: Bridging the Gaps: Collaborations on Lethal Violence Research, Theory, and Prevention Policy
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@MISC{Homicide_:bridging,
author = {Of The Homicide},
title = {: Bridging the Gaps: Collaborations on Lethal Violence Research, Theory, and Prevention Policy},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Recent data, although limited, suggest that school shootings and school violence have increased in the U.S. Social factors that are converging in the 1990s appear to be contributing to the youth violence problem. These factors include institutional change, societal influences, and situational factors that affect some youths more than others. These variables make children and adolescents more vulnerable to behaving inappropriately and coping maladaptively than youths who have different life experiences. After the discussion of these social factors and their effects, individual factors that identify youths at greater risk of choosing violent solutions to life's challenges are highlighted. Introduction The massacre at Jonesboro Middle School on March 24, 1998, happened in a small rural Southern community and became a global event. Time and Newsweek, weekly news magazines that sell millions of copies in the U.S. and across the world, prominently displayed the two young killers, ages 11 ...
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prevention policy lethal violence research school violence institutional change u.s. social factor social factor weekly news magazine jonesboro middle school different life experience young killer situational factor identify youth violent solution small rural southern community recent data societal influence youth violence problem global event school shooting individual factor
