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psychosocial risk factors for violent behavior  

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  • Research has shown that numerous stress and compensatory protective factors have an impact on the psychic health and the personality development of individuals and therefore also influence the formation of certain behavioral patterns, such as repetitive violence. The challenges facing children and adolescents have changed over the years, going hand in hand with alterations in lifestyles as the result of and increase in urbanization, changing family forms, and political situations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime; Psychosocial Risk Factors for Violent Behavior]

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