Secondary research

State of development- children are vulnerable to what they see as they are still building their whew of the world.

External influences- by adolescence brain development is heavily governed by external influences. The brain subconsciously remembers things.

Risk factors- violence in households, movies, tv or video games. Does not mean they will automatically become violent. However, they will not turn to violence as quickly if children have a loving, nurturing family and are educated on the use of violence within the real world.