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Webliography

Choose Respect
http://www.chooserespect.org/
The "Choose Respect" Campaign teaches young teens and the caring adults in their lives about dating abuse prevention and healthy relationships.

CDC Division of Violence Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/dvp.htm
This site from the Centers for Disease Control addresses violence as a public health issue. They provide information and resources related to youth violence, partner and sexual violence, suicide, and child maltreatment.

Safe Place
http://www.austin-safeplace.org/
Safe Place is an organization in Austin that provides crisis support (including the provision of emergency shelter for victims of abuse), long-term support, and education about violence in both the community and the school.

Safe Youth
http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/teens.asp
Safe Youth is the website of the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center. It contains information about teen violence against others and teen suicide, identifies youth at risk, and discusses ways to intervene. The teen section is an area where readers can share stories, ask questions, and find out what other teens are doing to prevent violence.

Teen Violence (from Medline Plus)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teenviolence.html
This site (from Medline Plus - a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health) includes numerous links to articles that address the recognition and prevention of teen violence. This site also has some interesting links about related issues including aggression, date rape, hate crimes, hazing, and more.

Warning Signs
http://www.apahelpcenter.org/featuredtopics/feature.php?id=38
The American Psychological Association has produced this site to promote anger management and nonviolent problem solving among teens. It addresses reasons for violence, how to deal with someone who is violent and ways to manage your own potential for violence-including violence against yourself.

Youth Violence Fact Sheet
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/yvfacts.htm
This site created by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control includes statistics, groups at risk, risk factors, and protective factors.