scholarly journals Civic Engagement Among Youth Exposed to Community Violence: Directions for Research and Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Jain ◽  
Alison K. Cohen ◽  
Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg ◽  
Catherine D. P. Duarte ◽  
Alexander Pope
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Developmental Assets ◽  
Marginalized Youth ◽  
Youth Civic Engagement ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Neighborhood Collective Efficacy ◽  
Exposure To Community Violence

Historically and contemporarily marginalized youth who are disproportionately exposed to community violence are often the same youth who are less likely to be civically engaged. However, the community violence and civic engagement literatures have not yet fully explored how these experiences may be linked in young people’s lives and in relation to what other forces. Using developmental assets and ecological-transactional frameworks, we review the emerging literature on civic engagement among youth exposed to community violence and how external developmental assets and neighborhood collective efficacy may create opportunity for their increased civic engagement. We present numerous conceptually- and empirically-based hypotheses to further examine the intersections between exposure to community violence and youth civic engagement. Ultimately, we identify opportunities for intervention.

Levels of Guardianship in Protecting Youth Against Exposure to Violence in the Community

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen M. Ahlin ◽  
Maria João Lobo Antunes
Keyword(s):  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Exposure To Violence ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Family Management ◽  
Linear Modeling ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Neighborhood Collective Efficacy ◽  
Different Types

Using hierarchical generalized linear modeling and the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods data, the authors examine whether different types of guardianship protect youth against exposure to violence in the neighborhood while controlling for situations where exposure is most likely to occur. Protective family management practices and internal locus of control significantly reduce exposure to community violence. Contrary to expectations, however, neighborhood collective efficacy exerted no effect. The findings emphasize the importance of considering family management practices and individual characteristics as protective factors against harmful environments. Further, guardianship is not restricted to external informal agents of control.

Collective Efficacy and Violence in Chicago Neighborhoods: A Reproduction

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher D. Maxwell ◽  
Joel H. Garner ◽  
Wesley G. Skogan
Keyword(s):  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Neighborhood Violence ◽  
Neighborhood Collective Efficacy ◽  
Efficacy Measure ◽  
Crime Types ◽  
Data Collections ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Archived Data

This research tests the reproducibility of the neighborhood-level effects of social composition and collective efficacy on community violence that Sampson, Raudenbush, and Earls reported in a Science article entitled “Neighborhood and Violent Crime: A Multilevel Study of Collective Efficacy.” Based upon data from a resident survey, the U.S. Census, and official homicide reports from Chicago, Sampson et al. found that neighborhood collective efficacy directly affects perceived neighborhood violence, household victimization, and homicide rates. In addition, they reported that the relationship between residential stability and concentrated disadvantage with each measure of violence is mediated after adding their collective efficacy measure to the regression models. This article uses Earls, Brooks-Gunn, Raudenbush, and Sampson’s archived data collection and other archived data collections to assess the extent to which Sampson et al.’s core substantive findings are independently reproducible. While the reanalysis identified some differences between the archived data and the information provided in Sampson et al., the reanalysis produced findings in the same reported direction and statistical significance for virtually all of Sampson et al.’s core substantive outcomes. This confirmation of their key conclusions provides added confidence in their collective efficacy thesis and enhances the prospects for extending it by assessing the degree to which it also affects other crime types and whether these effects persist over time.

Program Quality Components related to Youth Civic Engagement

2021 ◽  
pp. 106022
Author(s):  
Jaime Ballard ◽  
Lynne Borden ◽  
Daniel Francis Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Program Quality ◽  
Youth Civic Engagement

Trauma and Adaptation in Severe Mental Illness: The Role of Self-Reported Abuse and Exposure to Community Violence

2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Golan Shahar ◽  
Alexi Wisher ◽  
Matthew Chinman ◽  
David Sells ◽  
Bret Kloos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Community Violence ◽  
Exposure To Community Violence
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