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National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
A Federal resource for professionals, parents and youth working to prevent violence committed by and against young people.
Fact Sheets
Best Bets
External Resources
- National Evaluation of the Youth Firearms Violence Initiative (PDF 115 KB)
This evaluation found that a unit dedicated to preventing youth firearms violence may have a greater effect on gun-related crime than a unit focused on traditional tactics and the use of patrol officers on a rotating basis.
Federal Partner: National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice
- High School Youths, Weapons, and Violence: A National Survey (PDF 59 KB)
This Research in Brief examines the extent to which a national sample of male high school sophomores and juniors was involved in or affected by firearm-related activity, and discusses policy implications to reduce gun-related violence among youths.
Federal Partner: National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice
- Strategies To Reduce Gun Violence (PDF 65 KB)
This is an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention publication that provides information on strategies to reduce gun violence.
Federal Partner: National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS), U.S. Department of Justice
- Firearms and Crime Statistics
A page of summary findings, with links to relevant reports.
Federal Partner: Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
- Fatal Firearm Injuries in the United States, 1962-1994
This report reviews the descriptive epidemiology of firearm-related mortality
in the United States from 1962-1994.
Federal Partner: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Firearms Section
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms can provide information about firearm
related violence, and youth crime.
Federal Agency: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), U.S. Department
of Treasury
- Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research
The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research is dedicated to reducing gun-related injuries and deaths through the application of a public health perspective and sound research to the issue of gun violence prevention. The Center is engaged in original scholarly
research, policy analysis, and agenda-setting public discourse. The
Center’s Web site provides research and publications, links and other
relevant information.
National Organization: Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research
