Reasons of Juvenile Violence in United Kingdom

Juvenile violence in United Kingdom is caused with a huge number of sources from which children learn about violence. Level of family relations might drop down after having any problems in family, unsteady control and disregardness of raising antisocial behavior of a child. In cases of earlier displays of violence public places like educational institutions usually become places where teenagers find respect and recognition through cruelty. ¾ of mothers in United Kingdom have admitted that if any kind of violent acts had place in their families kids observed them. It is very difficult to avoid continuation of spread of violence once it has begun. Results of emotional, physical or sexual abuse grow with time into violent attitude and the risk of its manifestation in critical situations increases.

Let's analyze what are the major reasons of growing juvenile violence in Great Britain. There are many reasons because of which youth may exhibit violent behavior but nature of the main one lies in erroneous attitude of their parents. There is very little time left for their kids after all day is usually spent at work. The situation gets worse because of a violence in society and its influence on youth. Nowadays children spend the biggest part of a free time watching different television programs where pictures of violence have a big place. What is being watched by children is controlled only by half of parents in United Kingdom. With all that the majority of all programs display rude behavior in real life and only a quarter of them shows what are the results of violence. Two major factors that cause violence among children are parent neglect and violence in community though there are many other dangerous causes of teenage criminality.