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News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Should Bully Game Get Punched Out?

Bully: Just for fun? Photo: Rockstar Games Youth workers, beware of this guy: Jimmy Hopkins is a rambunctious 15-year-old boarding school student...

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Unnecessary Roughness? School Sports, Peer Networks and Male Adolescent Violence

American Sociological Review High school males in contact sports such as football and wrestling are at heightened risk of participating in serious...

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Black Victims of Violent Crime

Bureau of Justice Statistics Among the findings reported here, based on data gathered by the National Crime Victimization Survey and the FBI’s...

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Bullying Canada

www.bullyingcanada.ca Created by Canadian high school students, this anti-bullying site offers tips and advice for bystanders, victims and perpetrators. It provides...

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Many Youths Fearful in Their City

The Boston Globe Violent crime has soared in the Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester, Mattapan and Roxbury in recent years. In 2006, 42...

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Press Watch for November 2007

Log on to these news organization’s websites and search for the headline through the site’s search or archive feature. Child Welfare Foster...

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The Effectiveness of Universal School-Based Programs for the Prevention of Violent and Aggressive Behavior

The Task Force on Community Preventive Services For two years beginning in 2004, the task force conducted reviews of 53 published scientific...

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Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Suicide Attempts Among Urban Teenagers

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine The report examines the relationship between dating violence, lifetime sexual assault and suicide attempts. Researchers found...

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Hard Lessons: The Struggle to Keep Milwaukee Schools Safe

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel This four-part investigative series on Milwaukee Public Schools examines intensifying campus violence that has teachers filing complaints and...

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School Fears on the Rise

The Philadelphia Inquirer In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings and the eighth anniversary of Columbine High School killings, nervous school...

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Community Uniting Against Gangs

The Denver Post Six years after it was forced to disband after losing major funding, the Metro Denver Gang Coalition has revived...

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L.A. Names “Worst Gangs,” Vows to Prosecute Them

L.A. Names “Worst Gangs,” Vows to Prosecute Them, The Los Angeles Times Latino Gang Study Finds Few Links to Overseas Groups,The Washington...

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When Domestic Violence Starts Young

The Chicago Tribune An increased awareness of violence among dating teens has launched a spate of initiatives and interventions similar to those...

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Violence in America’s Schools: Understanding, Prevention, and Responses

R. Murray ThomasPraeger Pulishers259 pages. $44.95. Intended to help youth workers and social workers more fully understand the various forms of violence...

School Shootings? Please Ignore the Guns

Following the recent rash of fatal shootings in schools, the Bush administration scrambled to protect youth from more violence last month by...

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Report Roundup for October 2006

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

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Anti-Gun Programs: Where’s the Bang?

Recent reports about an alleged surge in youth violence have officials in cities throughout the country looking for ways to clamp down...

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Report Roundup for September 2006

A compilation of the reports from this issue.

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Pioneers for Peace

Detroit, Mich.(313) 745-5053www.pioneersforpeace.org Objective: To increase awareness about the impact of violence and to help reduce violence among youth. In a...

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