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Youth Violence
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Over the past decade, criminal and violent acts committed by juveniles have increased dramatically. A national crisis is engulfing this country. Over half of the people arrested for murder in the United States in 1991 were under age 25 (Wilson & Howell, 1993). The Children’s Defense fund estimat ....
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.... psychological problems , reconstituted families, and overwhelmed parents (Edelman, 1995, p.54). Youth who lack a closeness with their parents or who feel a lack of family cohesion are more likely to get into trouble.
Personal characteristics of young people can also contribute to the type of development that progresses to violent behavior. Edelman. (1995) reported that babies that are irritable, who do not adapt to changes, who have eating and sleeping problems, and who are fearless, impulsiv.... |
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