**6. Conclusion**

Despite various research displayed, there is inadequate research regarding the risk and resilience factors for youth in various areas. Based on research provided the CARES-2 assessment tool is currently the most effective in predicting youth violence; however, it can be improved by adding cultural and ethnic considerations. Stripping the current weights of the CARE-2 assessment to better accommodate African American and White groups, while incorporating a method to determine gender variations among ethnicity and gender. Additionally, for the Latino group a recommendation is to complete a Spearman's rho nonparametric correlation on the Latino group and evaluate the difference of risk and resilience factors within the CARE-2. Building new risk and resilience and reorganizing the CARE-2 into five subdomains including individual, peer interaction, family, school, and community, would allow a more detailed picture of the assessed individuals factors. The final recommendation is to develop new item within the CARE-2 that reflect ethnic-specific risk factors such as discrimination, oppression, racism, and stress inducing factors, along with resilience factors such as self-esteem and strength of their cultural identity. Developing an assessment that has proven reliability and validity for predicting violence will require more research. It is crucial when developing the assessment it causes no harm emotionally, legally, or physically.

*Perspective Chapter: The Assessment of Youth Violence DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.106069*
