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Discuss the proposal that exposure to violence during the early ages of development increases the possibility of later violent behaviour.
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Discuss the proposal that exposure to violence during the early ages of development increases the possibility of later violent behaviour. Over the past decade much has been learnt about the way children respond to experiences of violence in their home and their community. By being able to try to predict the children most at risk from future violence, the society will be able to intervene to reduce delinquency or future violence. The literature on childhood experiences and later violence vary in their eitiology. The suggested evidence, which will be mentioned, will include the experience of childhood abuse; including sexual abuse, physical punishment and maltreatment, the influence of the media and the community and domestic violence within the family. Assessments of the long-term criminal consequences of childhood sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect was carried out by Widom and Ames (1994), official criminal histories were examined through a large sample consisting...
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