Community Violence and Aggression

2018 was by far the worst year on record for gun violence in schools  G. Lopez, Vox, December 10, 2018

Adolescent firearm violence: Position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine  N. Duke et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, August 2005

Adolescent violence perpetration: Associations with multiple types of adverse childhood experiences  N.N. Duke et al., Pediatrics, April 2010

After shooting, 'honor how kids want to deal with their feelings'  P. Galewitz, Kaiser Health News, February 22, 2018

Aggression and violence and the achievement gap among urban minority youth  C.E. Basch, Journal of School Health, October 2011

Are household firearms stored less safely in homes with adolescents? Analysis of a national random sample of parents  R.M. Johnson et al., Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, August 2006

Association between adolescent drinking and adult violence: Evidence from a longitudinal study of urban African Americans  K.M. Green et al., Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, September 2011

Association between neighborhood violence and biological stress in children  K.P. Theall et al., JAMA Pediatrics, January 2017

Beyond same-sex attraction: Gender-variant-based victimization is associated with suicidal behavior and substance use for other-sex attracted adolescents  M. Ioerger et al., PLoS One, June 2015

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) youth violence prevention centers: Paving the way to prevention  J.A. Mercy & A.M. Vivolo-Kantor, Journal of Primary Prevention, April 2016

Child and adolescent psychiatric patients and later criminality  U. Engqvist & P-A Rydelius, BMC Public Health, August 2007

Childhood reports of food neglect and impulse control problems and violence in adulthood  M.G. Vaughn et al., International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2016

Combating youth violence: What federal, state, and local governments are doing to deter youth crime  Hearing before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, October 3, 2006. (Deals primarily with gang activity in Los Angeles County, California.)

Community based program to improve firearm storage practices in rural Alaska  A. Horn et al., Injury Prevention, 2003

Community engagement in youth violence prevention: Crafting methods to context  S. Morrel-Samuels et al., Journal of Primary Prevention, April 2016

Connecting the dots: State health department approaches to addressing shared risk and protective factors across multiple forms of violence  N. Wilkins et al., Journal of Public Health Management & Practice, February 2018

Constructing "packages" of evidence-based programs to prevent youth violence: Processes and illustrative examples from the CDC's youth violence prevention centers  B. Kingston et al., Journal of Primary Prevention, April 2016

The copycat phenomenon after two Finnish school shootings: An adolescent psychiatric perspective  N. Lindberg et al., BMC Psychiatry, July 2012

Correlates of handgun carrying among adolescents in the United States  M.G. Vaughn et al., Journal of Interpersonal Violence, July 2012

Crime and psychiatric disorders among youth in the US population: An analysis of the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement  K.L. Coker et al., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, August 2014

Cumulative experiences with life adversity: Identifying critical levels for targeting prevention efforts  K.J. Mitchell et al., Journal of Adolescence, August 2015

Designs for evaluating the community-level impact of comprehensive prevention programs: Examples from the CDC Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention  A.D. Farrell et al., Journal of Primary Prevention, April 2016

The development of aggression during adolescence: Sex differences in trajectories of physical and social aggression among youth in rural areas  K.J. Karriker-Jaffe, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, November 2008

Developmental trajectories of family management and risk for violent behavior in adolescence  T.I. Herrenkohl et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, August 2006

Do first generation immigrant adolescents face higher rates of bullying, violence and suicidal behaviours than do third generation and native born?  K. Pottie et al., Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, October 2015

Do perceived popular adolescents who aggress against others experience emotional adjustment problems themselves?  A.J. Rose & L.P. Swenson, Developmental Psychology, May 2009

'Do you have white teenage sons? Listen up.' How white supremacists are recruiting boys online  C. Gibson, Washington Post, September 17, 2019

The effect of childhood physical and sexual abuse on adolescent weapon carrying  R.T. Leeb et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, June 2007

The effect of neighborhood context on the relationship between substance misuse and weapons aggression in urban adolescents seeking ED care  J.E. Goldstick et al., Substance Use & Misuse, April 2015

Effects of a youth substance use prevention program on stealing, fighting, and weapon use  T. Nieri et al., Journal of Primary Prevention, February 2015

Electronic media, violence, and adolescents: An emerging public health problem  C. David-Ferdon & M. Feldman Hertz, Journal of Adolescent Health, December 2007 supplement

Emotional and physiological desensitization to real-life and movie violence  S. Mrug et al., Journal of Youth and Adolescence, May 2015

Emotional distress, alcohol use, and peer violence among Mexican-American and European-American adolescents  J.M. Tschann et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, July 2005

Environmental determinants of aggression in adolescents: Role of urban neighborhood greenspace  D. Younan et al., Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, July 2016

Exposure to violence and virologic and immunological outcomes among youth with perinatal HIV in the Pediatric HIV/AIDS Cohort Study  D. Kacanek et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, July 2016

Exposure to violence in childhood is associated with higher body mass index in adolescence  H.C. Gooding et al., Child Abuse & Neglect, December 2015

Exposure to violence, social cognitive processing, and sleep problems in urban adolescents  W. Kliewer & S.J. Lepore, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, February 2015

Exposure to violence, substance use, and neighborhood context  A.A. Fagan et al., Social Science Research, January 2015

Family functioning and high risk adolescents' aggressive behavior: Examining effects by ethnicity  A.K. Henneberger et al., Journal of Youth and Adolescence, January 2016

Family process and peer deviance influences on adolescent aggression: Longitudinal effects across early and middle adolescence  M.J. Benson & C. Buehler, Child Development, August 2012

Firearm violence among high-risk emergency department youth after an assault injury  P.M. Carter et al., Pediatrics, May 2015

For youths, fewer homicides but still many deaths  N. Shute, Shots: Health News from NPR, July 11, 2013

Growing up amid ethno-political conflict: Aggression and emotional desensitization promote hostility to ethnic outgroups  E.Y. Niwa et al., Child Development, September 2016

Gun homicides of teens rise after 'Stand Your Ground' self-defense law  L. Rapaport, Reuters Health News, January 2, 2020

Gun possession among American youth: A discovery-based approach to understand gun violence  K.V. Ruggles & S. Rajan, PLoS One, November 2014

Gun violence among U.S. youth has high price tag  R. Preidt, HealthDay News, October 29, 2018

Identifying direct protective factors for nonviolence  D.A. Pardini et al., American Journal of Preventive Medicine, August 2012

The impact of electronic media violence: Scientific theory and research  L.R Huesmann, Journal of Adolescent Health, December 2007 supplement

Implementing and evaluating comprehensive evidence-based approaches to prevent youth violence: Partnering to create communities where youth are safe from violence  J.L. Matjasko et al., Journal of Primary Prevention, April 2016

The importance of family to youth living in violent communities  C.C. McDonald et al., Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, September 2011

Improving firearm storage in Alaska Native villages: A randomized trial of household gun cabinets  D.C. Grossman et al., American Journal of Public Health, May 2012

'It's preventable': Sandy Hook parents promote app for reporting school threats  T. Smith, NPR's Morning Edition, December 14, 2018

Labeling and intergenerational transmission of crime: The interaction between criminal justice intervention and a convicted parent  S. Besemer et al., PLoS One, March 2017

Linkages between internet and other media violence with seriously violent behavior by youth  M.L. Ybarra et al., Pediatrics, November 2008

Local exposure to school shootings and youth antidepressant use  M. Rossin-Slater et al., Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, December 2019

Longitudinal associations between problem alcohol use and violent victimization in a national sample of adolescents  M.P. Thompson et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, January 2008

Mapping activity patterns to quantify risk of violent assault in urban environments  D.J. Weibe et al., Epidemiology, January 2016

Methods for linking community views to measureable outcomes in a youth violence prevention program  C.C. McDonald et al., Progress in Community Health Partnerships, 2012

Modifiable neighborhood features associated with adolescent homicide  A.J. Culyba et al., JAMA Pediatrics, May 2016

More than 15% of childhood deaths in America are due to guns, study says  M. Healy, Los Angeles Times, December 19, 2018

Neural mediators of the intergenerational transmission of family aggression  D. Saxbe et al., Development and Psychopathology, May 2016

Nonfatal assaults among persons aged 10-24 years—United States, 2001-2015  C.F. David-Ferdon et al., Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, February 9, 2018

Obama's plans for guns put focus on mental health of the young  S. Varney, Shots: Health News from NPR, January 17, 2013

Outcomes, data, and indicators of violence at the community level  S.W. Masho et al., Journal of Primary Prevention, April 2016

Parkland school turns to experimental surveillance software that can flag students as threats  D. Harwell, Washington Post, February 13, 2019

Physical fighting, fighting-related injuries and family affluence among Canadian youth  M. Djerboua et al., BMC Public Health, February 2016

Predicting violent behavior: The role of violence exposure and future educational aspirations during adolescence  S.A. Stoddard et al., Journal of Adolescence, October 2015

The protective effects of neighborhood collective efficacy on adolescent substance use and violence following exposure to violence  A.A. Fagan et al., Journal of Youth and Adolescence, September 2014

Racial/ethnic disparities in the use of lethal force by US police, 2010-2014  J.W. Buehler, American Journal of Public Health, February 2017

A randomized controlled trial of guided self-change with minority adolescents  E.F. Wagner et al., Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, December 2014

Reasons for fighting among violent female adolescents: A qualitative investigation from an urban, midwestern community  S.M. Resko et al., Social Work in Public Health, June 2016

The relationship between sleeping problems and aggression, anger, and impulsivity in a population of juvenile and young offenders  J.L. Ireland & V. Culpin, Journal of Adolescent Health, June 2006

Religiosity and violence among adolescents in the United States: Findings from the national survey on drug use and health 2006-2010  C.P. Salas-Wright et al., Journal of Interpersonal Violence, May 2014

Retaliatory attitudes and violent behaviors among assault-injured youth  N. Copeland-Linder et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, March 2012

Risk and protective factors associated with gang affiliation among high-risk youth: A public health approach  D.D. McDaniel, Injury Prevention: Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, August 2012

Risk of firearm injuries among children and youth of immigrant families  N.R. Saunders et al., Canadian Medical Association Journal, March 2017

Risk versus direct protective factors and youth violence: Seattle social development project  T.I. Herrenkohl et al., American Journal of Preventive Medicine, August 2012

The role of bicultural stress and perceived context of reception in the expression of aggression and rule breaking behaviors among recent-immigrant Hispanic youth  M. Forster et al., Journal of Interpersonal Violence, July 2015

The role of collaboration in facilitating policy change in youth violence prevention: A review of the literature  J.J. Sugimoto-Matsuda & K.L. Braun, Prevention Science, April 2014

Role of the pediatrician in youth violence prevention  Policy statement by the Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention, Pediatrics, July 2009

Rural youth and violence: A gender perspective  B.L. Hall et al., Rural and Remote Health, 2011

Short-term and long-term effects of violent media on aggression in children and adults  B.J. Bushman & L.R. Huesmann, Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, April 2006

Substance use and violence among youth: A daily calendar analysis  S.A. Stoddard et al., Substance Use & Misuse, February 2015

Supporting gang violence prevention efforts: A public health approach for nurses  D.D. McDaniel et al., Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, January 2014

Surf and turf wars online—Growing implications of Internet gang violence  J.E. King et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, December 2007 supplement

Surveillance for violent deaths--National Violent Death Reporting System, 32 states, 2016  A. Ertl et al., Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, October 4, 2019

Testing pathways linking exposure to community violence and sexual behaviors among African American youth  D.R. Voisin et al., Journal of Youth and Adolescence, September 2014

Therapy helps troubled teens rethink crime  S. Vedantam, Shots: Health News from NPR, July 2, 2013

Understanding the service needs of assault-injured, drug-using youth presenting for care in an urban Emergency Department  K.M. Bohnert et al., Addictive Behaviors, February 2015

Using community-based participatory research to develop the PARTNERS youth violence prevention program  S.S. Leff et al., Progress in Community Health Partnerships, Fall 2010

Using surveillance data to inform community action: The effect of alcohol sale restrictions on intentional injury-related ambulance pickups  S.W. Masho et al., Prevention Science, February 2014

Violence in the school setting: A school nurse perspective  K.K. King, Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, January 2014

Violence in the United States: Status, challenges, and opportunities  S.A. Sumner et al., JAMA, August 2015

Violent behavior by girls reporting violent victimization: A prospective study  B.E. Molnar et al., Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, August 2005

Virtual violence  Council on Communications and Media, Pediatrics, August 2016

Vital signs: Estimated proportion of adult health problems attributable to adverse childhood experiences and implications for prevention--25 states, 2015-2017  M.T. Merrick et al., Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, November 8, 2019

Vital signs: Prevalence of multiple forms of violence and increased health risk behaviors and conditions among youths--United States, 2019  C. David-Ferdon et al., Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, February 5, 2021

Why adolescents fight: A qualitative study of youth perspectives on fighting and its prevention  R. Shetgiri et al., Academic Pediatrics, February 2015

Would angry teens chill out if they saw more happy faces?  A. Spiegel, Shots: Health News from NPR, April 8, 2013

Wraparound care for youth injured by violence: Study protocol for a pilot randomised control trial  C. Snider et al., BMJ Open, May 2015

Youth violence in U.S. declines—but the war's not over  M.F. Steele, HealthDay News, February 8, 2018

Youths at risk of violence say they need guns for protection  N. Shute, Shots: Health News from NPR, July 8, 2013