"Seeing all these shootings at school, this makes me feel unsafe": a mixed-methods study to explore the impact of social disadvantages on adolescents' unsafe neighborhood perceptions.

Autor: Yang, Yingwei, Liller, Karen, Salinas-Miranda, Abraham, Chen, Henian, Martinez Tyson, Dinorah, Coulter, Martha
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Zdroj: Crime Prevention & Community Safety; Mar2023, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p94-111, 18p
Abstrakt: Community safety is critical for adolescent health and development. This study was to (1) explore social factors contributing to adolescents' unsafe feelings and (2) measure the combined effects of multiple social disadvantages by mixed methods approach. The quantitative analysis using structural equation modeling (N = 24,356) showed that adolescents exposed to high levels of social disadvantages (e.g., gun violence, drug selling, gang activity, and poverty) had up to 19 times greater odds of perceiving their community as unsafe, and concentrated social disadvantages strongly and cumulatively impacted adolescents' unsafe perceptions. The qualitative study applied photovoice to collect photographs and viewpoints from six adolescents. The findings added new insights (e.g., living close to sexual offenders, child abduction) on social disadvantages and confirmed the quantitative results (e.g., mass shooting, tobacco selling). This mixed method study indicates safety promotion programs are highly needed for children and adolescents exposed to gun violence and concentrated social disadvantages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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