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Criminal Justice Policy Issue
One of the increasing major concerns in the field of criminal justice is the rising fear of crime in public by juvenile violence, also known as 'youth violence'. This paper would discuss a selected journal article that is based on this issue and would highlight its key findings, issues, recommendations and the summary based on the discussion of the chosen issue.
The article chosen on the selected issue of 'youth violence' is "Youth Violence: Do parents make a difference" written by Laurence Steinberg. The author talks about the decreased rate in youth violence in America, especially the school related violence. The author makes a point that although school violence cannot be controlled or can be to a very limited extent with the help of surveillance cameras in the schools, but stricter measures need to be taken in order to completely eradicate it from America. The society, Bipartisan Working Group on Youth Violence, can take special actions in this regard. The authors also pointed out factors that contributed to youth violence and served as linkages in this crime. Moreover, the role of families is also highlighted vividly in this regard.
Key Findings and Issues
Bipartisan Working Group on Youth Violence identified six main issues including parents and families, school security, prosecution of law, community programs, pop culture and media, and health (Steinberg, 2000, p. 31). There were certain themes such as prevention and early intervention for lessening youth violence, schools being primary locations for identifying youth violence, and accessibility of health programs and mental health services etc. The article further discusses the role...
The socioeconomic, ethnic and household issues also add to negative parenting, resulting in youth violence. One more major factor playing its role in youth violence was parents' disengagement with their children, such as not knowing what subjects they were opting, what kind of grades they were scoring and what comp any they were with. The article specifies that causes of negative parenting are poverty, parental mental health problems, lack of community support for such families, and negatively spread information about parenting and its effects.
It would not be wrong to say that popular culture plays a significant role in aggravating youth violence. Media and the portrayal of gun violence as 'cool' perceptions of the individuals are some of…
References
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Elliott, D.S. (1994, February 18-21). Youth violence: An overview. Paper presented at The Aspen Institute's Children's Policy Forum "Children and Violence Conference." Retrieved from www.colorado.edu/cspv/publications/papers/CSPV-008.pdf
Hawkins, J.D., Herrenkohl, T.I., Farrington, D.P., Brewer, D., Catalano, R.F., Harachi, T.W., & Cothern, L. (2000). Predictors of youth violence. Retrieved from www.crim.cam.ac.uk/people/academic_research/david_farrington/predviol.pdf
Miller, W.B. (1973). Ideology and criminal justice policy: Some current issues. The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 64. Retrieved from http://www.conservativecriminology.com/uploads/5/6/1/7/56173731/ideology_and_crimi nal_justice_policy___some_current_issues.pdf
Steinberg, L. (2000). Youth violence: Do parents and families make a difference? National Institute of Justice Journal, 2000. Retrieved from https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/jr000243f.pdf
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