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Violence Prevention

 Click here to see all results for this topicEducators are increasingly concerned about the problems of violence in US schools and communities. Service-learning provides both the social structure and the emotional support that can help counter youth violence, and provides a positive way for young people to connect with their communities.
September 2005 (Updated June 2007)
   
 
NSLC Site Resources
  • At-Risk Youth, Juvenile Justice, Violence Prevention, Youth Courts and Service-Learning: Selected Resources
  • Linking Title IV Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities & Service-Learning
  • Prevention and K-12 Service-Learning (NSLC Fact Sheet)
Relevant Links
  • NSLC At-Risk Violence Prevention Links
  • Center for the Prevention of School Violence
  • Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
  • National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
  • National Alliance for Safe Schools
  • Interpersonal Violence Prevention Resource Guide: Stopping Youth Violence Before It Begins
  • Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention
  • North Carolina for the Prevention of School Violence
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  • The National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention
  • The Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative
Recommended NSLC Library Items* (How to Borrow)
  • Stopping Youth Violence through Service-Learning (n.d.) Full Text PDF
  • Our Time is Now: Young People Changing the World (2005)
  • Preventing Youth Violence Through the Promotion of Community Engagement and Membership (2004)
  • Good Knight Crime and Violence Prevention Youth Mentoring Program Kit (2003)
  • Step by Step to Safe Schools: The Program Planning Guide (2001)
  • Less Hype, More Help: Reducing Juvenile Crime, What Works - And What Doesn't (2000)
  • Safeguarding our Children: An Action Guide (2000)
  • Developing a Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan: a Practical Guide (1999)
  • Service-Learning: An Education Strategy for Preventing School Violence (1999)
  • Service-Learning as a Tool for Violence Prevention: An Annotated Topic Bibliography (1999)
  • Early Warning Timely Response: a Guide to Safe Schools (1998)
  • Youth Violence: Lessons from the Experts (1998)
  • The Challenge of Violence (student edition) (1997)
  • Violence Prevention and Service-Learning (1997)
Related Hot Topic
  • At-Risk Youth
Effective Practices
  • Working collaboratively to reduce juvenile gun crime in Boston
  • Using criminal justice students for a community policing project
 
Featured Books
 
Giving Back
Giving Back: Introducing Community Service Learning: Improving Mandated Community Service for Juvenile Offenders (2006) Full Text PDF
 
Developing a Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan: A Practical Guide
Developing a Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan: A Practical Guide (1999)
 
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 Learn and Serve America programs, like all Corporation for National and Community Service programs are, by statute, focused on meeting community needs in the United States. If you receive Learn and Serve America funds, please consult with your program officer before conducting any service-learning projects that reach beyond the borders of the United States.
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