Violence among teenagers

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Violence among teenagers

• Aiste Šablinskaite PNVbd7-01

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CONTENT

• The most common type of violent offences/crimes
  among teens
• Bullying and teasing
• Teens in gangs
• Youth violence prevention. MST.
• Anton Abele
• Conclusion
• References

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The most common type of violent offences/crimes
among teens

• Bullying and teasing
• Gang violence
• Murders

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Bullying and teasing

• Bullying is when someone repeatedly says hurtful
  things or physically hurts someone else.
• Almost 30 of youth in the United States (or over
  5.7 million) are estimated to be involved in
  bullying as either a bully, a target of bullying,
  or both.

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Bullying can

• increase bullied person social isolation
• feel compelled to take drastic measures, such as
  carrying weapons for protection or seeking
  violent revenge
• Others, in desperation, even consider a suicide.

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Gangs and teens

• A gang is usually a group of teens and young
  adults who spend much of their time together.
  They often plan how to carry out activities that
  usually involve violence.
• In United States about 7 percent of teens say
  they belong to gangs.
• Gang members are usually aged from 12 to 25. The
  average age is 17.

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Gangs harm communities by

• dealing drugs in their neighborhoods
• defacing buildings with spray paint
• beating up or killing people in their
  neighborhoods

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Youth violence prevention. MST program

• Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST), developed by
  Earlscourt Child and Family Centre in Toronto -
  one of the most popular programs in United States
  to work with high-risk youth.

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MST therapist

• works intensively with the child and family
  members to identify and remedy problems in a wide
  range of areas
• visits the family several times a week, using
  techniques such as family therapy, and parent
  education.

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Anton Abele

• 15 year-old Swedish boy won MTV's Free Your Mind
  Award 2007 for his demonstrations in Sweden
  against violence between youth.

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• Anton Abele created a group on Facebook, Bevara
  oss från gatuvåldet (Save Us From Street
  Violence) which has attracted over 111,000
  members to date.
• His actions also led to one of the largest public
  demonstrations in Swedish history in
  Kungsträdgården attended by 12,000 people.

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Demonstration organised by Anton Abele against
violence among Swedish youth in Stokholm, October
2007
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Conclusion

• Violence among teenagers is not only bullying
  and teasing but also joining gangs and killing
  each other for nothing. Prevention programs
  against violence among teens are not really
  effective.
• In order to respond effectively to youth
  violence, communities, schools and families must
  recognize the necessity of prevention of
  violence.

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References

• http//www.canadian-health-network.ca/servlet/Cont
  entServer?cid1069439907509pagenameCHN-RCS2FCHN
  Resource2FFAQCHNResourceTemplatelangEncCHNRes
  ource (2007-12-09)
• http//www.hopefs.org/Behavior/TeensandGangs.html
  (2007-12-08)
• http//www.inmotionmagazine.com/pedro3.html
• (2007-12-15)
• http//ema.mtv.co.uk/news (2007-12-15)