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SUMMARY:Risk factors for adolescent violence across cultures: comparing da
 ta from Ghana with the Cambridge Study in Delinquency Development and the 
 Pittsburgh Youth Study - Dr. Kofi E. Boakye\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20111021T120000Z
DTEND:20111021T130000Z
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CONTACT:Carissa Sharp
DESCRIPTION:Interpersonal violence\, especially homicide and serious viole
 nce\, is considered the most serious and most feared crime and much of wes
 tern criminological studies have been helpful in unravelling some of the c
 ommon factors associated with this phenomenon. Recent global violence prev
 ention efforts are based on a belief about the universality of the common 
 risk factors identified in mainly Western societies. Limiting analysis to 
 adolescent violence\, this paper compares results from a study in Ghana wi
 th findings from two influential Western studies -the Cambridge Study in D
 elinquent Development and the Pittsburgh Youth Study -in order to assess t
 he extent of cross-cultural replicability of risk factors for adolescent v
 iolence. Results show important similarities but also differences\, especi
 ally in the area of family variables. 
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