Annotated Bibliography On Community Violence

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Youth Violence and Community Cohesion
1. Aisenberg, E. & Herrenkohl, T. (2008). Community Violence in Context: Risk and Resilience in Children and Families. Journal Of Interpersonal Violence, 23(3), 296-315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260507312287
According to this article, the root cause of violence among the youth is family. The author of the article strongly believes that violence mainly is greatly influenced by the family setting. Other than family, school and the community are also influence young violence among young people. Children who come from violent family backgrounds are likely to channel that violence on to others thereby land themselves in trouble. …show more content…

According to this author, poverty is the leading cause of violence. Most young people lack employment but must find a way of sustaining their daily needs. As a result, they turn to violent crime so as to get funds and means of survival. The author uses Honduras as an example of a poor country with high criminal rates. As he concludes, attempts to give solutions to the violence in Honduras.
6. Hanson, R. (2006). The Relations Between Family Environment and Violence Exposure Among Youth: Findings From the National Survey of Adolescents. Child Maltreatment, 11(1), 3-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559505279295
Hanson argues that there is a great relationship between violence and family relations. He believes that creating a friendly environment in the family setting reduces the rate of violence among youths. The article gives a detailed survey of maltreatment of children and their response as they develop into young adults. Hanson believes that children who are mistreated in their family turn out to be vilent as they grow up. They channel the violence into harmful ways that not only harm them, but also people around …show more content…

By this, they believe they will assist the reader get a glimpse of violence. The authors strongly believe that violating human rights in anyway is a form of violence. After elaborating the slavery, they explore violence in the 21st century and the similarities to slavery. They believe that youth violence is everywhere in the world. In this context, a youth is any individual between the ages of ten and twenty-nine. These authors attempt to open the readers’ eyes by elaborating the magnitude of youth violence around the world. According to them, the rate of violence among young people is very

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