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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.
Articles
Fact Sheets
Best Bets
- Blueprints for Violence Prevention
This report presents the results of a violence prevention initiative developed by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado to identify model violence prevention programs and implement them within the Colorado. - National Crime Prevention Council
The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) was formed to coordinate the McGruff campaign and promote crime prevention throughout the United States. In the mid-1980s, McGruff urged people to get involved in community crime prevention by joining Neighborhood Watch and cleaning up streets and parks. ...- Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence
The Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence (CPYV), based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is one of ten National Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CPYV brings together academic insti ...- PeacePartners Incorporated, PeaceBuilders
PeaceBuilders is the anti-violence youth program approved for the federally funded Safe and Drug-Free Schools Act. The program incorporates a strategy to change the school climate implemented by staff and students and is designed to promote pro-social behavior among students and adults. It is a com ...- US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) is a service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). NCSACW works to improve systems and practice for families with substance use disorders who are invo ...- US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began studying home and recreational injuries in the early 1970's and violence prevention in 1983. From these early activities grew a national program to reduce injury, disability, death, and costs associated with injuries outside the workplace ...
External Resources
- Blueprints for Violence Prevention (OJJDP Juvenile Justice Bulletin, July 2001)
This publication provides information to communities on a broad array of violence
prevention and intervention programs that have been proven to be effective.
The 11 programs featured in this Bulletin, chosen from over 500, have demonstrated
their effectiveness in reducing adolescent violent crime, aggressive delinquency,
substance abuse, and predelinquent aggression and conduct disorders.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S.
Department of Justice
- Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action (June 2002)
Best Practices is the first of its kind to look at the effectiveness of specific
violence prevention practices in four key areas: parents and families; home
visiting; social and conflict resolution skills; and mentoring. These programs
are drawn from real-world experiences of professionals and advocates who have
successfully worked to prevent violence among children and adolescents. As a
CDC publication, the sourcebook also documents the science behind each best
practice and offers a comprehensive directory of resources for more information
about programs that have used these practices.
Federal Partner: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Safeguarding Our Children: An Action Guide - Implementing Early Warning, Timely Response (PDF 535 KB)
This guide helps schools develop and carry out a violence prevention and response
plan that can be customized to fit each school's particular strengths. This
guide presents strategies that schools have used successfully to create and
implement violence prevention plans; provides examples of sound practices and
programs; and offers suggestions on recognizing, reporting, and using early
warning signs effectively.
Federal Partner: U.S. Department of Education
- Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising
Chapter 3 of this publication, "Communities & Crime Prevention,"
provides information on crime prevention strategies in various communities.
This chapter can be printed from the Web site, or the document in its entirety
can be downloaded.
Federal Partner: U.S. Department of Justice
