violence

Enhancing Police Responses to Children Exposed to Violence: A Toolkit for Law Enforcement

May 19, 2017

The “Enhancing Police Responses to Children Exposed to Violence” toolkit is designed to equip law enforcement professionals with trauma-informed, developmentally-appropriate tools to identify and minimize threats to child safety, foster closer engagement between law enforcement and youth, and maximize both officer safety and positive outcomes for children and families. The...
Out of Our Mind. Art Therapy and Mindfulness with Refugees, Political Violence and Trauma

February 24, 2017

Combining art therapy and mindfulness in meeting the needs of refugees and asylum seekers is a novel innovation. This paper presents the integration of these approaches, and draws on examples from a short term art therapy and mindfulness meditation studio group, named Inhabited Studio. Art therapy and mindfulness are demonstrated...
The Importance of Treating for Trauma in Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth

May 19, 2016

Research over the past several decades has established that youth exposure to violence is a widespread and significant problem. This is particularly true for youth involved in the juvenile justice system, as research has shown that up to 90 percent of these youth have histories of violence exposure, with many...
Update on Efforts to Address the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender-Related Health Disparities

February 22, 2016

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and HIV are intersecting epidemics that have far-reaching health consequences for women in the United States. When these two problems converge—as they do far too often—the impact on women is compounded and the consequences can be devastating. Failure to address that intersection leads to a vicious cycle...
Summer Jobs Reduce Violence among Disadvantaged Youth

July 30, 2015

Every day, acts of violence injure more than 6000 people in the United States. Despite decades of social science arguing that joblessness among disadvantaged youth is a key cause of violent offending, programs to remedy youth unemployment do not consistently reduce delinquency. This study tests whether summer jobs, which shift...
The Role of Social Support and Social Context on the Incidence of Attempted Suicide Among Adolescents Living in Extremely Impoverished Communities

June 30, 2015

The authors of a longitudinal study of African American youth living in extremely impoverished neighborhoods found that they had a nearly 36-percent risk of attempting suicide by the time they reached the age of 20. The risk of attempting suicide rose as the children entered adolescence and then remained fairly...
Suicide Trends Among Elementary School–Aged Children in the United States From 1993 to 2012

May 18, 2015

The overall suicide rate among children between the ages of five and 11 was stable during the 20 years from 1993 to 2012, but that stability obscured racial differences that show an increase in suicide among black children and a decrease among white children. For a study published by JAMA...
Preventing Violence: Understanding and Addressing Determinants of Youth Violence in the United States

April 14, 2015

This research brief summarizes a review of research and evaluation studies, as well as promising and proven interventions, to identify programs, policies, and practices that can contribute to reducing high levels of violence in the United States. Contents include rates of violence in the United States and worldwide, factors consistently...
Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected

February 24, 2015

While efforts to address the school-to-prison pipeline tend to focus on boys and young men of color, girls and young women of color also face many of the same challenges, a report from the African American Policy Forum and the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies finds. The report,...
Safe and Successful Youth Initiative: Violence Prevention Program for Youth

January 21, 2015

Youth violence presents significant challenges across the U.S., disrupts communities and economic development, increases health care costs, and decreases property values—not to mention the human impact. In 2010, Massachusetts was the most violent state in the Northeast—the MA Public Health Council reported 1,667 homicide victims between 2001 and 2010, with...

violence

Enhancing Police Responses to Children Exposed to Violence: A Toolkit for Law Enforcement

Out of Our Mind. Art Therapy and Mindfulness with Refugees, Political Violence and Trauma

The Importance of Treating for Trauma in Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth

Update on Efforts to Address the Intersection of HIV/AIDS, Violence against Women and Girls, and Gender-Related Health Disparities

Summer Jobs Reduce Violence among Disadvantaged Youth

The Role of Social Support and Social Context on the Incidence of Attempted Suicide Among Adolescents Living in Extremely Impoverished Communities

Suicide Trends Among Elementary School–Aged Children in the United States From 1993 to 2012

Preventing Violence: Understanding and Addressing Determinants of Youth Violence in the United States

Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected

Safe and Successful Youth Initiative: Violence Prevention Program for Youth

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