Firearm injuries and injury death statistics include both intentional and unintentional injuries. Firearm injuries are the second leading cause of injury deaths after motor vehicle crashes, but in some states they rank first. Teenage boys and young males 15-24 years of age are at highest risk for death by firearms. D. Violence in our society 1. Many individuals lack the communication and problem solving skills to settle disagreements nonviolently.
Firearms are easy to obtain and deadly.
Murder is the number one cause of death for blacks aged 15-34. Some conflict resolution programs have been developed to teach communication skills. One in six homicides is the result of family violence. Child abuse is the intentional inflicting of physical, emotional, verbal, or sexual injury upon a child. In 1994, more than 1 million children under the age of 19 years were victims of abuse and at least 1,111 children died.