- Black males are significantly more likely than other males to be non-fatally violently victimized, and the likelihood is most pronounced for young Black males.
- Rates of fatal and nonfatal violent victimization are far higher for young Black males living in neighborhoods of high disadvantage.
- Black youth are substantially more likely to witness serious violence compared to their White counterparts, and household income does not appear to buffer against the risk of exposure.
- Risk of violent victimization among Black males is highly concentrated and transmitted through high-risk social networks.
- Young Black males ages 14 to 24 constitute roughly 1 percent of the U.S. population, yet they account for 16 percent of homicide victims and 27 percent of homicide offenders.
- A combination of several studies suggest that there is indeed a causal relationship between serious violence exposure and subsequent violence and aggression.
- Community violence has an acute negative causal impact on the cognitive performance of younger and older children, as well as adolescents, particularly with respect to reading and vocabulary skills.
- Children who moved from highly disadvantaged neighborhoods to better neighborhoods before the age of 13 garnered an overall 31 percent improvement in job earnings by young adulthood.
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- Cities United