| Project Safe Neighborhoods Anti-Gang Trainingntion
http://www.psn.gov
On September 26–28, 2007, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sponsored the Project Safe Neighborhoods Anti-Gang Training pilot in Dover, Delaware. Approximately 160 law enforcement agents and criminal justice practitioners attended the training, which presented the gang expertise of DOJ law enforcement and criminal justice professionals in a comprehensive curriculum. Intervention, prevention, suppression and reentry strategies were presented, as well as a briefing on national and regional gang trends, a community gang problem assessment, and tips for working with cooperating witnesses and confidential informants.
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY :
Washington Youth and Family Violence Prevention
http://coopext.cahe.wsu.edu/~sherfey
Washington State University Cooperative
Extension's Youth and Family Violence Prevention project focuses
on violence prevention. It describes efforts that provide practical
education to meet local needs and solve local problems in ways that
build capacities and create environments that foster resiliency.
The site includes a review of the research and a section on risk
and protective factors.
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY, University
Extension:
www.exnet.iastate.edu/Pages/yfvp/homepage.html
The Youth & Family Violence Prevention
Initiative is a collaboration between Iowa State educators in youth,
family, community development, and agriculture and representatives
from across the state who are committed to changing those views
or practices that accept violence as legitimate. Includes a violence
prevention resource library.
PARTNERSHIP AGAINST VIOLENCE NETWORK:
www.pavnet.org
PAVNET Online is a virtual library of
information about violence and youth-at-risk, representing data
from seven different federal agencies. It is a one-stop searchable,
information resource to help reduce redundancy in information management
and provide clear and comprehensive access to information for State
and local communities.
NATIONAL NETWORK OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION
PRACTITIONERS:
www.edc.org/HHD/NNVPP
The National Network of Violence Prevention
Practitioners (NNVPP) unites practitioners in a national movement
to prevent youth violence, strengthen families and communities,
and enhance individual and programmatic capabilities. The NNVPP's
priorities are to foster collaboration and mutual problem solving,
and to strengthen members capacities to reduce and prevent youth
violence by providing specialized information, networking opportunities,
and technical assistance.
NATIONAL CHILDREN'S COALITION:
www.child.net
Includes Violence Prevention Resources,
which is one of several new, comprehensive children's and youth
resource guides from Streetcats Foundation and The National Childrens
Coalition's YOUTH AND CHILDREN RESOURCE NET.
YOUTH AS RESOURCES:
www.yar.org
YAR is a community-based program that
provides small grants to young people to design and carry out service
projects that address social problems and contribute to significant
community change.
CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS FOR PREVENTION:
www.cpprev.org
The goal of this national initiative
is to provide current information, ideas, and resources on how to
use the arts and humanities to enhance drug and violence prevention
programming, foster resiliency in youth, and implement collaborations
within communities to strengthen prevention programs for youth.
KIDS CAMPAIGN
www.kidscampaign.org
Published by the Benton Foundation,
Kids Campaign is an information/action center for groups, individuals,
and organizations who want to act on behalf of kids. The site includes
valuable information on crime and violence prevention.
PACIFIC CENTER FOR VIOLENCE PREVENTION:
www.pcvp.org
The Pacific Center for Violence Prevention,
a project of the Trauma Foundation, works to prevent youth violence
in California. Located in San Francisco, the Center serves as the
policy headquarters for the Violence Prevention Initiative, funded
by The California Wellness Foundation.
CENTER FOR THE STUDY AND PREVENTION
OF VIOLENCE:
www.colorado.edu/cspv
CVSP works from a multi-disciplinary
platform on the subject of violence to establish more complete and
valuable information to impact violence-related policies, programs,
and practices. It facilitates the building of bridges between the
researchers, the practitioners, and the policy-makers. CVSP has
an Information House, which collects research literature and resources
on the causes and prevention of violence, and offers topical searches
on customized databases, offers technical assistance, for the evaluation
and development of violence prevention programs, and maintains a
basic research component through data analysis and other projects
on the causes of violence and the effectiveness of prevention and
intervention programs.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE:
www.usdoj.gov/kidspage
US Department of Justice's website contains
a page geared towards justice for kids with suggestions for how
to get involved in youth crime prevention.
MINCAVA: (Minnesota Center Against
Violence And Abuse: global links on violence)
www.mincava.umn.edu/center.asp
The Minnesota Center Against Violence
and Abuse operates this Electronic Clearinghouse via the world wide
web. The goal of the Clearinghouse is to provide a quick and user
friendly access point to the extensive electronic resources on the
topic of violence and abuse through the Internet.
OFFICE OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND
DELINQUENCY PREVENTION
www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
OJJDP provides Federal leadership, through
a comprehensive, coordinated approach, to prevent and control juvenile
crime and improve the juvenile justice system. The site includes
grant and funding information, news and resources, publications
and training, and further information about OJJDP.
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