The prediction and assessment of youth violence / 法医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Youth violence is a public health and social issue of global concern. It will be helpful to reduce the incidence of youth violence if the risk factors and prediction methods can be fully comprehended. This paper summarized the risk factors of youth violence in the aspects of the individual factors, the social psychological factors and the biological factors. Meanwhile, the status of prediction and assessment of youth violence are reviewed, with expectation to reduce youth violence and contribute to further research.