Youth Violence - Research

Publications

Understanding Youth Violence
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2009

Event Dynamics and the Role of Third Parties in Urban Youth Violence
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, May 2009

The Code of the Street and African-American Adolescent Violence
National Institute of Justice, February 2009

Understanding Youth Violence Fact Sheet

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008

Girls Study Group--Charting the Way to Delinquency Prevention for Girls
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, October 2008

Violence by Teenage Girls: Trends and Context
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, May 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, Final Report
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, February 2008

Adolescents, Neighborhoods, and Violence: Recent Findings From the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods

National Institute of Justice, September 2007

Teens, Drugs & Violence: A Special Report

Office of National Drug Control Policy, June 2007

Trajectories of Violent Offending and Risk Status in Adolescence and Early Adulthood

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2005

Co-Offending and Patterns of Juvenile Crime, Research in Brief

National Institute of Justice, December 2005

Effects of Neighborhood and Family Structure on Violent Victimization and Violent Delinquency

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Sponsored, May 2005

Joint Impact of Family and Community Structure on Violent Delinquency

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Sponsored, February 2005

Social-Cognitive Mediators of the Link Between Social-Environmental Risk Factors and Aggression in Adolescence

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, October 2004

Victims of Violent Juvenile Crime

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, July 2004

Correlates and Consequences of Juvenile Exposure to Violence: A Replication and Extension of Major Findings from the National Survey of Adolescents, Final Report

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, August 2003

Community Correlates of Rural Youth Violence

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, May 2003

Violent Victimization as a Risk Factor for Violent Offending Among Juveniles

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, December 2002

Evaluation of SACSI in Winston-Salem: Engaging the Community in a Strategic Analysis of Youth Violence

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, July 2002

Childhood Victimization and Delinquency, Adult Criminality, and Violent Criminal Behavior: A Replication and Extension, Final Report

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2001

Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General

Office of the Surgeon General, 2001

Childhood Antecedents of Adolescent and Adult Crime and Violence, Final Report

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, December 2001

Animal Abuse and Youth Violence

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, September 2001

Predictors of Youth Violence

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, April 2000

Profiling the Needs of Young Female Offenders: Instrument Development and Pilot Study -- Final Report, April 2000

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, April 2000

Youth Violence: Do Parents and Families Make a Difference?

National Institute of Justice, April 2000

Homicide in Los Angeles: An Analysis of the Differential Character of Adolescent and Other Homicides

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, March 2000

Kids and Guns

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, March 2000

Violent Neighborhoods, Violent Kids

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, March 2000

Challenging the Myths

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, February 2000

Situational Contexts of Gun Use by Young Males in Inner Cities, Final Report

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, January 2000

How Youthful Offenders Perceive Gun Violence

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 1999

Report to Congress on Juvenile Violence Research

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, July 1999

Related Resources

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.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

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

For additional publications and resources on this topic, conduct a search of the NCJRS Abstracts Database and visit the following sections of our Web site:

• Juvenile Justice: Juvenile Delinquency
• Juvenile Justice: Violent Offenders

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