Children who experience violence in their families and communities are at increased risk for
a wide range of psychological and behavioral difficulties, but some exhibit resilience, or …

Exposure to community violence (ETV-C) negatively impacts youth development and is
associated with many negative outcomes. Although attention has been paid to examining …

The BSC Critical Criminology Network's Book of the Year 2016 Why do some men use
physical violence against others? How do some men come to value physical violence as a …

We used data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods to
examine the extent to which individual, family, and contextual factors account for the …

This book provides a sociological perspective on crime and criminal justice by treating social
structure and social inequality as central themes in the study of crime—and major factors in …

Research suggests that direct exposure (personal victimization) and indirect exposure
(witnessing or hearing about the victimization of a family member, friend, or neighbor) to …

Research has demonstrated that exposure to violence can result in many negative
consequences for youth, but the degree to which neighborhood conditions may foster …

A safe environment is a prerequisite for productive learning. Using a unique panel data set
of survey responses from New York City middle school students, the article provides insight …

Previous research has demonstrated that exposure to violence (ETV) is a serious concern
across the north-south socioeconomic divide. While studies have found that social support is …

The current study employed latent class analysis (LCA) to identify distinct profiles of
community violence exposure and their associations to desensitization outcomes in 241 …