Understanding school violence : fact sheet, 2010

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.)
• Description:
  "School violence is a subset of youth violence, a broader public health problem. Youth violence refers to harmful behaviors that may start early and continue into young adulthood. It includes a variety of behaviors such as bullying, slapping, punching, and weapon use. Victims can suffer serious injury, significant social and emotional damage, or even death. The young person can be a victim, an offender, or a witness to the violence--or a combination of these." - p. [1]
  
  Includes bibliographical references (p. 6-7).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child Prevention And Control School Health Services Schools Violence
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  electronic; electronic resource; remote; 1 text file ([8] p. : ill., PDF, 254.4 KB)
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f7d1a944fe73b9e2cb10d748e2578eb36109b72cbe894a3552554efb6fffdb5a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5538/cdc_5538_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 254.40 KB ]