Urban Children's Perceptions of Violence

Sheehan, Karen; Kim, Lynn E.; Galvin, John P.

doi:10.1001/archpedi.158.1.74

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“…13,28 Sheehan et al found that some urban youth did not trust the police and perceived them as violent. 29 Present findings also stress the paramount role the school environment plays in youth aggression and violent behavior. While some teachers and principals were able to mitigate aggression and violence, others expressed aggression and used violence towards students.…”

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“I Live by Shooting Hill”—A Qualitative Exploration of Conflict and Violence among Urban Youth in New Haven, Connecticut

Shuval¹,

Massey²,

Caughy³

et al. 2012

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To elucidate urban youths’ perceptions of conflict and violence we conducted a qualitative study among minority urban youths in New Haven, Connecticut. We utilized the ecological framework to explore the multilevel nature of the findings, and triangulated results with a parallel quantitative study. We found risk factors for violence at multiple levels including lack of interpersonal anger management skills (individual level); parents not physically present in the household (relationship level); residence in crime and gang-ridden neighborhoods (community level); and socioeconomic inequalities between neighborhoods, as reflected by participants’ perception of the inadequacy of neighborhood resources to provide safety (societal level). Neighborhood resources were perceived as sparse, and police were not regarded as a protective factor (sometimes rather as racially discriminatory). Participants’ statements pertaining to feelings of isolation, racism, and violence without strong parental, neighborhood, and school support may impede prosocial attitudes and behaviors throughout adolescence and young adulthood.

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“I Live by Shooting Hill”—A Qualitative Exploration of Conflict and Violence among Urban Youth in New Haven, Connecticut

Shuval¹,

Massey²,

Caughy³

et al. 2012

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“…A recent study by Sheehan and colleagues suggests that preadolescent urban youth look to trusted adults to help keep them safe from violence. 15 Our findings indicate that, with age, youths may come to trust the adults in their lives less, and develop their own strategies for staying safe. When available, peers with similar life experiences may inform those strategies.…”

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Urban youths’ perspectives on violence and the necessity of fighting: Table 1

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Objectives: To assess youth perceptions of the causes and consequences of violence generally, the causes and consequences of fighting specifically, and to determine how best to approach fighting in the context of violence prevention activities. Methods: Thirteen structured focus group interviews with youths from three high violence urban settings: a large, urban high school, a training center for disadvantaged youths, and a school for adjudicated youths. Participants were 120 urban, predominately African-American youths and young adults ages 14-22 years (mean: 17.2 years). Seven focus groups were conducted with females, and six with males. Results: Adolescents identified the causes of violence on multiple levels including: individual, family, interpersonal, and community level factors. Most youths (89%) had been in a physical fight. Participants felt that fighting was not ''right'', but identified situations in which it was necessary. Specifically, fighting was used as a problem solving tool, and could prevent escalation of violence. Youths felt that the adults in their lives, including physicians, were generally ill equipped to give advice about violence, as adults' experiences were so removed from their own. Participants looked to experienced role models to offer problem solving and harm reduction strategies. Youths were open to receiving anticipatory guidance about violence and fighting from primary care physicians they felt comfortable with, and who showed respect for their experiences. Conclusions: Interventions that include blanket admonitions against fighting should be reassessed in light of youth perceptions that fighting plays a complex role in both inciting and preventing more serious violence.

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“…What has to be determined are adolescent perceptions concerning what might constitute a weapon, the lethality of any weapons being carried, and the context in which they might be used. A recent focus group-based study 13 of perceptions of violence among urban children might act as a good model for further research on this topic in NZ.…”

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Weapon carrying in a sample of high school students in New Zealand

McGee

Carter

Williams

et al. 2005

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Objective: To examine self‐report of carrying weapons and correlates in a sample of New Zealand high school students. Method: A sample of 652 Year 11 students from all Dunedin high schools completed a web‐based version of the US Youth Risk Behaviour Survey. This included questions on weapon carrying, fighting, and feeling unsafe at school, as well as measures of family and peer/friend connectedness and perception of school climate. Results: Reports of ever carrying a weapon and carrying one in the last 30 days were relatively common, being 27.5% and 19.3% respectively. Weapon carrying in the last 30 days was strongly associated with being male, fighting in the last year, missing school due to feeling unsafe, and a poorer perception of school climate. Conclusions: Many high school students report weapon carrying, which in turn was associated with other aspects of physical aggression. Further study of the lethality of weapons being carried and the context in which they might be used is clearly warranted.

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Urban Children's Perceptions of Violence

Cited by 27 publications

References 7 publications

“I Live by Shooting Hill”—A Qualitative Exploration of Conflict and Violence among Urban Youth in New Haven, Connecticut

“I Live by Shooting Hill”—A Qualitative Exploration of Conflict and Violence among Urban Youth in New Haven, Connecticut

Urban youths’ perspectives on violence and the necessity of fighting: Table 1

Weapon carrying in a sample of high school students in New Zealand

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