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Reducing Violence among Youth in Urban Areas

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Goal Statement one sentence that further defines the topic

To reduce violence among youth in urban areas through educational opportunities, professional support and community/police information networks.

Policy Options / Model Programs specific policies or program models, grouped by type, that are profiled

Model Program > Young Aspirations/Young Artists, Inc.
Model Program > East Bay Public Safety Corridor (Oakland, CA)
Model Program > Comprehensive Homicide Initiative (Richmond, CA)

Local/State/National Information additional information on this topic at the local, state, national, global level

Glossary of Terms key words or phrases that the layperson needs to know to understand this issue

Youth Violence: Violence among, and often between, young people ages 14-22.

Bibliography

“Crime statistics for the fourth quarter of 2007, released by the New Orleans Police Department, show a 25 percent increase in violent crime over 2006 in raw numbers.”--Times-Picayune (2008).
Interview: A friend of one of the most active YA/YA participants was murdered in her high school in 2008. Fellow YA/YA artists created a mural in her memory (2009).
Reducing Violence Among Youth in Urban Areas Complete Brief