Abuse Between Young People: Factors and Vulnerability

Report Abuse Between
Young People

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
The term contextual understanding is mainly related and associated with understanding
and responding to experience of young individual and people which could lead to significant
harm to them beyond their families. Further, the contextual safeguarding approach also involves
and lead to recognition of different relationship of young people which they shared and
experienced from their neighbourhoods, schools and online which can feature and involve
violence and abuse (Podnieks and Thomas, 2017). The current report is based on case study of
Kendra and comprises discussion about the various factors exist for Kendra and other young
people in relation to her family, her peer group, her school and her neighbourhood that is
increasing her vulnerability towards abusing or being abused.
Main Body
The approach of contextual safeguarding is mainly aim at understanding and responding to
experience of young people based on their relation with their neighbourhoods, schools and online
which can lead to significant harm to them along with featuring and increasing issues of violence
and abuse. It has been analysed that a serious impact and harm is lead out by youth violence on
women and girls which comprises of victims suffering from adverse physical and mental effects
along with increased health costs and other mental disorder (Day, Jenner and Weir, 2018). As per
the current study on Kendra who is a young girl of 16 years old and is youngest among the five
siblings and only girl of the family. It has been analysed that since her childhood she watched her
older brother and other elder people who are physically and emotionally abusing there female
partner and which also includes physical violence and mistreatment. This trauma and violence
seen by Kendra has lead a very negative impact on her behaviour and also disturbed her mental
health along with future violence perpetration and victimization which make her depressed and
emotional less. It has been analysed that the key factors which exists for Kendra in relation to her
family and peer group comprises of lack of mental capacity to fight and stand strong against the
abuse along with being physically dependent on the male partners of their family (Keeling and
Davies, 2020). Apart from this, it has been also analysed that having low level of self-esteem
which leads to a negative subjective sense of personal worth and value is also making these
young girls and women more vulnerable to violence and abuse. Apart from this, living a social
isolation and not interacting about the issues of violence and sexual abuse in childhood and
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