Youth Violence Essay Examples and Research Papers

Introduction The case I have chosen discusses a program in Boston called Operation Night Light. Operation Night Light was a project introduced in Boston in the early 1990’s, in response to an upswing in adolescent gang violence. Prior to this operation it was the standard for probation officers to essentially be 9 to 5ers, meeting…

In recent years most of the attention has been centered on youth violence. Numerous studies have been conducted on children of all races who are subjected to gun viloence. Gun violence is the second leading cause of death for American children. Basically violent behaviors start from at home. The children either watch it on televison…

Gang Violence We ask ourselves what is gang violence? Before writing this paper I thought of gang violence as just an initiated gang running around vandalizing and harming people. This is all that we see portrayed on television. We always here about two gangs crips and bloods. The crips were blue and bloods were red….

At the moment, rap music dominates the music industry as it continues to grow from its birth in the 1970’s. While every other music genre has either stabilized or is beginning to decline, rap music is attracting the youth exponentially. Although, children should not be the audience being targeted by the rap industry, they still…

High Stakes for Carrying Firearms This section focuses on those high stakes that come with carrying guns while being a juvenile and what are the consequences. The gun violence that is driven by juveniles consists of actions driven by emotion rather than the willingness to weigh the choices and ramifications of the actions they decided…

Exposure to violent experiences can be traumatic and can negatively impact multiple factors such as growth, educational functioning, coping skills and relationships. Teenagers are not only being exposed to violence within their neighborhoods at a much higher percentage but also through technology and media. Violence affects its victims, those who observe violence, family members, co-workers,…

One of the areas that has the highest influence in a child’s development is their home life, and the way their family raises them. Parents are a child’s primary role model, and the first to teach their children how to navigate skills such as social, emotional, cognitive and behavioral tendencies. These are referred to as…

Basic Background Information The issue of the radicalisation of many youths, particularly Muslim Youths, in Western Society has been a matter of growing concern for many years. This has been particularly true with the rise of extremist groups such as ISIS. In recent years there has been much debate and academic focus on why youths…