home. “Gang members’ loyalty to one another, even unto death presents a strong appeal to abused or neglected children”(Hacker 90). Youth violence is reduced in many different ways. Prevention, punishment, parents and schools can help steer kids away from violence. In order to stop crime, it is important to prevent it. Trying to stop crime before it happens might help stop youth violence. Punishments are said to help kids stop committing crimes. Treating kids like adults might make them realize that what they are doing is not a minor fault, but it is something in which adults are treated if they were to commit it. “The two basic approaches being advocated to reduce juvenile crime in America [are] prevention and punishment” (Doregan 106). It is also very important for parents to be involved. Parents should be role models for kids. Many children loose their fathers at an early age, and their mothers are harassed trying to get enough money to raise and feed them. If your son/daughter sees you doing nothing all day, what are they going to think? It is not a good idea to be a bad role model. Schools can play an important part in reducing youth violence because they can enforce programs on violence reduction, conflict resolution, and peer mediation. Conflict resolution courses help kids take another view of incidents. Violence isn’t the only way to settle things. In peer mediation, students are used to reduce conflicts between other students. Although these are many ways to reduce youth violence, the most effective to me is training in conflict resolution. These conflict resolution programs have grown in popularity in schools, elementary or high schools throughout the world. On this conflict resolution course, you train to look for different views to settle your problems. Most kids today feel that violence is the only way out of problems, but it is not. Violence does not get you anywhere. Even if you win a ...
