Eileen M. Ahlin, "Youth Violence in Context: An Ecological Routine Activity Framework "
English | ISBN: 0367133199 | 2021 | 164 pages | EPUB | 806 KB
English | ISBN: 0367133199 | 2021 | 164 pages | EPUB | 806 KB
This 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.
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