title: "You Can Try, But You Won't Stop It. It'll Always Be There": Youth Perspectives on Violence and Prevention in Schools.
abstract: The role of schools in preventing violence among teenagers has been highlighted, as has the development of youth-led prevention initiatives. This article explores how young people's views on violence influence their perceptions of its preventability, drawing on focus group discussions with 14- to 16-year-olds from six schools across the north of England. Young people view violence as a highly individualized phenomenon, and gender norms play an important role in shaping young people's perceptions of the preventability of violence. The findings presented here suggest that school-based violence prevention must fundamentally address gender norms and expectations to challenge young people's acceptance and tolerance of violence.
authors.affiliation: University of York, UK vanita.sundaram@york.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Vanita
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sundaram
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D012737:Sex Factors; D012938:Social Perception; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology
keywords: education; gender; schools; violence; youth