Justice Bulletin.
Office of Juvenile
This Bulletin describes the strength and duration of
changeable risk and protective factors for youth violence at points in youth
development when they appear most salient. These predictors are potential
targets for prevention and intervention. The quantitative results of a large
number of studies were synthesized using meta-analysis procedures. The 66
studies all involved juveniles living in the community. The factors
identified are grouped into these headings: (1) individual medical and
physical factors; (2) individual psychological factors; (3) family factors;
(4) school factors; (5) peer-related factors; (6) community and neighborhood.
factors; and (7) situational factors. Multiple predictors and the strength of
prediction are also discussed. Among the school factors explored are academic
failure, low bonding to school, truancy and dropping out of school, frequent
school transitions, and a school with a high delinquency rate. (Contains 63
references.) (SLD)