Young People Content Topic Results

This report shows incarceration disparities state-by-state and how those disparities have changed over the last 10 years. It offers recommendations to confront racism in the juvenile justice system.

As increasing light is shed on the limitations of criminal legal responses to domestic violence, calls for community-based solutions that do not involve the criminal legal system are growing louder. This Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month (TDVAM) webinar explores the impact of mandatory reporting on domestic violence survivors, highlighting unique impacts for LGBTQ young people.

Young people have always been a crucial part of movement building and organizing. In this NRCDV Radio podcast production, host Lamar Greene and guests explore the pride, passion, creativity, and joy of youth activism.

This CDC Vital Signs report examines the types of violence experienced by teens age 14 to 18 years old and highlights how experiences of violence are associated with health conditions and risky behaviors.

In this lecture, Dr. Margarita Alegria describes the issues immigrants and refugees face as they arrive in the U.S. and seek to integrate into a new country and how professionals can support these individuals. 

This issue brief from the Family Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) recognizes the vital role that runaway and homeless youth (RHY) programs can play in the prevention of sex and labor trafficking among runaway and homeless youth. It also highlights the importance of integrating public health, trauma-informed, and positive youth development principles into human trafficking interventions.

In this resource, the writers discuss how trauma and disability can interact and how schools who want to respond successfully to trauma in kids can, practically, include the reality of disability when shaping practices toward that end.

Worldwide, Indigenous people are at a higher risk of human trafficking—including both sex trafficking and labor trafficking—than other diverse populations (Administration for Children and Families, 2018). The Human Trafficking Leadership Academy (HTLA) Class 5 fellows worked to address the question, “How can culture be a protective factor in preventing trafficking among all Indigenous youth?” This report offers recommendations for change, healing, and safety for all Indigenous youth.

In September 2020, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence held its first National Prevention Town Hall. In this breakout session, presenters Shay Upadhyay and Colleen Yeakle highlight rationale for engaging youth in prevention activities and lessons learned from Indiana's efforts to center youth-defined prevention strategies.

The Domestic Violence Outreach Resource Manual is a collection of information on domestic violence and teen dating violence. It is designed for parish ministries and staffs. It is divided into three sections: Awareness, Services, and Prevention.

This document from the Delaware Domestic Violence Coordinating Council compiles information about each state’s laws and efforts to address the issue of teen dating violence.

The National Resource Center for Reaching Victims conducted a series of listening sessions to unearth the impact the COVID-19 health crisis is having on underserved victims of crime and better resource the crime victim services field to respond to those needs. This series of impact briefs summarizes key findings.