Violence Archives | Page 8 of 15

Cities Discuss Plans to Curb Youth Violence at Justice Department Forum

Pastor Billy Kyles, asked to deliver the keynote address at this week’s National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, talked to the audience...

News

White House Anti-Bullying Tactics: School-wide measures, accessible adults

The Obama White House put its spotlight on bullying today, hosting a bullying prevention conference, as members of Congress introduced legislation aimed...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Weekly Notes: Defending Childhood Projects Commence; Scared Straight Under Fire; Juvenile Justice Information Exchange; and more

***Meetings on the Defending Childhood initiative took place this week among senior Justice officials and the eight sites selected to conduct demonstration...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Violent Youths: A New Statistical Profile

Most people have similar stereotypes of youths who commit violent crimes, those who join gangs and teens who become crime victims. So...

News

Task Force on LGBT Youth Suicide Prevention Announced

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth are the target of a new task force of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention,...

News

Scott Merges PROMISE Act with Feinstein Gang Bill

Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) has made a deal with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to merge their very different crime prevention bills and...

► Reports

Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2010

The Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Educational Statistics collaborated on this report, which breaks down crime in and...

A Sad Situation from Rural America We Cannot Ignore

Over the past few months we’ve seen plenty of news stories about celebrities going in and out of jail and fed-up flight...

Weekly Notes: Looming SORNA deadline; Juvenile services secretary steps down

***States have until July to pass legislation that establishes a federally-compliant sex offender database; look for those conversations to start in earnest...

News

Use of Title IX Has Worked against Sexual Orientation Bullying

The Department of Education put schools on notice this week that failure to police a pattern of bullying could result in a...

California Teens Can Seek Counseling Without Consent

Teens in California can now receive counseling from licensed social workers without the consent of their parents after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed...

News

Education Department to Schools: Protect Against Bullying or Risk Federal Funding

The Department of Education (DOE) notified schools and colleges today that it intends to penalize systems that refuse to address pervasive problems...

Gangs: From Early America to Now

History of Street Gangs in the United States National Gang Center Bulletin This report provides a historical summary of the many factors...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Dating Violence

www.cdc.gov/ChooseRespect The slogan for this website, home to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Choose Respect” initiative, is “Respect. Get it....

News

NY Times Columnist Makes Case for CeaseFire Chicago

New York Times columnist Bob Herbert believes that shooting or killing someone has become an all-too rational reaction to disrespect among young...

► Reports

Highlights of the 2008 National Youth Gang Survey

This fact sheet compares results of the 2008 National Youth Gang Survey (NYGS) with previous data on gangs and highlights significant...

News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

Can Sports Help Protect Chicago’s Youth?

A sports version of a program developed by a youth worker on a spiritual retreat has been chosen as the latest in...

► Reports

Assessing Bullying: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners

Assessing Bullying: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners and Assessing Peer Conflict Aggressive Behaviors: A Guide for Out-of-School Time Program Practitioners...

News