Websites
1.) http://www.talkingwithkids.org/violence.html
This website is about parents talking to their kids about different topics,
such as sex, drugs, alcohol, and violence. In the violence section it
gives tips on how to talk to your child. To make sure you have open communication
with them, and watch what type of influences the media has on your child.
2.) http://kidshealth.org/teen/school_jobs/bullying/school_violence.html
This website also has a number of different topics to focus on. However
we used the articles that they had that focused on bullying and school
violence. It gives statistical answers on how safe schools are, why
school violence happens, and how society can prevent it from happening.
3.) http://www.bullying.co.uk/pupils/whowehelp.php
This website focuses completely on bullying. It give tips on how to
prevent it, how to prevent the effects of kids being bullied. It has
a lists of the different types of bullying there are. It gives tips
to parents and also students.
4.) http://www.naspcenter.org/pdf/bullying%20template%209_04.pdf
This site focuses on bullying. And gives tips on how to prevent it.
It also gives you a list of signs on how to know if your child is bullying
or being bullied. It tells you how to notice if a bully has victimized
someone.
5.) http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/teens/bullying.asp
This website is about youth violence prevention. It gives a lot of statistical
information on bullying. Things such as how common it is, what long-term
consequences it may have, what some schools do to stop it etc.
6.) http://www.gainesvillepd.org/gangs.htm
This website focuses on gangs. It gives information on what gangs are,
the different types of gangs there are, and characteristics of those
different types of gangs. It also gives information on why people join
them, what future effects can come from it, and how others can take
action to prevent gangs from happening.
7.) http://library.thinkquest.org/C0112203/soldiers.html#stats
The website focuses on child soldiers; it gives information about youth
violence, about school, drugs and other main themes that are part of
a young person’s life. The pictures on the home page are also
very touchy. This website is important to show people how important
is to protect and prevent this to happening.
8.) http://www.talkingwithkids.org/violence.html
This website contains different links that take the viewer to web pages
that can help when searching. The website is also all translated in
Spanish, which is a benefit for many viewers. The website is important
because it gives important information, facts and tips to help the person
if they are dealing with violence.
9.) http://gangsta411.com/gang_life_statistics.htm
This website specifically gives statistics on gang violence in the youth.
It gives statistics on gang violence between 1991-92 up until about
2002.
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