BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:264@harvard-yenching.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211102T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211102T090000 DTSTAMP:20211029T155926Z URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/a-holistic-approach-to-respond ing-to-youth-violence-a-case-study/ SUMMARY:A Holistic Approach to Responding to Youth Violence: A Case Study DESCRIPTION:Beijing Normal University &\; HYI international webinar seri es on Sociology and Education\n\nThe event will be held virtually over Zoo m. To join the meeting\, enter the following information:\n\nMeeting ID: 8 51 5482 1991\nPasscode: 529779\n\nThe talk will be held from 7:30 AM - 9:0 0 AM US East Coast time.\n\nLanguage: The speaker will present in English. The Q&\;A/discussion will be held in both Chinese and English.\n\nTalk synopsis: Despite gradually declining crime rates in Hong Kong over the y ears\, the proportion of violent crime has remained at a somewhat constant level. To alleviate this issue\, there is a need to investigate the antec edents of violent offending in at-risk youths – in line with the princip les of early intervention – so as to prevent said youths from developing into adult career criminals.\n\nThe aims of the current study were to exa mine how an at-risk group of youths (N=118) aged from 13 to 18 differs fro m a school sample (N=218)\, with regards to various aspects of their psych osocial functioning\; and to investigate the differences between the at-ri sk youth group and school sample in terms of their exposure to violent off ending.\n\nA self-report questionnaire\, along with measuring participants ’ demographic characteristics\, includes the following: family functioni ng\, bullying/fighting\, impulsivity\, self-control\, criminal sentiments\ , and attitudes toward the law. Analyses revealed that at-risk participant s had significantly adverse functioning relative to school participants on several psychosocial dimensions. Most notably\, these were Family Functio ning\, Bullying/Fighting\, Self-Control\, and Criminal Sentiments. These c an be regarded as the risk factors for youth violence in this study\, and in order to reduce the risk of further violent behaviour\, intervention pr ogrammes should be designed to address the factors associated with youth v iolence.\n\nAbout the speaker: Wing Hong Chui is a Professor and Head of t he Department of Applied Social Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ ersity. He obtained his Bachelor degree in Social Work with a First Class Honours at The University of Hong Kong and subsequently completed his mast er’s and doctoral degrees both at the University of Cambridge\, UK. His research interests include social work\, youth studies\, community correct ions and criminology. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR