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Archives: 2014 & Earlier

The Last to Know

Anonymous, 17New Youth Connections, New York (Names have been changed.) I first started talking to Jay online more than a year...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Dying to Leave the Gang Life

By Anonymous, 16Vox Teen Communications, Atlanta (Names have been changed.) One day during ninth grade, my friend Amber and I were...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Any School, Any Time – School Shootings: How Safe Are You?

Dean Thomas, Alex Zacarias Educational Television Productions of Northeast Wisconsin 57 minutes. DVD $195.95 for educational use, $29.95 for home use. Returning...

Book Reviews

Ceremonial Violence: A Psychological Explanation of School Shootings

Jonathan FastThe Overlook Press333 pages. $25.95, $15.95 paperback. School rampage (SR) shootings are “acts of terrorism” that “crush the spirit of...

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Juvenile Arrests 2007

There were not a whole lot of surprises or noteworthy changes in this report. Homicide/manslaughter arrests ticked up 3 percent, and robbery...

News

Sánchez Leads Push for Anti-Bullying Policies

Calif. Rep. Linda Sánchez (D) Anti-bullying policies would be required of schools receiving Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Community Act funding under...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Reaching Through the Cracks: A Guide to Implementing the Youth Violence Reduction Partnership

Linda Jucovy, Wendy S. McClanahanPublic/Private Ventures80 pages. $10, free download. How can homicide among urban youth and young adults be reduced?...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

The Safe Space

http://www.thesafespace.org The site is a project of the Los Angeles-based nonprofit Break the Cycle, which works to empower youth to end...

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State-by-State Teen Dating Violence Report Card 2009

Break the Cycle This report card ranks each state by how well it measures up in helping teens who face domestic and...

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Preventing Adolescent Dating Violence

The Prevention Researcher The February issue features four articles on violence in teen dating. This quarterly journal tackles the issue first by...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Robert Roberson

Robert Roberson Youth Adviser Violence-Free Zone Milwaukee, Wis. (414) 294-2490 www.cneonline.org Age: 30 Salary: Between $30,000 and $35,000. My Organization: The Violence-Free...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Girls Against Girls: Why We Are Mean to Each Other and How We Can Change

Bonnie BurtonZest Books/Orange Avenue Publishing128 pages. $12.95. In a “let’s work together” spirit, this paperback delivers digestible and thought-provoking advice on how...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Scared for My Life

Author’s name withheld Washington Prep High School Violence has affected me since the day I was born. I grew up in South...

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‘My Uncle was Shot’

Author’s name withheld Washington Prep High School “I’ll make five grand a night! You don’t even make that in a month!” These...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Sucked into the Wrong Crowd

Author’s name withheld Birmingham High School Her name was Gabby. She was my closest friend. It was she who introduced me to...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

How Do You Stop Bullying? Intervene.

Source: The Colorado Trust. During the bullying prevention intervention, the gap in CSAP scores increased between schools with different levels of bullying....

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Mousetraps

Pat SchmatzCarolrhoda Books/Lerner Publishing Group192 pages. $18.95. Until Rick shows up in high school chemistry class the first day of junior year...

Number of Young Homicide Victims Rises

Young black males are being murdered, and being arrested for murder, at a far higher rate than they were in 2002, according...

Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

$5 Million to Help Reduce Violence in Five Boston Neighborhoods

The Boston Foundation has announced a $5 million commitment to StreetSafe Boston – a public-private partnership designed to decrease violent crime by...