Citation

Malti T, Averdijk M. Child Dev. 2017; 88(1): 5-15.

Affiliation

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/cdev.12694

PMID

28042900

Abstract

In this article, the authors introduce the special section on severe youth violence (SYV). As severe violence has significant negative consequences and youth commit more violence than other age groups, a developmental science approach is important to (a) understand pathways to SYV, (b) guide attempts to screen and assess SYV risk, and (c) inform novel, developmentally sensitive practices and policies to prevent and reduce SYV. The authors establish the theoretical and empirical contexts for the articles in this special section and explain how this developmental research on SYV can inform new lines of theoretical and empirical inquiry and innovative approaches to detect and respond to the risk of SYV.

© 2017 The Authors. Child Development © 2017 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.

Language: en