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The effects of community violence on learners in a rural context.

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2012

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Much has been learned over the past decade about the way children respond to experiences of violence in their community. The goal of this study is to examine the effects of violence on the academic performance of learners, those who have been directly affected and those who have been witnessing violence being perpetrated either against close friends and relatives or against other people generally. The findings of the study suggest that both direct and indirect victims of crime are affected by violence which, in turn, has negative effects on their school performance. This research was conducted at Swayimana, a rural area in Pietermaritzburg under the Umshwathi municipality. In this area perpetrators of crime are young people against other young people, although occasionally senior members of the community have instigated violence.

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M.A. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 2011

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Rural schools--KwaZulu-Natal--Pietermaritzburg., School children--Violence against--KwaZulu-Natal--Pietermaritzburg., Violence--Social aspects--KwaZulu-Natal--Pietermaritzburg., Children and violence--KwaZulu-Natal--Pietermaritzburg., Academic achievement--KwaZulu-Natal--Pietermaritzburg., Home and school--KwaZulu-Natal--Pietermaritzburg., Theses--Criminology.

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