Confronting Violence in the 1980's: In the Street, School, and Home (From Violent Behavior: Assessment and Intervention, V 1, P 167-183, 1990, Leonard J Hertzberg, Gene F Astrum, et al, eds. -- See NCJ-123057)

• NCJ Number: 123066
• Author(s): S K Steinmetz
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 16 pages
• Sale Source: PMA Publishing Corp
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examines the extent and nature of violence in the street, school, and homes of America along with characteristics of the perpetrators and the victims.

Abstract

Data indicate that violence in the street has continued to increase in the last few years. Perpetrators are disproportionately male, black, and under 30 years old; males are disproportionately victims. The highest rates of violent street crimes are in urban areas. Violence in the school is also on the increase and occurs between students and between students and teachers. Perpetrators are disproportionately minority; victims are disproportionately white. Urban schools experience the most violence. Violence in the family is also on the increase and occurs between spouses, between siblings, between parents and children, and between adult children and their elderly parents. Residence, race, and age appear to affect domestic violence. The rate of such violence is highest in urban areas, and blacks tend to be more violent than whites for child abuse and spouse abuse, but report lower rates of sibling violence. Younger couples tend to be more violent than older couples. Violence in the street, school, and home can be reduced through a value system that emphasizes nonviolent means of resolving interpersonal conflict. 36 references.