Youth Violence in Context

Name: Youth Violence in Context
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Youth Violence in ContextAn Ecological Routine Activity Framework\nAuthor(s): Eileen M. Ahlin, Maria Joo Lobo Antunes\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367133191, 978-0367133191\nSynopsis\nThis book places youth violence within a Routine Activity Ecological Framework. Youth violence, specifically youth exposure to community violence and youth perpetration of violent behaviors, occur within various contexts. Ahlin and Antunes situate their discussion of youth violence within an ecological framework, identifying how it is nested within four mesosystem layers: community, family, peers and schools, and youth characteristics. Contextualized using an ecological framework, the Routine Activity Theory and Lifestyles perspective (RAT/LS) are well suited to guide an examination of youth violence risk and protective factors across the four layers. \n\nDrawing on scholarship that explores predictors and consequences of youth .