Exposed To Violence

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Children Exposed to Violence: Criminal Justice Resource As we hear about the children exposed to violence though out the media and the internet, it’s sad that most children has to experience harsh violence in their lifetime. The worst thing is for a child that has to sit there and watch somebody else such as their father abuse the mother. The media shows that there are a lot of children across the world suffer the consequences of violence in their homes, in their schools, and in their community. These are some things I will be discussing about in my paper. Children become so involve in the domestic violence and suffer the full consequences of a bad home life. Violence against children involves fighting, pushing and it leads up to sexual…show more content…
Children who are raised in abuse home will suffer abuse compare to children who grew up in a nonviolent home (www.unicef.org). There are so many countries that have a strong violence against children. Children who suffer from abuse have post traumatic stress disorder such as bed-wetting or night mares. My cousin who was sexual abuse at a young age, he has night mares that going to be with him for a lifetime and we are the same age and I really do feel sorry for him because is a very sweet and caring person to everybody. A child that’s been abuse so much can also commit suicide and get hook on drugs really bad. Recent studies indicate high levels of sexual violence in childhood up to 21 per cent according to multi-country study conducted by the World Health Organization with girls far more likely to be abused than boys (www.unicef.org). The domestic violence can go from generations to generations. The violent behavior stays with a child when they has move out the home. Boys who are exposed to their parent’s domestic violence are twice as likely to become abusive men as are the sons of non-violent parents (www.unicef.org). This statement is so true because back at home there are so men who have been abuse become gay and think its okay to…show more content…
The researcher also was able to group two different kinds of bullying. One kind of bullying is called physical aggression which includes hitting, pushing and any other outward expression of hostility (www.bestsyndication.com). The second type of bullying is called relational aggression which includes teasing, being mean, and ostracizing peers (www.bestsyndication.com). The bullying start from the home because the children see the dad beating on the mom everyday, so they think its okay to go the school and bully other children. As I look back in my lifetime I had two bully who use to come to school and constantly pick on me but the reason why they did me like that because they was jealousy of me. I was raised by my grandparents and auntie and they made sure I had the best in life so everyday I went to school with nice clothes, shoes and my hair stayed did and the two girls who use to bully me came from a family who couldn’t provide that much for them so to make themselves feel better they pick on me almost everyday. I think that jealousy plays a big role in bully because there some children come from a family that can’t afford a lot of things so they do the best that they can. These researchers concluded that girls were at a higher rate of bullying than boys (www.bestsyndication.com). Girls are victims as well when it comes down to bully. Domestic violence and name calling is not the same. Suicide is another
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