family violence by children, and consequential violent actions by these children. A survey was

given to compare the attitudes of people with and without children, as well as determine if

education, gender, age or income might affect student’s opinions concerning this issue. These

opinions, along with a review of the literature indicate how much influence observation of

violence within the family contributes to future violence by the observing child.

The survey showed that students who have been abused, or have observed others being

abused, saw a positive correlation between the former observations and future actions. Those

who did not have this experience were less inclined to accept this theory. The literature also

INTRODUCTION

In the past few decades, since the introduction of violent video games and increased

explicit violence in movies and television, child abuse has increased dramatically. Several factors

have contributed to this increase besides technology. One could be that the definition of abuse

children leads to physical abuse by children as parents. The other six (50%) women and three

One male and four females had income below $10,000 per year. One male and three females had

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