The Melissa Institute has conducted an annotated review of over 400 violence prevention websites. This critical information points to the work of many quality organizations.
Agency Web Sites
- Adults and Children Together Against Violence (ACT - sponsored by American Psychological Association Public Communications Office. Produces informational publications, workshop materials and commercials against violence.)
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- American Institutes for Research
- Bureau Of Justice Statistics
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Division of Violence Prevention (Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action 888-252-7751)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Adolescent and School Health
- Center for Prevention of Adverse Life Outcomes: University of Colorado
- Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
- Coalition for Juvenile Justice
- Crime Prevention Programs
- Department of Justice Canada
- Hamilton Fish Institute, George Washington University
- Harvard School of Public Health: Violence Prevention Programs
- National Association of Attorneys General and National School Board
- Youth Violence in the United States: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
- Facts and Myths About Youth Violence
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- National Crime Prevention Center
- National Crime Prevention Center
- Fact Sheet: Mental Health and Adolescent Girls in the Justice System
- NCTSN:Trauma among Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
- National Mental Health Association - Juvenile Justice Section
- National Resource Center for Safe Schools
- North Carolina Center for the Prevention of School Violence
- Office of Justice Programs
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Parents' Resource Institute for Drug Education
- The Prevention Institute
- Safe and Drug Free School
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- U.S. Department of Education
- World Health Organization: Violence Against Women
Bullying Information
Clinical Applications
Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation
General References on Violence Prevention
A Review of Violence Prevention Websites
Conducted by Clifford R. O'Donnell, Ph.D., Member of the Melissa Institute Scientific Board, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii, & Yukiko Hayashi, Graduate Student.
Information About School Safety
- Talking to Children About Violence:Tips for Parents and Educators - National Association of School Psychologists
Media Literacy
Mentoring
A Review of Mentoring Studies and Websites
Conducted by Clifford R. O'Donnell, Ph.D., Member of the Melissa Institute Scientific Board, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii, & Yukiko Hayashi, Graduate Student.
One of the promising interventions with at-risk youth is mentoring. The Melissa Institute reviewed over 300 Websites to evaluate the effectiveness and promise of mentoring. This extensive report contains information on important issues in mentoring, increasing effectiveness and links to related websites.
Prevention of Elder Abuse
School-based Programs: Instruction and Mental Health
Specific Programs
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs