{"id":223,"date":"2018-04-14T19:33:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T23:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-caloi\/?page_id=223"},"modified":"2018-05-08T09:21:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T13:21:36","slug":"learn-more-scholarly-articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/education-2272-spring-2018-caloi\/learn-more-scholarly-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn More: Scholarly Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exposure to gun violence is a prevalent problem in Chicago and has drastic effects on adolescents in all areas of their lives. As a well researched topic among scholars, studies suggest that violence exposure has a negative impact on youth\u2019s education and encourages delinquent behavior. Here, the works of <\/span><\/i>Julia Burdick-Will<\/i><\/b><\/a> and <\/span><\/i>Kathan Shukla and Margit Wiesner<\/i><\/b><\/a> are explored. Both articles discuss the effects of violence exposure on adolescents – academically and socially.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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The Problem: Violence Exposure Negatively Impacts Students<\/b><\/h2>\n

Shukla and Wiesner (2016) state that \u201cexposure to violence remains a pervasive public health problem for adolescents in the United States\u201d (p. 423). In a national survey by the U.S. Department of Justice administered in 2009, results revealed that \u201c60% of the children and adolescents surveyed were exposed to violence within the past year\u201d (Finkelhor et. al., as cited in Shukla and Wiesner, 2016). With such high levels of exposure to violence during adolescence in the United States, the effects of this public health problem are of great concern. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In Brudick-Will\u2019s study, she discusses the large body of research that points to the importance of early experiences as they pertain to a child\u2019s academic, economic, and social successes later in life. Growing up in a violent neighborhood has detrimental effects on a child\u2019s life and can have \u201ccascading influence\u201d and lead to \u201clong-term effects on students\u2019 engagement in the schooling process\u201d (Burdick-Will, 2016, p. 134). Early exposure to violence \u201cshapes students\u2019 behavior, engagement, and educational trajectories that build over time\u201d (Burdick-Will, 2016, p. 134), meaning students who live in violent neighborhoods end up far behind students living with better circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Effects: Behaviorally, Emotionally, Academically<\/b><\/h2>\n

Adolescents who encounter victimization or witness violence experience negative effects like a \u201cgreater risk of running away from home, dropping out of high school, having a child, attempting suicide, and coming into contact with the criminal justice system\u201d (Shukla and Wiesner, 2016, p. 424). Shukla and Wiesner further discuss being subject to violence in school negatively affects students\u2019 ability to receive a quality education. Emotional and social distractions caused by exposure to violence work against motivations to stay in school. <\/span><\/p>\n

Burdick-Will (2016) found that the \u201ctest scores of students who live in violent neighborhoods as young children grow more slowly over time\u201d (p. 152). This means that students exposed to violence achieve less in school. Additionally, exposure to violence at a young age can cause \u201cchronic psychological stress\u201d and \u201cprotective behavior [that may be] at the expense of academic engagement\u201d (Burdick-Will, 2016, p. 137). Such behavior is categorized as anti-academic; the effects of violence on children\u2019s possible academic achievement is negative. <\/span><\/p>\n

Possible Solutions<\/b><\/h2>\n

Important to note from Burdick-Will\u2019s (2016) study is the fact \u201cneighborhoods shape life chances\u201d (p. 152). The effects of neighborhood violence are \u201clong lasting [and] accumulate over time\u201d (Burdick-Will, 2016, p. 153), so if violence were to reduce, student achievement would consequently increase. Improving safety in violent neighborhoods would \u201cnot only improve the quality of life\u2026, but may have long-term benefits for the overall public school system as well\u201d (Burdick-Will, 2016, p. 154). <\/span><\/p>\n

Further, Shukla and Wiesner (2016) suggest that \u201cschool districts and other relevant institutions should increase awareness about the importance of a safe home environment, …especially those residing in economically disadvantaged areas with high proportions of ethnic majority groups\u201d (p. 439). Such neighborhoods are often the sites of high violence rates and a more localized focus on combating the pervasive violence could help eventually reduce it. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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