TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - The nature and relevance of risk and protective factors for violence among Hispanic children and adolescents: results from the Boricua Youth Study
JO  - Journal of criminal justice
A1  - Jennings, Wesley G.
A1  - Gonzalez, Jennifer Reingle
A1  - Piquero, Alex R.
A1  - Bird, Hector
A1  - Canino, Glorisa
A1  - Maldonado-Molina, Mildred
SP  - 41
EP  - 47
VL  - 45
IS  - 
N2  - PURPOSE  While there exists much literature devoted to identifying risk and protective factors for violence, Hispanic research in this area is still in its infancy.   Methods  The current study provides the most comprehensive study to date on this topic by utilizing data from 1138 Puerto Rican youth who were participants in the Bronx, NY sample of the Boricua Youth Study (BYS).   Results  Relying on a myriad of descriptive and multivariate analyses examining the nature and role of 8 risk factors and 9 protective factors distributed across 6 risk/protective factor domains, the results suggest that cumulative risk factors significantly increase a Hispanic youth's odds of violence participation whereas cumulative protective factors offset this risk to some degree by decreasing the odds of violence participation. These results largely hold across different developmental age groups (ages 5-9 and ages 10-13) and over time (Waves 1, 2, and 3).   Conclusions  These findings have theoretical and policy implications for violence prevention among Hispanic youth.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0047-2352
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.02.009
ID  - ref1
ER  -