Links
Division of Violence
Prevention, National
Center
for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Areas of activity include child maltreatment, intimate partner and sexual
violence, suicide, and youth violence.
Understanding
Violence: Causes and Conditions. This page on the Connect for Kids
"Reference Room" has a number of links to practical as well as
thought-provoking articles.
World Health Organization 2003 World
Report on Violence and Health. The following is from the World Health
Organization website: "[This] is the first comprehensive report of its kind
to address violence as a global public health problem. Violence kills more than
1.6 million people every year. Public health experts say these statistics are
just the tip of the iceberg with the majority of violent acts being committed
behind closed doors and going largely unreported. This report aims to shed light
on these acts. In addition to the deaths, millions of people are left injured as
a result of violence and suffer from physical, sexual, reproductive and mental
health problems, says the [report].
Orange County Prevention Network
Bullying.org – including a large number of resource links.
Center for the Prevention of School
Violence
Operation Respect: Don’t Laugh At Me
Bureau of Justice
Statistics (see also under "Publications")
Child
Maltreatment 2001 (from the federal Children's Bureau)
Childhelp USA
Current
Trends in Child Abuse Prevention, Reporting, and Fatalities: The 1999 Fifty
State Survey (National Center on Child Abuse Prevention Research)
National Clearinghouse on Child
Abuse and Neglect Information
The American
Professional Society on the Abuse of Children provides a brief list of
"Resource Links" to information on various types of abuse and neglect,
statistics, state statutes, and other topics.
National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children has a long list of publications,
most available online, on topics ranging from abduction to safety information to
sexual exploitation. There are individual, downloadable brochures in English and
Spanish in two series, "Just in Case" and "Know the Rules,"
about prevention and about what to do in various situations.
Coping with Violence
Helping Children and
Adolescents Cope with Violence and Disasters. From the National Institute
for Mental Health (NIMH). (September 2001)
Knowledge
Path: Domestic Violence. At the federal Bureau of
Maternal and Child Health. Comprehensive listing of web sites, journal articles,
books, and more. (December 2002)
National Violence Against Women
Prevention Research Center
Domestic Violence Awareness
Handbook. At the U.S. Department of Agriculture Safety, Health and Employee
Welfare Division website. Practical guide with definitions and advice (what to
say to a victim, creating a safety plan).
Resource
for Teen Dating Violence "A selection of facts and resources on teen
dating violence for young people and their adult allies. The site includes a
series of questions and answers for youth that allow them to explore the
dynamics of their own relationships and offer support and assistance to their
peers who may be involved in abusive partnerships."
Teens and Abuse. On
the Safenetwork website. Important information about special issues related to
intimate partner violence in teens: mandatory reporting requirements, statutory
rape, shelters.
The Greenbook Initiative
provides resources for local authorities serving families dealing with both
domestic violence and child abuse, including information on model projects
around the country and information for communities wanting to better meet the
needs of families experiencing violence.
Gang Resources.
At the federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Summaries
and highlights of the National Youth Gang Surveys, many federal publications
related to gangs.
In the Spotlight: Gang
Resources. National Criminal Justice Reference Service.
Hate On Display: A
Visual Database of Extremist Symbols, Logos and Tattoos. At the
Anti-Defamation League website.
Children, Youth, and Gun Violence. Volume 12, #2
(Summer-Fall 2002) issue of The Future of Children, published by the David and Lucille
Packard Foundation. The entire issue is related to this topic.
Join Together
Online: Take Action against Substance Abuse and Gun Violence. News, issues,
and resources about gun violence (and, in a separate section, substance abuse).
Source of
Firearms Used by Students in School-Associated Violent Deaths --- United
States, 1992--1999. (From the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, March
2003.)
Parenting
Parents: Be Role Models for Your Children. At the federal SAMHSA's National
Mental Health Information Center. Basic, practical advice for every parent.
Safety
Tips and Articles. KidPower also offers a monthly e-mail newsletter with
safety tips for parents and kids.
School Violence
Deadly
Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence. Mark H. Moore, Carol V.
Petrie, Anthony A. Braga, and Brenda L. McLaughlin, Editors; National Research
Council. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2002.
"Concluding there is no way to predict which individual students will
commit lethal attacks in schools, this National Research Council review says
profiling would wrongly identify harmless adolescents as potentially dangerous
and it would miss some of the few youths who actually commit the offenses.
Prevention efforts should focus on keeping firearms out of the hands of
unsupervised adolescents and out of schools." (From Connect
for Kids, May 2003.)
At The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS)
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury
National
Strategy for Suicide Prevention. By a collaborative of 5 federal agencies.
Facts, news, links to key publications.
Reducing
Suicide: A National Imperative. Institute of Medicine (IOM). This
book, which can be downloaded by chapter, provides a comprehensive review of
issues related to suicide prevention. (2002)
See above.
Children
First Steps:
Taking Action Early To Prevent Violence. The Prevention Institute’s October
2002 report synthesizes research about violence prevention in the first 5 years
of life, presents best practices, and offers a comprehensive strategy to start
effective violence prevention efforts at an early age.
Youth
National Youth Violence Prevention
Resource Center. Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and the Federal Working Group on Youth Violence. Comprehensive resources for
parents and guardians, professionals, and teens. Includes sections on current
news, hot topics, event calendars, and links to many organizations and
publications. Updated frequently.
Knowledge Path:
Adolescent Violence Prevention. At the
federal Bureau of Maternal and Child Health. Comprehensive listing of web sites,
journal articles, books, and more. (June 2002)
Best Practices of
Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action. At the CDC
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
National
Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention. This site
describes itself as "a training and technical assistance center for Federal
grantees working to promote mental health and prevent youth violence among
children, their families, and other adults." As of July 2003, it is still
under development, but it will have "annotated bibliographies, fact sheets,
a searchable virtual library, and tools for assessment, implementation, and
evaluation." These resources could be useful to many other individuals and
organizations, as well.
Violence and Violence
Prevention: A Brief Bibliography. At The Center for Health and Health Care
in Schools (CHHCS).
Behavior-Oriented
Approaches to Reducing Youth Gun Violence. November 2002 article in The
Future of Children, produced by the David and Lucille Packard Foundation.
Choices for Youth. A
Public Education Campaign to Prevent Violence Against Youth. Funded by the
California Wellness Foundation. Current information about programs and
legislation in California.
Surgeon
General's Report on Youth Violence, 2001.
