Youth Exposure to Violence in an Urban Setting

Table 1

Summary of participants responses from the violence experience checklist, youth ages 14–25 years.

Violent offense	Number of participants who witnessed or experienced form of violence		Total percent; ()
	Interviews ()	Focus groups ()
Beating someone up	18	61	96.3%
Harassment or teasing	18	59	93.9%
Bullying	18	59	93.9%
Discrimination or prejudice	17	53	85.4%
Mental or emotional abuse	17	49	80.5%
Gun violence	15	49	78.0%
Violence with a weapon that is not a gun (e.g., a knife or chain)	13	48	74.4%
Physical abuse	17	40	69.5%
Child abuse	12	43	67.1%
Being shot or seeing someone get shot	12	42	65.9%
Partner abuse	17	36	64.6%
Sexual abuse	9	26	42.7%
Rape or forced sex	5	18	28.0%