NSV Highlight on: NCJRS: Special Feature on Youth Violence

The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a “federally-funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.” One resource that is of noted interest for our N0SchoolViolence.org supporters is a Special Feature on Youth Violence. This feature points to the state of youth violence in the United States, referencing…

NSV Highlight on: CDC Study Shows Higher Rate of Violence to LGBTQ Youth

by Sean Hedden On August 12th, 2016, the Center for Disease Control released a study entitled, Sexual Identity, Sex of Sexual Contacts, and Health-Related Behaviors Among Students in Grades 9-12 – United States and Selected Sites, 2015. Multiple news sources, including The New York Times, have reported how this first nationwide, comprehensive study shows how LGBTQ youth are suffering…

Analyzing the Unthinkable-a Statistical Approach to Preventing Youth Violence

“If we could confidently predict which youth would be prone to commit violent acts and at which stage in their development such delinquency was most likely to erupt, it would significantly strengthen our efforts to prevent juvenile violence.” –John J. Wilson I was 17 years old during the shootings in Red Lake, Minnesota—one year older than…

CDC Creates a New Division of Violence Prevention

In a new section on violence prevention, the CDC (The Center for Disease Control) offers a concise assessment of school violence prevention methods. The CDC treats school violence as a public health problem in order to provide prevention approaches. Like any other public health problem, school violence can be prevented before it starts. The organization…