Resources
A comprehensive listing of resources on Youth Violence and Youth Violence Prevention.
- CDC Resources
- A Seven-Step Empowerment Evaluation Approach For Violence Prevention Organizations
- Academic Centers for Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention
- CDC Features: Safe Youth. Safe Schools
- CDC Social Media Tools Guidelines and Best Practices
- CDC WONDER (Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research)
- CDC's School Health Education Resources (SHER)
- Health, United States, 2009: Child and Adolescent Health
- Healthy Youth! Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT)
- Measuring Bullying Victimization, Perpetration, and Bystander Experiences: A Compendium of Assessment Tools
- Measuring Violence Related Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors Among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment Tools: Second Edition
- National Center for Health Statistics: Statistical Export and Tabulation System
- National Trends in Risk Behaviors
- Safe Neighborhoods, Safe Lives: Things that Prevent or Reduce the Impact of Violence in the Community: Experts’ Tips for Preventing Violence From the Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center (PCVPC)
- School-Associated Violent Death Study
- SNAPS: Snap Shots of State Population Data, Version 1.5
- The Cost of Violence in the United States
- Trends in the Prevalence of Selected Risk Behaviors for All Students: National YRBSS, 1991–2007
- Urban Networks to Increase Thriving Youth Through Violence Prevention (UNITY)
- VetoViolence
- Violence Prevention Focused on Children and Youth
- Violence-Related Behaviors Among High School Students --- United States, 1991--2003
- WISQARS (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System)
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance -- United States, 2009
- Youth Violence Prevention
- YRBSS: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
- Other Federal Government Resources
- A Comprehensive Approach to Drug Prevention
- A Policymaker’s Guide to Building Our Way Out of Crime: The Transformative Power of Police-Community Developer Partnerships
- American Community Survey
- American FactFinder
- BEH5 Youth Perpetrators of Serious Violent Crimes: Rate and Number of Serious Violent Crimes by Youth Ages 12–17, 1980–2008
- Best Practices to Address Community Gang Problems: OJJDP's Comprehensive Gang Model
- Causes and Correlates of Girls’ Delinquency
- Child Welfare Outcome Data: Custom Report Builder
- Children’s Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey
- Crimes and Prevention
- DataFerrett
- Defending Childhood
- Defending Childhood: Protect, Heal, Thrive
- Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2005
- Do Social Connections and Hope Matter in Predicting Early Adolescent Violence?
- Easy Access to FBI Arrest Statistics: 1994-2007
- Easy Access to Juvenile Populations: 1990-2009
- Easy Access to the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports: 1980-2008
- Employment Situation
- FindYouthInfo.gov
- Firearms and Crime Statistics
- Girls' Delinquency
- Guns
- Healing Invisible Wounds: Why Investing in Trauma-Informed Care for Children Makes Sense
- Highlights of the 2008 National Youth Gang Survey
- Impacts of Metal Detector Use in Schools: Insights From 15 Years of Research
- Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2010
- Injury Prevention: What Works? A Summary of Cost-outcome Analysis for Injury Prevention Programs (2010 Update)
- Internet Safety
- Juvenile Arrests 2008
- Juvenile Court Statistics 2006-2007
- NREPP: SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices
- OJJDP Model Programs Guide
- OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book
- Pediatric Care Settings: Issue Brief #2: Moving From Evidence to Action: The Safe Start Center Series on Children Exposed to Violence
- Peer Victimization in Schools: A Set of Quantitative and Qualitative Studies of the Connections Among Peer Victimization, School Engagement, Truancy, School Achievement, and Other Outcomes
- Positive Change Through Policy
- Poverty
- Prevention System Reduces Risky Behavior in 10-14 Year Olds
- School Safety: Programs and Planning
- Schools: Issue Brief #3: Moving From Evidence to Action: The Safe Start Center Series on Children Exposed to Violence
- State and County QuickFacts
- Stop Bullying.gov
- Take a Stand. Lend a Hand. Stop Bullying Now!
- The Mayors' Action Challenge for Children and Families
- The Socioeconomic Mapping and Resource Topography (SMART) System
- Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–2008
- U.S. Census Bureau: Thematic Maps
- Understanding Children’s Exposure to Violence: Issue Brief #1: Moving From Evidence to Action: The Safe Start Center Series on Children Exposed to Violence
- Uniform Crime Reports
- Violent Behaviors Among Adolescent Females
- What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges?
- Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General
- Non-governmental Resources
- Addressing the Intersection: Preventing Violence and Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living
- Adolescent Violence Prevention: Knowledge Path
- Adults and Children Together Against Violence: ACT for Strong Families Program
- After School Grows Up: Helping Teens Prepare for the Future
- AfterZones: Creating a Citywide System to Support and Sustain High-Quality After-School Programs
- America After 3PM Special Report on Summer: Missed Opportunities, Unmet Demand
- Authentic Youth Civic Engagement: A Guide for Municipal Leaders
- Barometers of School Safety Surveys
- Blueprints for Violence Prevention
- Blueprints Promising Programs Descriptions
- Building Partnerships for Youth
- Building Quality in Summer Learning Programs: Approaches and Recommendations
- Bullying Victimization and Substance Use Among U.S. Adolescents: Mediation by Depression
- Campus and Work Place Violence Prevention
- Campus and Workplace Violence Prevention: Policy and Program
- Childhood Poverty Persistence: Facts and Consequences
- Children's Health Topics: Violence Prevention
- Communities Taking Action: Profiles of Health Equity
- Connected Kids: Safe, Strong, Secure
- D.A.R.E. Program
- Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
- Data Tables and Figures (Drug and Tobacco Trends)
- Effective and Promising Summer Learning Programs and Approaches for Economically-Disadvantaged Children and Youth
- Engaging Older Youth: Program and City Level Strategies to Support Sustained Participation in Out-of-School Time
- Ethnicity, Race, Class, and Adolescent Violence
- Functional Family Therapy
- Funding Resources for Prevention Programs
- Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) Anti-bullying Resources Web Page
- Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) Research Web Page
- Harsh Realities: The Experiences of Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools
- Hate Violence Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People in the United States 2008
- Health, Mental Health, and Safety Guidelines for Schools
- I Can Problem Solve
- IACP Center for Social Media
- Implementing an Effective School Resource Officer Program
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research: Find and Analyze Data
- Investments in Building Citywide Out-of-School-Time Systems: A Six-City Study
- It's Time for Summer: An Analysis of Recent Policy and Funding Opportunities
- KIDS COUNT
- KIDS COUNT Data Center
- LGB and Questioning Students in Schools: The Moderating Effects of Homophobic Bullying and School Climate on Negative Outcomes
- Mobilizing for Action Through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)
- Moving From Us to Them: Challenges in Reframing Violence Among Youth
- Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care
- National League of Cities’ City Platform for Strengthening Families
- National Youth Gang Survey Analysis
- New Jersey Anti-bullying Bill of Rights Act (Assembly Education Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 3466, With Committee Amendments, State of New Jersey)
- Observing Bullying at School: The Mental Health Implications of Witness Status
- Online Resources for Identifying Evidence-Based, Out-of-School Time Programs: A User’s Guide
- Preventing Violence Quick Links
- Researchers and Their Communities: The Challenge of Meaningful Community Engagement
- Responding to Disruptive or Threatening Student Behavior: A Guide for Faculty
- School Climate
- Sexual Orientation and Bullying Among Adolescents in the Growing Up Today Study
- Social and Emotional Development in Children and Adolescents Knowledge Path
- State of City Leadership for Children and Families
- The 2009 National School Climate Survey: Executive Summary: Key Findings on the Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools
- The 2009 National School Climate Survey: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools
- The Community Tool Box
- The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students of Color in Our Nation's Schools
- The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood
- The Incredible Years: Parents, Teachers, and Children’s Training Series
- The Teen Years Explained: A Guide to Healthy Adolescent Development
- The UNITY Policy Platform
- Violence Prevention Policy
- Violence Prevention: The Evidence: Changing Cultural and Social Norms That Support Violence
- Violence Prevention: The Evidence: Guns, Knives, and Pesticides: Reducing Access to Lethal Means
- Violence Prevention: The Evidence: Overview
- Violence Prevention: The Evidence: Preventing Violence by Developing Life Skills in Children and Adolescents
- Violence Prevention: The Evidence: Preventing Violence by Reducing the Availability and Harmful Use of Alcohol
- Violence Prevention: The Evidence: Preventing Violence Through the Development of Safe, Stable, And Nurturing Relationships Between Children and Their Parents and Caregivers
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University: Policy and Procedures: Subject: Campus and Workplace Violence Prevention Policy
- World Report on Violence and Health: Chapter 2 Youth Violence
- Yale University Policy: Campus and Workplace Violence Prevention