Adolescent Violence : Pointers of Perpetrators
Journal Title: PARIPEX-Indian Journal of Research - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 5
Abstract
Violence has been declared as a leading public issue. It is an end result of the inter-personal conflict, The violent behavior is influenced by social contexts and the individual attributes brought to these contexts. Material and method: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 960 students aged 10-18 years of urban schools, with two point scale (yes / no) to know the involvement in violence. Observations: Present study revealed the prevalence of perpetrators was 36.26% while male and female were 65.52% and 34.48% in their respective groups. 23.68%, 18.42%, 26.31% boys and 20%, 15%, 30% girls as perpetrators were in habit of smoking, alcohol and tobacco use respectively. Discussion & Conclusion: Middle class and Upper middle class status, father’s education intermediate and illiterate, mother’s primary education, nuclear family reflect the inclination towards the violent act. At that very moment the preventive tools can be offered to these adolescents for their own, for the families and of course, for the benefit of the society
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Anand K. Agarwal, Ashish Verma
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