The statistics for teen violence may shock you as a parent of a troubled teen. But these are statistics that we must face in order to get a real picture of the critical situation many teenagers may be facing. A study made in the year of 2002 showed that about 900,000 of people from 10-24 years of age suffered from injuries incurred from acts of violence. Sad to say, homicide follows as actually the second major cause of mortality among those from this age bracket.
Surveys conducted have shown that almost 20% of students actually had a weapon on them in the month prior to when the survey was conducted. A little more than one third of the students admitted to have been in a physical dispute at least once in the year that came before the survey. Concerning adolescent relationships, almost 10% of students admitted to being victims of physical abuse by a boy/girlfriend, also in the year prior to when the survey was conducted. It was observed that girls were double the percent more likely than the percentage of boys to have sexual intercourse forced upon them. Boys, on the other hand, were found to be almost double the percent more likely than the percentage of girls to get in a physical dispute.
