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Youth Violence

New Study Ranks California Counties by Youth Homicide Victimization Rates

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 03.11.2012 | Los Angeles
Read More: Gun Violence, Youth Violence, Black Youth, Youth Homicide, Hispanic Youth, California Counties, California, Homicide, Los Angeles News
Josh Sugarmann

A new study released today by my organization, the Violence Policy Center (VPC), ranks California counties by their youth homicide victimization rates...

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Foster Teen: 'I Want Out Of My Gang Family'

| Posted 01.09.2012 | Home
Read More: Youth Gangs, Youth Violence, Teens in Gangs, New York Gangs, Foster Teens, Represent Magazine, Gang Violence, Home News

This is a teen-written article from our friends at Represent Magazine, a platform for and by young people in foster care. Some details from this young...

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Listening to Students About Violence

Hermene Hartman | Posted 01.28.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Youth Violence, Teen Unemployment, Chicago Youth, Chicago Crime, Chicago Youth Violence, Chicago Youth Opportunity, Chicago Youth Unemployment, Chicago News
Hermene Hartman

Our students are struggling. They want to succeed in life. They want to go to school. They want jobs. They want to do what is right. But they realize the odds are against them.

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Two Men Charged In Halloween Shooting Of 10-Year-Old Boy

Posted 01.02.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Halloween Shooting, Youth Violence, Steven Figueroa, Steven Figueroa Charged, 10-Year-Old Shot Chicago, Chicago Youth Violence, Chicago Crime, Cruz Perez, Chicago Halloween Shooting, 10-Year-Old Shot Albany Park, 10-Year-Old Shot, Cruz Perez Charged, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago News

Two Chicago men have been charged in the Halloween shooting of a 10-year-old boy on the city's Northwest Side. Cruz Perez, 22, and Steven Figueroa,...

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WATCH: Emanuel Attends Memorial For 260 Chicago Children Killed By Violence

Posted 01.02.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Youth Violence, Derrion Albert, Derrion Albert Murder, Chicago Youth Violence, Youth Shootings, Urban Dolorosa Chicago, Chicago Gang Violence, Video, Chicago Murders, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Crime, Chicago Violence, Urban Dolorosa, Chicago Gun Violence, Chicago Impact, Chicago News

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was among the attendees at a Monday memorial honoring some 260 Chicago Public School students killed by violence during the...

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Are Town Curfews A Good Thing?

Posted 12.04.2011 | Home
Read More: Juvenile Delinquency, Youth Violence, Youth Crime, Yourtake, Curfew, Youth Violence Prevention, Oakland, Home News

Teens in Oakland, California who stay out too late may be headed for trouble not just with their parents, but also the police. As a response to rising...

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Denzel Washington: We Are Failing Our Kids

Posted 11.22.2011 | Home
Read More: Pbs, Denzel Washington, Youth Violence, Public Service Announcements, Ron Howard, High School Graduates, Psa, Pbs Newshour, High School Dropouts, Childhood Obesity, Video, Ashanti, Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Ifill, High School Diploma, Boys and Girls Club, LeBron James, Home News

Academy Award-winning film director Ron Howard, basketball star LeBron James, musical artist Ashanti and Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington...

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For Violence Prevention, Better Enforcement Is Needed

Eli Lehrer | Posted 11.19.2011 | DC
Read More: Gun Violence, David Catania, Youth Violence, Dc Youth Violence, Dc Gun Violence, Dc Violence, Truancy, Law Enforcement, Truancy Punishments, DC News
Eli Lehrer

At least some of the proposals contained in David Catania's South Capitol Street Memorial Act are worthy ones. But I'm not sure that what Catania proposes would have done anything to prevent the tragedy.

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D.C.'s Youth Deserve a Less Violent Future

David Catania | Posted 11.14.2011 | DC
Read More: Parole, Gun Violence, Youth Violence, Dc Youth, South Capitol Street Tragedy Memorial Act of 2011, Dc Impact, Dc Violence, Mental Health Care, Child Mental Health, Guns, Truancy, DC News
David Catania

On March 30, 2010, four young people lost their lives in a hail of gunfire on South Capitol Street S.E. All District residents deserve better than to live in a city where this sort of unspeakable violence is possible.

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The Human Price of Our Budget

Jumaane D. Williams | Posted 09.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Youth Violence, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Mayor Bloomberg, Budget Cuts, Brooklyn, Michael Bloomberg, Nicholas Telemaque, Jumaane Williams, East Flatbush, Millionaire-Tax, New York City Council Progressive Caucus, New York City, Gun Violence, Brooklyn Murder, Nypd, Dequan Mercurius, Nicholas Telemaque Dead, Gang Violence, Summer Youth Employment Program, Nicki Minaj, New York City Council, Flatbush, Brooklyn New York, Flatlands, Rainy-Day-Fund, Nicholas Telemaque Murdered, New York News
Jumaane D. Williams

Summertime in Brooklyn should be a carefree time, a time for rest and relaxation with family and friends. Tragically, it has become a season of bloodshed for too many of our young people.

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WATCH: UNICEF Supported Program Gives Struggling Youth Future Options

Posted 08.05.2011 | Impact
Read More: Sports, Youth Violence, Education, Unicef, Timor-Leste, Gangs, Video, Impact News

For adolescents growing up in a Timor-Leste neighborhood notorious for gang fights and youth violence, hitting the books and shooting some hoops can g...

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Let's Make Youth a Part of Youth Violence Prevention

Dr. Georges C. Benjamin | Posted 06.08.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Youth Violence, National Public Health Week, Bullying, Chicago, Chicago Murders, Apha, Ceasefire, Youth Murders, Chicago News
Dr. Georges C. Benjamin

Bullying and violence can be prevented, but it takes an entire community working together, including teens, to find a lasting solution.

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Chicago Youth Program Fights Violence With Employment

Posted 05.26.2011 | Impact
Read More: Youth Violence, Npr, Video, Roseland, Derrion Albert, Chicago Schools, Youth Programs, Chicago, Ceasefire, Fenger Academy High School, Chicago Impact, Deyontaye Brooms, Impact News

Nearly 700 children were hit by gunfire last year in Chicago, according to a report by NPR. NPR has been chronicling the efforts by Chicago schools, p...

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Brazil's Youth Murder Rate Doubles Over 10 Years

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: El Salvador, Violence, Sao Paulo, Murder Rate, Brazil Youth Murder Rate, Brazil Map of Violence, Colombia, Brazil, Youth Violence, World News

BRASILIA, Brazil — The murder rate among Brazil's youths has soared to epidemic levels, almost doubling between 1998 and 2008, the Justice Minis...

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Teaching Past the Violence

Larry Strauss | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Youth Violence, School Shooting, South Central, Home News
Larry Strauss

The accidental shooting of two Gardena High School students here in L.A. is a reminder of the price we pay for urban violence and the degree of terror many of our students face getting to and from school.

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Santa Obama Claus is Coming to Town

Morris W. O'Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Homophobia, Reagan Democrats, Youth Violence, Dadt, President Obama, DREAM Act, African-American, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Morris W. O'Kelly

Has Obama earned the African-American vote or merely taking it for granted -- again? Can we finally move past the novelty can get to the responsibility that comes with the office?

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Dear Sen. Feinstein & Sen. Hatch, Let's Stop Sending Our Kids to Prison!

Russell Simmons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Youth Promise Act, Gangs, Bobby Scott, Orin Hatch, Diane Feinstein, Russell Simmons, Youth Violence, Politics News
Russell Simmons

While the average incarceration rate in the United States is 7 times the international average, for blacks the average rate is over 22 times the international average. The Youth PROMISE Act aims to address that.

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Gang Violence: How the Church Can Help

Rev. Romal J. Tune | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Church, Gangs, Youth Violence, Youth, Gang Violence, Christianity, Religion News
Rev. Romal J. Tune

A major issue is the decline of young people attending church, coupled with a rise in gang recruitment. There is a lot that churches can learn from how gangs recruit and maintain a strong presence in the community.

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New Study: Almost Seven Out of Ten Americans Agree: Gang Violence Among Youth Increasing Because of Current Economy

World Vision | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Youth Violence, Youth Development, World Vision, Youth Empowerment, Gang Violence, Impact News
World Vision

Gang Membership Up More than 42,000 Nationwide Since 2002. Will Struggling Economy Threaten Nation's Youth this Summer? Teens Converge on Nation's Ca...

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Maya Angelou In Chicago: 'I Know The Children Are Being Murdered'

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Saint Sabina Church, Chicago Gun Violence, Youth Violence, Maya Angelou Chicago, Michael Pfleger, St Sabina, Chicago Gang Violence, Maya Angelou, Chicago St Sabina, Chicago Violence, Chicago News

Poet Maya Angelou has often visited St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side to read her poetry. This week, after a rash of shootings in Chicago, ...

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Disposable Children: Nashville Teen Faces Life in Prison

Molly Secours | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Murder, Youth Violence, Capital Punishment, Cyntoia Brown, Child Abuse, Homicide, Suicide, Addiction, Criminal Justice, Dan Birman, Juvenile Justice, Politics News
Molly Secours

Like most people I am surprised when I receive a letter in the mail the old fashioned way: with a postage stamp, delivered to my front door. But that is how the young Cyntoia Brown must communicate -- from prison.

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Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Youth Violence, Center for Nonviolence and Social Justice, Dr. John Rich, Macarthur-Genius-Grant, Gang Violence, Impact News
Marian Wright Edelman

It became easy to see how these common responses to trauma play out in the lives of many survivors of inner-city violence, and why, in many cases, they lead to more violence.

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An Illegitimate Response to Chicago's Youth Violence

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Youth Violence, Cognitive Therapy, Derrion Albert, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Juvenile Justice, Stop and Frisk, Chicago Police Department, Heather-Mac-Donald, Manhattan Institute, Chicago News
John Petro

A Manhattan Institute writer argues that any money spent on social services will be wasted until poor, black Chicagoans stop the prevalence of "unwed pregnancy" and the "culture of illegitimacy."

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Jasmine Lynn: No Hiding Place from Gun Violence

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Gun Violence, Youth Violence, Gun Control, Cradle to Prison Pipeline, Impact News
Marian Wright Edelman

In a culture where guns are far too easily available, a simple argument changed multiple lives forever.

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Mike Tyson Meets With Daley About Youth Violence

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Mike Tyson Chicago, Youth Violence, Mike Tyson, Chicago Youth Violence, Mike Tyson Oprah, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

Former world champion Mike Tyson paid Mayor Richard Daley a visit today and the boxing heavyweight and political heavyweight talked about youth violen...

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