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Topia!: Society: Issues: Violence and Abuse: Youth (52)
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PeaceTalks - PeaceTalks, a series on teen violence, has some real life answers to one of the nation's most pressing social problems. Virginia Youth Violence Project - Identify effective methods and policies for youth violence prevention and response, especially in school settings; ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education - Within the guide, are research studies, program and project overviews, and links to agencies addressing youth violence. Violent Kids Information Site - A website for students, teachers and others who want to learn more about the psychological characteristics of kids who kill. Youth Alive - Programs by and for teens to reduce violence in communities and schools. Children, Adolescence and Violence - Psychologist Michael Fenichel presents information and resources for parents, teachers, students, and counselors. Emphasis is on prevention, the "warning signs", causes, and effects of violence. Act-React - Questions challenge teens/pre-teens to think and reason and become responsible, law abiding citizens. Guide To Programs To Prevent Youth Violence American Psychological Association HelpCenter - Warning Signs on-line brochure providing information on detecting a tendency of violence and on controlling the anger driving it. Peace Works PEI - Canadian non-profit organization teaching conflict resolution skills to children, parents, teachers and communities. Youth Violence Resources - Listings of and links to articles, agencies, organizations and websites to find help and information about youth, teen and adolescent violence and bullying issues. Is Youth Violence Just Another Fact Of Life? - A briefing paper from APA on youth and violence. Report of the Surgeon General on Youth Violence - This report, ordered by Congress and the Clinton administration after the Columbine High School shooting, examines the factors that lead young people to gravitate toward violence, reviews the factors that protect youth from perpetrating violence and identifies effective research-based preventive strategies. National Campaign to Reduce Youth Violence - Initiated by public broadcasting, the National Campaign to Reduce Youth Violence is a multiyear effort to reduce youth violence in our communities. Strategies Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) - A volunteer collaborative which creates, supports and enhances the commitment of individuals, families and communities to the ideals of nonviolence. Youth Violence: Perception Versus Reality - Compares youth violence to all violence in the US. Examines the difference between crime by juveniles and crime by youth, which includes young adults. Youth Violence - Content from athealth.com reviewing youth violence and aggression. YouthWEB Online - Youngsters, teens and adults from diverse backgrounds fight against bias, bigotry and prejudice. People can report hate-related incidents and get information about school violence, and human rights. Directions Online - Summer/Fall 2001 Issue - Available HTML version of the quarterly magazine published by the Canadian Tamil Youth Development Centre (CanTYD) based in Toronto, Canada. Teen Violence - Growing up in a Violent World - An objective look at the problems and conflicts our youth face in society while growing up. National Criminal Justice Reference Service: Juvenile Violence - Fact sheets and reports from studies and surveys of U.S. violence among adolescents, at school, gangs, bullying, babysitter violence, and other youth violence topics. Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2002 - Executive Summary - This report provides detailed statistical information to inform the United States on the current nature of crime in schools. This edition of Indicators contains the most recent available data on school crime and safety drawn from a number of statistical series supported by the federal government. Youth Indicators 1996 - A statistical compilation of data on family structure, jobs, education, and other elements that comprise the world of young people. Where possible, long-term trend data are provided in a historical context for interpretation. Source: National Center For Education Statistics (NCES). Available in both HTML and PDF format (2.4 M).
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