Question

Explain the direct and indirect costs of youth violence?

Answer 1

• Violence not only affect the youth engaging in it but also their family and larger society as well.Even youth who witness violence in their families during childhood also get negatively affected by it leading to indulging in risky behaviours later on.
• Youth violence has an effect on education and schooling,business,criminal justice,the environment,societal productivity etc.
• Direct costs of youth violence is related with healthcare costs,judicial costs,etc.Families come from lower socio-economic status,who cannot affort such costs.
• Indirect costs involve quality of life with no education and no job unable to become a contributing citizen of the society,stigma being attached of being a criminal etc.
• And because of loss of productivity and lack of education indirects costs of youth violence affects the entire economy,thus,slowing it down as a major percentage of youth is being tried for juvenile crimes and being kept in rehabilition centers.This also increases the cost on the government.
• There could be reductions in social capital and increased fear of violence,preventing people to participate fully in society due to security concerns,keeping children and families away from going to public spaces,or using less public transportations.