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Title: Cumulative Exposure to Violence Predicting Risk and Rate of Future Violent Behavior
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Shippee, Nathan |
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Cumulative Exposure to Violence Predicting Risk and Rate of Future Violent Behavior Presented: San Francisco CA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2009 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Behavior, Violent; Bullying/Victimization; Crime; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Siblings; Social Contacts/Social Network Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examines exposure to multiple experiences with crime and violence-- including bullying, witnessing gun violence, having acquaintances in gangs, and having gangs in the surrounding neighborhoods-- and how these risk factors accumulate to affect the risk and rate of future violence. Drawing from perspectives on cumulative adversity, and utilizing the 1997 and 2005 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this study uses logistic and zero-inflated negative binomial models to assess the accumulation of exposure to violence. Important controls include recent gang membership of one's own in 2005 and recent binge drinking. Witnessing a shooting, particularly when the victim is a non-stranger, and having siblings in gangs in adolescence significantly increase the odds of engaging in future violence, while only witnessing a shooting significantly increases the rate of future violence. Adverse experiences with violence do indeed accumulate, with the highest-risk teens being those who have been exposed to shootings and to gangs in their social networks. Findings suggest that intervention for these youths should be a high priority, as the ubiquity of violence in their lives provides multiple instances in which to develop violent behavioral adaptations. |
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Shippee, Nathan. "Cumulative Exposure to Violence Predicting Risk and Rate of Future Violent Behavior." Presented: San Francisco CA, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2009. |