On July 13, 2010 Reentry Central published an article about the devastating effects trauma can have on the lives of juveniles. In a new study, The Effect of Local Homicides on Children's Cognitive Performance, Patrick Sharkey, a New York University sociologist expands on that premise.
Sharkey found that African - American children in Chicago, more so than Hispanic or white juveniles in that city, had lower reading and vocabulary scores after a neighborhood murder was committed. The study of 6,041 murders showed that a week after a murder in their area, African-American children had lower scores than they did in a time period before the homicide took place. With so many murders occurring, Sharkey discovered that 15% of the African-American children in the study spent about 30 days out of the year operating with diminished learning abilities.
To view Professor Sharkey's complete report Click here to go to website
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