Youth Violence - Prevention

Publications

Resilient Girls—Factors that Protect Against Delinquency
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, January 2009

Electronic Media and Youth Violence: A CDC Issue Brief for Educators and Caregivers
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008

Title V Community Prevention Grants Program: 2004–2005 Report to Congress
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2008

Paving the Way for Project Safe Neighborhoods: SACSI in 10 U.S. Cities
National Institute of Justice, April 2008

Experimental Evaluation of Gender Violence/Harassment Prevention Programs in Middle Schools
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, February 2008

Preventing Youth Violence: Program Activities Guide

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005

Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents (Summary)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, September 2004

Blueprints for Violence Prevention

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, July 2004

Successful Program Implementation: Lessons From Blueprints

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, July 2004

Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, June 2002

Restorative Justice Conferences as an Early Response to Young Offenders

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, August 2001

Children’s Exposure to Violence: The Safe Start Initiative

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, April 2001

Nurturing Parenting Programs

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, November 2000

Prevention of Serious and Violent Juvenile Offending

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, May 2000

The Comprehensive Strategy: Lessons Learned From the Pilot Sites

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, April 2000

Youth Violence: Do Parents and Families Make a Difference?

National Institute of Justice, April 2000

Effective Intervention for Serious Juvenile Offenders

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, March 2000

Want to Resolve a Dispute? Try Mediation

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, March 2000

Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative: Youth Violence in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, North Carolina: Final Report, Summary of Research 1997-1998

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, February 2000

Enabling Prosecutors to Address Drug, Gang, and Youth Violence

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, December 1999

School and Community Interventions To Prevent Serious and Violent Offending

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, October 1999

Blueprints: A Violence Prevention Initiative

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, June 1999

Preventing Violence the Problem-Solving Way

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, April 1999

Technology and Youth: Protecting Your Child from Electronic Aggression
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, No publication date indicated

For additional resources on this topic, conduct a search of the NCJRS Abstracts Database and visit the Juvenile Justice: Delinquency Prevention section of our site.


Related Resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Division of Violence Prevention

The Division's mission is to prevent injuries and deaths caused by violence.

Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

The Council's primary functions are to coordinate Federal juvenile delinquency prevention programs, Federal programs and activities that detain or care for unaccompanied juveniles, and Federal programs relating to missing and exploited children.

National Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded National Academic Centers of Excellence (ACE) on Youth Violence Prevention are unique from traditional research centers because they work with community members and many educational, justice and social work partners to develop action plans, partnerships, and priorities to prevent youth violence in a local community.

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (NYVPRC)
The mission of the NYVPRC is to provide key leaders in communities with dynamic resources to help support their efforts to plan, develop, implement, and evaluate effective youth violence prevention efforts.

Office of Justice Programs (OJP): Youth Violence Prevention

This section of the OJP Web site identifies useful Web sites and federal publications on a variety of youth violence topics.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

OJJDP provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization.

Stop Bullying Now Campaign

This Web site provides information and resources for youth and adults related to bullying and bullying prevention.


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