are the long-term effects of knowing that one's own home is the most dangerous place to be?(Cole & Flanagin, Pg. 2)''There is no single explanation for violent behaviour. Significant contributors to violence are poverty, racism, unemployment, illegal drugs, inadequate parenting practices, and adult models of violent behaviour in real life and in the media. Violence on TV can help cause aggresive behaviour but, one must be reminded that not every person who watches violence on TV becomes violent(Birckmayer, Pg. 1). Our society needs to understand why this is so. Research suggests that violence arises from the interactions among individuals' psychosocial development, their neurological and hormonal differences, and social process(Birckmayer, Pg. 1). The actions each of us takes to reduce violence are matters of individual conscience, skills, resources and opportunities. The escalation of violence in our society worries many people. What are the factors or buffers that keep many children and adults from behaving violently under the exactly the same circumstances that provoke others to violence? Finding explanations for violence can help us regain a sense of control, giving us a psychological distance and thereby reducing fears of our own safety(Birckmayer, Pg. 1). Why is abuse increasing and what impact will it have on family and community violence?Boys commit about 85% of all youth homicides and in most cases about 90% conform to a pattern in which the line from bad parenting and bad environment to murder is usually clear. The boys committing these acts of homicide start their lives with abuse, neglect and emotional deprivation at home. These children have the added effects of racism, poverty, the drug and gang cultures, and its not suprising that in a violent society like ours, damaged children become deadly teens. '' But what about the other 10% of kids who kill: the boys who have loving parents and are not poor. What about ...
