Resources for Responding to Community Violence

Resources from David J. Horowitz, panelist
shared as part of Temple Micah program
“ShellShocked: Responding to Community Violence”

DC Government

• Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Human Services and Public Safety Policy Committee, Gang Task Force
• DC MPD Gang page (Safe Streets Task Force DC/FBI)
• Understanding and Avoiding Gangs (DC MPD brochure: community organizations)
• DC Dept of Health, Violence Prevention Program

US Dept of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, Youth Violence Prevention
• STRYVE: Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere
• VetoViolence.CDC.gov
• Academic Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention
• Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2001
• 2012 CDC Youth Violence Fact Sheet
• Preventing Youth Violence: Opportunities for Action, 2014 (full report)
  — Summary and Action Steps (practical suggestions)
  — Taking Action to Prevent Youth Violence (companion guide, practical suggestions)

US Dept of Justice, Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

• Youth Violence Resources
• Gun Violence
• Project Safe Neighborhoods (nationwide program)
• Other major OJJDP programs and resources
• National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention (interagency)

World Health Organization,
Violence and Injury Prevention Division

• Youth Violence Program
• World Report on Violence and Health 2002
  — Chapter 2: Youth Violence
• Preventing Youth Violence: An Overview of the Evidence 2015