The Impact of Timing of Exposure to Violence on Violent Behavior in a High Poverty Sample of Inner City African American Youth |
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| Authors: | Richard Spano Craig Rivera John Bolland |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Criminal Justice, Indiana University, 315 Sycamore Hall, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA;(2) Department of Criminal Justice, Niagara University, New York, 14109, USA;(3) Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1665 University Blvd., 227 Ryals Public Health Building, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA |
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| Abstract: | A growing body of research has linked exposure to violence to violent behavior, but few studies have examined the impact of the timing of exposure to violence on violent behavior among inner city, minority youth. Theoretical insights derived from developmental psychology and psychopathology (DPP) and Agnew’s general strain theory (GST) give contrasting accounts of whether exposure to violence has a short term or long term impact on violent behavior. Five waves of data collected from African American youth living in twelve high poverty inner city neighborhoods was used to examine how the timing of exposure to violence over a four year time period impacts year five violent behavior. Multivariate results support GST’s contention that more proximal exposure to violence has a larger impact on violent behavior. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings for adolescent development in high poverty settings are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Exposure to violence Victimization Cycle of violence Inner city poverty General strain theory |
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