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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
External Resources
- What You Need to Know About Youth Violence Prevention
This is a companion report to Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General,
highlighting the findings and conclusions of the Surgeon General's Report, as
well as data from other research to provide a quick introduction to what is
known today about the roots of youth violence and how it can be prevented.
Federal Partner: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
- Youth Violence in the United States
This fact sheet gives a brief statistical overview of youth violence in the
United States.
Federal Partner: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Adolescent Violence: A View from the Street (PDF 58 KB)
Researchers at Columbia University's Center for Violence Research and Prevention
are conducting a qualitative, multistage study on adolescent violence. This
document is a summary of a presentation.
Federal Partner: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S.
Department of Justice