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Definition and Causes

What is youth violence and what are the factors that influence it?

Resources in this section provide answers to the following questions:

  • What is youth violence?
  • What factors increase the likelihood of youth violence?
  • What factors decrease the likelihood of youth violence?

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    expand Definition and Forms of Youth Violence
  • Crimes and Prevention
  • Healthy Youth! Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT)
  • Moving From Us to Them: Challenges in Reframing Violence Among Youth
  • School-Associated Violent Death Study
    • expand Risk and Protective Factors – Individual
  • Addressing the Intersection: Preventing Violence and Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living
  • Adolescent Violence Prevention: Knowledge Path
  • After School Grows Up: Helping Teens Prepare for the Future
  • Building Partnerships for Youth
  • Bullying Victimization and Substance Use Among U.S. Adolescents: Mediation by Depression
  • Causes and Correlates of Girls’ Delinquency
  • Connected Kids: Safe, Strong, Secure
  • Crimes and Prevention
  • Defending Childhood
  • Do Social Connections and Hope Matter in Predicting Early Adolescent Violence?
  • Effective and Promising Summer Learning Programs and Approaches for Economically-Disadvantaged Children and Youth
  • Ethnicity, Race, Class, and Adolescent Violence
  • FindYouthInfo.gov
  • Girls' Delinquency
  • Harsh Realities: The Experiences of Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools
  • Healing Invisible Wounds: Why Investing in Trauma-Informed Care for Children Makes Sense
  • Healing Invisible Wounds: Why Investing in Trauma-Informed Care for Children Makes Sense
  • Health, United States, 2009: Child and Adolescent Health
  • Internet Safety
  • KIDS COUNT
  • Prevention System Reduces Risky Behavior in 10-14 Year Olds
  • Sexual Orientation and Bullying Among Adolescents in the Growing Up Today Study
  • Social and Emotional Development in Children and Adolescents Knowledge Path
  • The 2009 National School Climate Survey: Executive Summary: Key Findings on the Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools
  • The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Students of Color in Our Nation's Schools
  • The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood
  • The Mayors' Action Challenge for Children and Families
  • The Teen Years Explained: A Guide to Healthy Adolescent Development
  • What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges?
    • expand Risk and Protective Factors – Relationship
  • Adolescent Violence Prevention: Knowledge Path
  • Adults and Children Together Against Violence: ACT for Strong Families Program
  • Children's Health Topics: Violence Prevention
  • Children’s Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey
  • Connected Kids: Safe, Strong, Secure
  • Do Social Connections and Hope Matter in Predicting Early Adolescent Violence?
  • Pediatric Care Settings: Issue Brief #2: Moving From Evidence to Action: The Safe Start Center Series on Children Exposed to Violence
  • Peer Victimization in Schools: A Set of Quantitative and Qualitative Studies of the Connections Among Peer Victimization, School Engagement, Truancy, School Achievement, and Other Outcomes
  • School Safety: Programs and Planning
  • Schools: Issue Brief #3: Moving From Evidence to Action: The Safe Start Center Series on Children Exposed to Violence
  • The 2009 National School Climate Survey: Executive Summary: Key Findings on the Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools
  • The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood
  • The Mayors' Action Challenge for Children and Families
  • Understanding Children’s Exposure to Violence: Issue Brief #1: Moving From Evidence to Action: The Safe Start Center Series on Children Exposed to Violence
  • What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges?
    • expand Risk and Protective Factors – Community
  • A Policymaker’s Guide to Building Our Way Out of Crime: The Transformative Power of Police-Community Developer Partnerships
  • Adolescent Violence Prevention: Knowledge Path
  • Adults and Children Together Against Violence: ACT for Strong Families Program
  • Building Quality in Summer Learning Programs: Approaches and Recommendations
  • CDC Features: Safe Youth. Safe Schools
  • CDC's School Health Education Resources (SHER)
  • Childhood Poverty Persistence: Facts and Consequences
  • Children's Health Topics: Violence Prevention
  • Children’s Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey
  • Communities Taking Action: Profiles of Health Equity
  • Defending Childhood: Protect, Heal, Thrive
  • Do Social Connections and Hope Matter in Predicting Early Adolescent Violence?
  • Effective and Promising Summer Learning Programs and Approaches for Economically-Disadvantaged Children and Youth
  • Engaging Older Youth: Program and City Level Strategies to Support Sustained Participation in Out-of-School Time
  • Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) Anti-bullying Resources Web Page
  • Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) Research Web Page
  • Health, Mental Health, and Safety Guidelines for Schools
  • Impacts of Metal Detector Use in Schools: Insights From 15 Years of Research
  • Implementing an Effective School Resource Officer Program
  • LGB and Questioning Students in Schools: The Moderating Effects of Homophobic Bullying and School Climate on Negative Outcomes
  • National League of Cities’ City Platform for Strengthening Families
  • New Jersey Anti-bullying Bill of Rights Act (Assembly Education Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 3466, With Committee Amendments, State of New Jersey)
  • Observing Bullying at School: The Mental Health Implications of Witness Status
  • Pediatric Care Settings: Issue Brief #2: Moving From Evidence to Action: The Safe Start Center Series on Children Exposed to Violence
  • Safe Neighborhoods, Safe Lives: Things that Prevent or Reduce the Impact of Violence in the Community: Experts’ Tips for Preventing Violence From the Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center (PCVPC)
  • School Climate
  • Schools: Issue Brief #3: Moving From Evidence to Action: The Safe Start Center Series on Children Exposed to Violence
  • The 2009 National School Climate Survey: Executive Summary: Key Findings on the Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools
  • The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood
  • The Mayors' Action Challenge for Children and Families
  • Understanding Children’s Exposure to Violence: Issue Brief #1: Moving From Evidence to Action: The Safe Start Center Series on Children Exposed to Violence
  • What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges?
    • expand Risk and Protective Factors – Societal
  • Adolescent Violence Prevention: Knowledge Path
  • New Jersey Anti-bullying Bill of Rights Act (Assembly Education Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 3466, With Committee Amendments, State of New Jersey)
  • The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood
  • What Challenges Are Boys Facing, and What Opportunities Exist to Address Those Challenges?
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