General Information
- Understanding Youth Violence [PDF 313KB] This fact sheet provides an overview of youth violence. It is intended for the general public.
- Youth Violence: Facts at a Glance [PDF 128KB] This fact sheet provides up-to-date data and statistics on youth violence.
- Preventing Youth Violence: Program Activities GuideThis guide describes CDC's public health activities and research to prevent youth violence.
- Surgeon General's Report on Youth ViolenceThis report clarifies trends in youth violence, identifies risk factors, and reviews the effectiveness of specific prevention strategies.
- World Report on Violence and Health [PDF 278 KB] This report is the first comprehensive review of violence on a global scale. Chapter 2 provides detailed information on youth violence.
What's New
- Coping With Stress
- Protective Factors for Youth Violence Perpetration
- Actionable Knowledge series
- Director's View Blog — They Are Just Children...
- Coping With Stress
- CDC Releases Report on Gang Homicides
- New Gang Affiliation study
- Connection between Bullying and Sexual Violence Perpetration
- Bullying is No Joke—Read Zach's story
- Understanding Bullying—Fact Sheet
- Measuring Bullying Victimization, Perpetration, and Bystander Experiences: A Compendium of Assessment Tools
- Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere (STRYVE)
- Youth Violence National and State Statistics
Scientific Resources
- Definitions Consistent definitions are necessary for obtaining accurate and reliable estimates of youth violence.
- Data Sources Data, including the number of violence-related injuries and deaths, help define the magnitude of the problem.
- Risk & Protective Factors Risk and protective factors are important considerations in the development of prevention programs.
- Consequences Youth violence can have a devastating impact on victims and communities.
- Prevention Strategies The current science base includes information on best practices and promising prevention strategies.
- TranslationStrategies for distributing prevention information and ensuring widespread adoption within communities.
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