Violence Perpetration Among Urban American Indian Youth

Abstract

The dramatic reduction in the likelihood of violence involvement when risk was offset with protective factors in the probability profiles suggests the utility of a dual strategy of reducing risk while boosting protection.

Reducing Weapon-Carrying Among Urban American Indian Young People

“…Our findings mirror previously published works that examined overall profiles for suicidal attempt and violence perpetration [18,24], respectively, within this urban American Indian youth sample. In these analyses, substance use was significantly associated with suicidal attempts and violence perpetration.…”

“…As previously published [18,24], study participants reported other indicators of violence. Half of them (49.2%) had witnessed someone getting shot or stabbed (''in real life, not on TV''); 19.0% had witnessed this level of violence 3 times.…”

“…Initial analyses of this urban American Indian dataset revealed disturbingly high levels of violence involvementviolence against others (perpetration) [24] as well as selfdirected violence (suicide) [18]. Likewise, teachers, counselors, and youth leaders in the schools and communities serving the young people in our study expressed growing concern about violence-related issues.…”

Lateral violence and lateral empowerment in relation to young Indigenous populations across the CANZUS nations: a scoping review

“…Many of these studies explored the impact of violence exposure on Indigenous young people within their home and community. Exposure to violence from family and community was found to be associated with poor emotional and behavioural outcomes and violent offending (Bearinger et al, 2005 ; Fanslow et al, 2021 ; Frost, 2014 ; Ioane & Lambie, 2016 ; Ioane et al, 2014 ; Lim et al, 2012 ; Marie et al, 2009 ; McKinney, 2003 ; McNulty & Bellair, 2003 ; Noble-Carr et al, 2019 ; Sarche et al, 2009 ); diagnosis of mental health disorders (Basu & Isaacs, 2019 ; Dickerson & Johnson, 2012 ; Hautala & Sittner, 2021 ; Kaspar, 2013 ; Nalls et al, 2009 ; Willmon-Haque & Bigfoot, 2008 ); suicidal and self-harming behaviours (Matthay et al, 2019 ); and substance misuse (Coleman et al, 2001 ; Hautala & Sittner, 2021 ; Short et al, 2019 ). Poor health outcomes and physical injuries were identified to occur for Indigenous children exposed to family and/or community violence (Askew et al, 2013 ; Linton & Kim, 2014 ; Orr et al, 2020 ).…”

Identifying Protective Factors to Promote Health in American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescents: A Literature Review

“…Four studies (Barney, 2001; Borowsky et al, 1999; Cummins et al, 1999; Pharris, Resnick, & Blum, 1997) used data sets from the National American Indian Adolescent Health Survey from various years. Three studies (Bearinger et al, 2010, 2005; Pettingell et al, 2008) used data sets from the Urban Indian Health Survey for the years 1995–1998. Two publications by the same authors (Bearinger, Pettingell, Resnick, & Potthoff, 2010; Bearinger et al, 2005) were reviewed as one publication as both studies drew on the same study population assessing similar health outcomes (i.e., violence and weapon-carrying).…”