National Institutes of Health State-0f-The-Science Conference Statement: Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents

October 15, 2004 National Institutes of Health State-0f-The-Science Conference Statement: Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in AdolescentsViolence affects all of us at some level and represents an issue of vital national and international importance. As upsetting as violence in general may be, the notion of our children engaging in significant violence is particularly distressing. While rates of adolescent violence have decreased from their peak levels of a decade ago, violent crime rates and consequences remain high and is substantially higher than in most industrial countries. Thus, adolescent violence is a public health issue of . . .