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[17]: 4–6 Founding editor of the International Journal of Children's Rights, Michael Freeman, also argues that the ultimate causes of child abuse lie in prejudice against children, especially the view that human rights do not apply equally to adults and children. He writes, "the roots of child abuse lie not in parental psycho-pathology or in ...
A cause that is more difficult to eliminate is mental illness, because sometimes these illnesses are present at birth. Still, counseling and rehabilitation might aid in reducing the negative effects of these illness like violent behavior. One cause that seems almost impossible to eliminate is the rational and irrational choice idea.
"Lost Boys makes an important contribution to the literature on the causes and prevention of youth violence." [2] The book has also received praise from Marian Wright Edelman, President and Founder, Children's Defense Fund: "Jim Garbarino sounds the alarm about the spread of youth violence—.
For children and their families, it means enduring broken bones, paralysis and even the death of a child, all of which they blame on neglect and violence experienced in Ohio’s juvenile detention ...
A difficulty with strain theory is that it does not explore why children of low-income families have poor educational attainment in the first place. More importantly, much youth crime does not have an economic motivation. Strain theory fails to explain violent crime, the type of youth crime that causes most anxiety to the public.
Black youth disproportionately impacted by violence At Christ Church Apostolic on the north side of Indianapolis in the 90s, Marshawn Wolley remembers the pastor praying over him and other young ...
Witnessing violence and threats against a caregiver during early years of life is associated with severe impacts on a child's health and development. Outcomes for children include psychological distress, behavioral disorders, disturbances in self-regulation, difficulties with social interaction, and disorganized attachment. [77]
Conduct disorder (CD) is a mental disorder diagnosed in childhood or adolescence that presents itself through a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior that includes theft, lies, physical violence that may lead to destruction, and reckless breaking of rules, [2] in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate norms are violated.