This article reports the prevalence of violence
and co-victimization among African-American
youth in Chicago. Results of a violence screening
survey were compiled on 1035 school
children, aged 10 to 19 years. Police crime
statistics are compared to illustrate the magnitude
of the problem of youth and violence.
Results indicate that 75% of the participating
boys and 10% of participating girls had witnessed
the shooting, stabbing, robbing, or
killing of another person in their own lives. The
survey itself did not identify the effects of
co-victimization on the participants. Previous
research is incorporated in the development of
tentative hypotheses for intervention in public
schools.