Exploring Girls' Participation in Violence

Exploring the involvement of girls in violence Adolescent violence, especially violence against girls has attracted the attention of media recently, and more girls are depicted as having committed violent crimes with guns. The percentage of girls involved in crime has increased in the past 20 years, but still far below the level of male involvement, it is varied.

Goals / expectations for performance: Participants discuss the definition and examples of types of violence, participants discuss the effects of violence and participants plan ways to avoid violence. Summary of the problem: Violence ranges from extreme physical violence such as murder and rape to violent emotional violence by words such as telephone and constant criticism, institutional violence such as racial discrimination and homosexuality. All sorts of violence are used to exercise power and control and have a serious impact on personal health and welfare. At some point in their lifetime, girls and women are directly or indirectly affected by sexual violence and sexual abuse, physical violence and abuse and / or emotional abuse. OJJDP "Sexual assault is a risk factor for men and women, girls are exposed to this risk factor is high" (Slowikowski 3)

Violence: Participants clarify the selections and outcomes related to various kinds of violence. Course plan: 1) Violence • 2) Crossing 3) Bullying 4) Gang 5) Violence of human relationship - take position

Youth violence, especially girl violence, is increasingly portrayed as carrying guns and committing violent crimes. The percentage of girls involved in crime has increased in the past 20 years, but still far below the level of male involvement, it is varied. According to the statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other public agencies, and self-reported surveys targeting young people, you can know the extent of girl crime. These data indicate that girls are much less likely to be arrested by boys; for example, girls account for a quarter of youth arrests. However, in all respects, girls seem to be involved in violent crime more than 10 years ago.

The story about "Girl Gang" and "violent young lady" is often posted on British media. And girl 's violence is a newly rising social problem. However, despite the growing interest, little is known about the attitude and experience of girls for the involvement of gangs. Like other criminal investigation areas, the UK gang research includes two different methodological approaches: (i) quantitative analysis of risk factors identified through self-reported research; (ii) social , Contextual, and qualitative analysis of empirical factors (based on observations) / interviews). These different approaches lead to a lack of consensus on the extent of participation and the nature of the participation of the girls group.