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  • Safe Start Center announces two new Issue Briefs to help practitioners in schools and homeless shelters address children's exposure to violence. Click to order copies.
  • Realizing the Promise of Home Visitation: Addressing Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment
  • The Safe Start Initiative
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Announces The National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence
  • Safe Start Center E-Newsletter, Vol. 3, Issue 3, Winter 2010

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CEV In the News

Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Facilities Reported by Youth, 2008-09, U.S. Department of Justice Press Release, 2009. This report provides national-level and facility-level estimates and experiences of sexual victimization by type of activity, including youth-on-youth sexual contact, staff sexual misconduct, and level of coercion.

The Office of Justice Programs' Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) with the International Association of Chiefs of Police, has published a new edition of its "Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence." Designed to assist local communities, the guide describes the roles of the school, community, families, law enforcement, and justice system in working together to take effective action to address school violence.

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About Children Exposed to Violence

Each year millions of children are exposed to violence in their homes and communities. Exposure to violence, particularly multiple exposures, can interfere with children's ability to think and learn and can disrupt the course of healthy physical, emotional, and intellectual development. Exposure to violence is associated with increased use of health and mental health services and increased risk of involvement with the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Read more about children exposed to violence. >>

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