Youth Violence Project

Links of Interest

Federal Government \| Commonwealth of Virginia \| School Safety \| Media Violence \| Child Advocacy \| Law Enforcement \| Professional Organizations \| Violence Prevention \| Other UVA Websites
Federal Government Websites
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Department of Health and Human Services: Family and Youth Services Bureau
Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Justice Information Technology Network
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Justice
Office of Justice Programs [Grant Opportunities]
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Pavnet Online: Partnerships Against Violence
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
US Department of Health and Human Services
US Department of Education	Back to Top

Commonwealth of Virginia Websites
Center of Injury and Violence Prevention -- Suicide Prevention
Department of Criminal Justice Services
Department of Education
General Assembly
House of Delegates
Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission
Virginia Government	Back to Top

School Safety Websites
Bomb Threats in Schools (Center for Problem-Oriented Policing)
Center for the Prevention of School Violence
Keep Schools Safe: National Association of Attorneys General and the National School Boards Association
National Consortium of School Violence Prevention Researchers and Practitioners
National School Safety Center
National Resource Center for Safe Schools
National School Safety and Security Services
Student Reports of School Crime: 1989 and 1995 (SD Bureasu of Justice Statistics)
Virginia Center for School Safety
Virginia Effective Practices Program	Back to Top

Media Violence
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Center for Adolescent and Family Studies Teacher Lesson Plan
Media Awareness Network
UCLA TV Violence Monitoring Project
V-Chip Information	Back to Top

Child Advocacy Websites
Center for School-Based Youth Development
Character Counts!
Child Trends
Children Now
Children's Defense Fund
Children with Disabilities (U.S. Dept of Justice Parent's Guide)
Family Advocacy Online
Family Life Development Center
National Child Rights Alliance
National Court-Appointed Sepecial Advocate Association
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
SWAN: Social Workers Advocating Network Technologies
Zero Tolerance = Zero Intelligence	Back to Top

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
Community Policing Consortium
Cop Net
Criminal Law Links
Law Enforcement Sites on the Web
National Center for State Courts Home Page
National Juvenile Defender Center	Back to Top

Professional Organizations
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
American Psychological Association
National Association of Attorney Generals	Back to Top

Violence Prevention
Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence
Education.com: An Education and Child Development Site for Parents
Beat Bullying
Coolien Challenge
Creating Caring Communities
Guiding Principles for Promising Female Programming: An Inventory of Best Practices
Join Together
National Crime Prevention Council On-Line Resource Center
National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
Pavnet Online: Partnerships Against Violence
Peace Education Foundation
Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising
Taking the Bully by the Horns
Texas Youth Commission Office of Prevention
Trends in Juvenile Violence
University of Colorado Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence	Back to Top
U.S. Teens in Our World

Other University of Virginia Websites
Center for Children, Families, and the Law
The Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy
The Thomas Jefferson Center for Educational Design
Women Coping in Prison	Back to Top

Virginia Youth Violence Project, School of Education, University of Virginia
Telephone: 434-924-8929		Email:

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