Adolescence violence as clinical entity: parameters, prevention and treatment
By Michael G. KALOGERAKIS.
1 Jul, 2007
Summary:
The World Health Organization reports that, in the year 2000, violence among young people left an estimated 199,000 youths dead - a rate of 9.2 per 100,000 - and that, in all countries, young males are both the principal perpetrators and victims of homicide (World Report on Violence and Health, 2002). For every youth who dies from violence, 20-30 are sufficiently injured to require hospital treatment. In the United States, the prevalence* of serious violence by age 17 is 30-40% of males and 15-30% of females (Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2001). The cost of this violence is enormous, both in shattered lives and economically. In the United States alone, the estimated annual cost, direct and indirect, is $425 billion (Illinois Center for Violence Prevention, 1998).
The World Health Organization reports that, in the year 2000, violence among young people left an estimated 199,000 youths dead - a rate of 9.2 per 100,000 - and that, in all countries, young males are both the principal perpetrators and victims of homicide (World Report on Violence and Health, 2002). For every youth who dies from violence, 20-30 are sufficiently injured to require hospital treatment. In the United States, the prevalence* of serious violence by age 17 is 30-40% of males and 15-30% of females (Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2001). The cost of this violence is enormous, both in shattered lives and economically. In the United States alone, the estimated annual cost, direct and indirect, is $425 billion (Illinois Center for Violence Prevention, 1998).
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