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Families across Indianapolis are grieving as the city is facing an increasing youth violence problem. Even as homicide totals are dropping closer to pre-pandemic levels from a historic peak in ...
According to the Youth Violence Assessment, about 10 percent of Tacoma Public School students surveyed in 2021 said they thought it would be easy to access a gun.
A recent long-term outcome study of youth found no long-term relationship between consuming violent media and youth violence or bullying. A recent report from 2023 explores how the increase of saturated media can affect violent actions in children, even years after the media is consumed.
Kansas City’s new 24-hour youth violence prevention hotline is live. Young Kansas Citians in need of help are encouraged to call or text 816-799-1720 to chat with trained anti-violence ...
Officials at the state Department of Juvenile Justice did not respond to questions about YSI. A department spokeswoman, Meghan Speakes Collins, pointed to overall improvements the state has made in its contract monitoring process, such as conducting more interviews with randomly selected youth to get a better understanding of conditions and analyzing problematic trends such as high staff turnover.
The Violence Commission recommended new investments in jobs, training and education – totaling $20B per year in 1968 dollars. A long run "reordering of national priorities" was in order, said the Violence Commission, which shared the Kerner Commission's moral vision that there could be no higher claim on the nation's conscience.
Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of criminology and juvenile law. Its Co-editors are Chad R. Trulson (University of North Texas) and Jonathan W. Caudill (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs). It was established in 2003 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Wisconsin leaders who are serious about addressing youth violence ought to check out a groundbreaking program in South Central Los Angeles.