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Community Violence

Children are becoming so desensitized to violence across the US that the issue has been described as a public health epidemic. Children's exposure to violence has gradually declined over the past decade, but according to the National Summary of Injury Mortality Data, the homicide rate among those aged 15 to 22 is still more than twice what it was in 1950. Even worse, the US has the highest degree of violence exposure in comparison to every other developed nation. In our country, homicide happens to be the third leading cause of death among children aged five to 14, the second leading cause of death for those aged 15 to 24, and the leading cause of death for black youth since the early 1980s. It is essential for us to realize what impact this overexposure to violence may have on children around the US.

Aside from exposure to community violence, some studies have shown that approximately ten percent of women are physically abused by their male counterparts. Furthermore, dating violence, or carrying out a violent act on the other member of an unmarried couple (e.g., sexual assault, beating, etc.), ranges from between nine and 65 percent prevalence. However, such a large discrepancy is based on whether emotional and verbal threats and aggression is part of the definition.

Although children who do not live in lower class neighborhoods are not exposed to as much violence in their local streets, they can still find it in their homes and in the media. Regardless of culture or income, there are no boundaries to media and family violence. The effects on higher socioeconomic groups are often not as evident, but it will still affect any child's social maturation process and influence relationships later on in life.