Annotated Bibliography

RESEARCH QUESTION

What is the connection between Youth, Crime and Violence?

Annotated Bibliography

Ivert, A.-K., Andersson, F., Svenson, R., Pauwels, L. J. R., and Torstensson Levander, M.(2018) An examination of the interaction between morality and self-control in offending: A study of differences between girls and boys. Crim Behav Ment Health, doi: 10.1002/cbm.2065.

This study is about the differences and statistics between boys and girls. It gives a detailed document as to gender differences in offending and making us understand that in the society today boys are more likely to offend than girls. People also have their different opinion so the article shows the crime tendency among girls and boys. The difference showed how there was

Hamby. (2009). Violence, Abuse, and Crime Exposure in a National Sample of Children and Youth, 124(5), 1411-1423.

This study gives a detailed statistics of young people in the society that have been involved in crimes and also been victims of crimes and ways in which they have been affected by it. It shows the percentage of Youth that went through maltreatment as children, physical abuse and

witnessed victimization. It also reviews the amount of these youths that were exposed to violence more than how adults were exposed and how it has affected the youth physically and mentally and have led to them committing crimes. This study showed the method that was used to get information from victims and the general result from the information they got and how the researchers were able to help the victims and find ways to prevent further crimes. This study is important to my paper because it shows methods in which people identify young ones who are criminals and those who are victims and ways in which crime and violence can be prevented in the

The study examined the amount of student misconduct in both the school and community, how the size of the school affects the youths, their participation in school activities and their individual characteristics; age, gender sex and race, what they get themselves involved in when they have spare time. The study goes further to expatiate the influence of the community on children and how bad environment can lead to them turning out with the worst behavior. This study is important to my research because it sheds a lot of light on gender and age and how these factors can contribute to crime and violence in the society. It also gives some brief notes about theories I will be talking about in my