Sosyoloji Araştırmaları Dergisi

Abstract

The major issue to deal
with is the violence of youth who is dynamic part of the society, yet this
crucial social problem is not put enough emphasis on World Health Organization (WHO) considers that
matter as one of the prior and universal issues needed to be solved. Acts of
violence committed by young persons with cutleries and firearms make a great
effect on the social life with the results of psychological and socio-economic results
in addition to life losses and injuries. The youth-borne activities
especially in the Western societies that are performed with firearms and cause
the mass deaths lead to worries in all communities inasmuch as violence is a
learned behavior.

In our country, the studies
conducted on the youth violence are hardly sufficient. The scientific
researches concentrate on the certain types of violence such as the
"violence against women", "domestic violence", and
"child battering" but however the studies on the "youth
violence" remain short.

The research study in youth
violence is conducted in Sivas, which aims to examine the knife using behaviors
of youth during a fight with regard to various variables. We choose the
province of Sivas on the grounds that the cutlery has a great importance in the
city life, the prevalence of the behaviors of carrying a knife and knife using
in the swagger culture in its old boroughs such as Yüceyurt (Çavuşbaşı),
Kızılırmak (Çayırağzı), Pulur, the official records of stabbing cases of almost
every day among the youth according to the statistics of the years of 2001 –
2011, an action plan developed for the city, and the convenience for a
research.

The quality and form of relationships which youngsters establish among
their families, schools and social environment act as a determinative in
forming their behaviors towards violence.

In order to solve the
problems derived from the youth violence, it is of vital importance that the
youth are able to communicate with their parents in a trust-based relationship
and share their problems. This is also true in the school environment and social
circle where they spend a considerable part of their lives. In addition, some
strategies facilitate the problem solving, such as raising awareness on the
negativities of the youth violence, making eye-opening additions into the
educational programs, extending the counseling services, and developing
informative programs through the communication instruments.