods play a big part also. In a child is brought up in a low income area, we should let them know that’s there move to life out there.

42) leading to Milio creating a theoretical framework to assess the health of the population. This student will utilize Milio’s conceptual framework to evaluate the health of the people of Wayne County to find solutions to the issue at hand. Identified risk factors that can be precipitating causes for violence in youth are exposure to violence on programs they watch, bullying in school, domestic violence and gang violence. When children see or live with violence in the home or school and the community, it becomes part of their everyday norms. Other causes of violence in the population is mental illness, drugs, poverty, and homelessness. Low-income families are more prone to physical violence within the neighborhoods and from the home where the middle-class families are more prone to face violence domestically or drug related. The community of Wayne County has limited resources available in areas like Detroit for after school programs, latchkey programs, and the ability of low-income families to afford daycare thus single parents and dual-income families have to rely on other family members and older children to watch younger siblings. According to Milio peoples, behaviors will change if alternative options are readily available and easily accessible the issue in Wayne County is that the availability of programs is there but accessing them is difficult and time-consuming to individuals. Social change is needed and time and money are being allocated to programs that bring community watch groups together, placing more lights on the streets of Detroit, creating a report with the police, increasing the number of officers patrolling the streets and increasing avenues to report the

In the www.census.gov.com, Bakersfield city population estimates was 368,483 in July 1, 2014.The male’s population is 181,676, and 49.3% of the Bakersfield. The female’s population is 187,083, and 50.7%. The population has been change since 2000. Persons under 5 years percentage was 9.0, under 18 years was 31.5 percent, 65 years and over was 8.4 percent, and female persons was 51.0 percent in April 1, 2010. The white alone was 56.8 percent, black or African American alone was 8.2 percent,

Some of the secondary causes of this violence as espoused by Phillips (148) include despair, racism, powerlessness and poverty. Many youths have struggled in despair as they struggle to meet their daily bread. In the desperation, many children were therefore introduced to violence at a young age in order to meet their needs. This despair has brought with it powerlessness that has also made life difficult for the children.

The nurse can educate Bob and Peggy that because Teresa as an adolescent at greater risk for being a victim of violence. That factors that contribute to violence amongst adolescent include things such as low socioeconomic status, limited print supervision, single parent families, both parents in the workforce, access to guns or cars, drug or alcohol use, low self-esteem and peer groups.

            Youth violence is a significant issue in modern society. Every new generation of high school and college