Office of Justice Programs

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Youth Victims of Violence

  • Addressing Youth Victimization
    Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001
    This report summarizes the accomplishments of the Federal Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in meeting one of the eight objectives of the action plan published in 1996 and titled Combating Violence and Delinquency: The National Juvenile Justice Action Plan.
  • Children's Exposure to Violence: The Safe Start Initiative
    Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001
    This report presents an overview of the Safe Start Initiative, which is designed to prevent and reduce the impact of violence on young children and their families.
  • Community Outreach Through Police in Schools
    Office for Victims of Crime, 2003
    This document describes the Community Outreach through Police in Schools Program, which is a short-term, prevention-oriented, school-based group intervention that brings together police officers and children as group co-leaders to provide weekly sessions for middle school students at risk of being exposed to violence.
  • Safe Harbor: A School-Based Victim Assistance/Violence Prevention Program
    Office for Victims of Crime, 2003
    After describing Safe Harbor, a promising program that addresses both violence prevention and victim assistance in school settings, this bulletin discusses the demographic and implementation differences in the school sites that are replicating the program and reviews evaluations of the program's effectiveness.