Discuss the relationship between youth victimization and mental ...

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Discuss the relationship between youth victimization and mental health problems indicated in the text. Do you agree with the authors' statement Protecting adolescents must become a national priority.. Why or why not?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Joan is 16 years old and has a habit of staying out past curfew drinking with her friends; she was restricted to her room several times over the summer by her parents as punishment for her behavior. Joan asked her parents if she could go to a back-to-school party with her friends, promising that she would not drink and would be home before curfew. As it was the end of the summer (and even though she was restricted to her room for staying out past her curfew and coming home somewhat drunk the week before) her parents relented, knowing Joan may not keep her promise. Joan, after drinking with her friends, drove home shortly after curfew. When she was almost home, there was an accident. While Joan suffered very minor injuries, the neighbor's home was not as lucky. Substantial property damage occurred as Joan drove across the neighbor's yard and through their garage door.
 
  In addition to demolishing the garage door, there was structural damage to the house and the vehicle parked inside the garage was damaged, as well as the extensive landscaping in the front yard. The airbag in Joan's car deployed, causing the insurance company to consider the car a total loss. The neighbor brought a suit against Joan's parents for damages to their property. Considering parental liability statutes, under which general category would the neighbor's actions fall? a. General involvement
   b. Criminal liability
  c. Delinquency liability
   d. Civil liability

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Answer to Question 1

 Negative outcomes in victims of sexual assault were three to five times the rates observed in nonvictims.
 The lifetime prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is 8 percent of all adolescents, indicating that millions of adolescents had met the criteria for PTSD at some point during their lifetime.
 Girls were significantly more likely than boys to have lifetime PTSD
 Among boys who had experienced sexual assault, 28 percent had PTSD at some point in their lives. The rate of lifetime PTSD among boys who had not been sexually assaulted was 5 percent.
 Sexually assaulted girls had a lifetime PTSD rate of 30 percent, compared with only 7 percent of girls with no sexual assault history.
 Experiencing either a physical assault or physically abusive punishment was associated with a lifetime PTSD rate of 15 percent for boys. The rate of lifetime PTSD in boys who had not been physically assaulted or abusively punished was 3.1 percent.
 Approximately 25 percent of physically assaulted or abused adolescents reported lifetime substance abuse or dependence. Rates of substance problems among non-physically assaulted or abused adolescents were roughly 6 percent.
 The percentage of boys who were physically assaulted and had ever committed an offense was 47 percent, compared with 10 percent of boys who were not assaulted. Similarly, 29 percent of physically assaulted girls reported having engaged in serious delinquent acts at some point in their lives, compared with 3 percent of girls who had not been assaulted.
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Answer to Question 2

d