Youth Violence and Inequality: The Significance of Concentrated Disadvantage and Social Determinants of Health Indicators for School Safety in Urban and Rural Communities

• In Event: Multi-Level and Multi- Component Approaches to Understanding and Intervening in School Safety and School Violence

Abstract

Violence committed by and against youth have historically, as well as currently, represented one of the most significant threats to the nation’s public health and safety. It is also evident that youth violence is stratified and concentrated in communities that show particular characteristics, most notably concentrated disadvantage. As cities and urban communities become gentrified, however, the question arises if the relationships between concentrated disadvantage and urban youth violence remain consistent? Additionally, with the recent and growing public concerns about youth violence in rural communities, is concentrated disadvantage applicable to rural contexts? This presentation will highlight the conceptual and methodological arguments about how social determinants of health indicators could complement concentrated disadvantage measures towards extending knowledge about urban and rural youth violence.

Authors

• Manolya Tanyu, American Institutes for Research

• Nicholas Read, American Institutes for Research

• Patricia Campie, American Institutes for Research

• Anthony Peguero, Virginia Tech

• Shoshana Rabinovsky, American Institutes for Research

• Stephanie Quiles-Ramos, Virginia Tech