This article discusses conceptual issues and reviews knowledge about direct and buffering
protective factors in the development of youth violence. Direct protective factors predict a low …

Each year an estimated 200 000 youth aged 10–29 years are murdered, making homicide
the fourth leading cause of death in young people globally. In addition to these deaths …

BACKGROUND: Because little is known about long-term effects of adolescent protective
factors across multiple health domains, we examined associations between adolescent …

Violence is a widespread problem that affects the physical, mental, and social health of
individuals and communities. Violence comes with an immense economic cost to its victims …

The Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY) is a structured professional
judgment tool for assessing violence risk in adolescents, between the approximate ages of …

Walters provides a detailed description of how criminal thinking serves as a vital link
between criminality and crime. Criminality, the propensity to become involved in criminal …

School-based bullying perpetration and victimization is common worldwide and has
profound impacts on student behavior and mental health. However, few studies have …

Why do individuals exposed to the same environment turn out so differently, with some
engaging in crime and others abiding by societal rules and norms? Why are males involved …

The purpose of this study was to explore the life of John (a pseudonym), a soccer coach
working with disadvantaged young people. Six open-ended life history interviews over a ten …

This study examines whether there are differential relationships among trauma exposure,
familial risk and protective factors, substance abuse, and posttraumatic stress disorder …