Youth violence in America Annotated Bibliography

Preliminary bibliography Bushman, B. J. , Newman, K. , Calvert, S. L. T. , Logan, K. , Samuel, J. , & Nunn, T. A multivariate analysis of gun violence among urban youth: The impact of direct victimization, indirect victimization, and victimization among peers. , & Houry, D. Violence in the United States: status, challenges, and opportunities. Jama, 314(5), 478-488. Vaughn, M. G. Annotated Bibliography Vaughn, M. G. , Salas-Wright, C. P. , DeLisi, M. Sumner, S. A. , Mercy, J. A. , Dahlberg, L. It is observed that only very few cases of the violence were reported and acted upon by the relevant authorities. The research is relevant to the study for it relates the major causes that have led to increase in the violence. The research is very relevant considering it involved the use of proved facts to come up with the conclusion.

World Health Organization. Preventing youth violence: an overview of the evidence. One of the variables used is the gender that analyzed the difference between the male and the female in the country. It was observed that the use of drugs is one of the main cause of the violence amongst the young people. According to the research, it is only if the authorities can control the use of the drugs among the young people that they shall be in a position a great percentage to control the violence. The research also shows that the factors that can be related to the use of alcohol among the youths can also be related to violence. The research is important to the study of this paper for it describes the factors that increase the violence.

Youth violence: What we know and what we need to know. American Psychologist, 71(1), 17. The article was written by Bushman and the colleagues. It is an analysis of the report that had been done on the major causes of the increased gun violence among the students in America. The article describes several factors that have been observed to be the main cause of the gun violence of the students most of whom are students. The research was carried out to determine if victimization has any direct effect towards the behavior of the young people living in the urban. It came up with the results that any time there is victimization then the youths are expected to be more violent as a way of reacting to the victimization.