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STRYVE - Striving To Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere

Prevalence and Consequences

How much youth violence is there and how does it affect us?

Resources in this section provide answers to the following questions:

  • What is the extent of the youth violence problem?
  • What are the consequences and costs of youth violence?
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    expand Data on Youth Violence
  • BEH5 Youth Perpetrators of Serious Violent Crimes: Rate and Number of Serious Violent Crimes by Youth Ages 12–17, 1980–2008
  • Data Tables and Figures (Drug and Tobacco Trends)
  • Delinquency Cases in Juvenile Court, 2005
  • Employment Situation
  • Firearms and Crime Statistics
  • Guns
  • Hate Violence Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People in the United States 2008
  • Highlights of the 2008 National Youth Gang Survey
  • Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2010
  • Juvenile Arrests 2008
  • Juvenile Court Statistics 2006-2007
  • KIDS COUNT Data Center
  • National Trends in Risk Behaviors
  • National Youth Gang Survey Analysis
  • Poverty
  • School-Associated Violent Death Study
  • 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 2009 National School Climate Survey: The Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s Schools
  • The Cost of Violence in the United States
  • Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–2008
  • Trends in the Prevalence of Selected Risk Behaviors for All Students: National YRBSS, 1991–2007
  • Uniform Crime Reports
  • Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance -- United States, 2009
  • expand Youth Violence Measurement Instruments
  • Adolescent Violence Prevention: Knowledge Path
  • Barometers of School Safety Surveys
  • Measuring Bullying Victimization, Perpetration, and Bystander Experiences: A Compendium of Assessment Tools
  • Measuring Violence Related Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors Among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment Tools: Second Edition
  • expand Interactive Youth Violence Data Tools
  • American Community Survey
  • American FactFinder
  • CDC WONDER (Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research)
  • Child Welfare Outcome Data: Custom Report Builder
  • Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
  • DataFerrett
  • Easy Access to FBI Arrest Statistics: 1994-2007
  • Easy Access to Juvenile Populations: 1990-2009
  • Easy Access to the FBI's Supplementary Homicide Reports: 1980-2008
  • Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
  • Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research: Find and Analyze Data
  • KIDS COUNT Data Center
  • National Center for Health Statistics: Statistical Export and Tabulation System
  • OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book
  • SNAPS: Snap Shots of State Population Data, Version 1.5
  • State and County QuickFacts
  • The Socioeconomic Mapping and Resource Topography (SMART) System
  • U.S. Census Bureau: Thematic Maps
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