There is no single cause of youth violence. Violence cuts across all racial and socioeconomic groups.
Research shows that there are many potential risk factors for youth violence.
This means that children who have been violent share some common characteristics, but not all children who have these characteristics become violent. Therefore, the characteristic is a risk, not a cause. Youth who become violent have several risk factors, not just one. These are risk factors for which we have statistics. Unless otherwise stated, all data is from the Bloomington Minnesota Student Survey results.