Characteristics of School-Associated Youth Homicides — United States, 1994–2018

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Holland, Kristin M. ; Hall, Jeffrey E. ; Wang, Jing ; Gaylor, Elizabeth M. ; Johnson, Linda L. ; Shelby, Daniel ; Simon, Thomas R.
• Corporate Authors:
  School-Associated Violent Deaths Study Group
• Description:
  To understand Trends and characteristics in school-associated homicides involving youths, data from CDC's School-Associated Violent Death Surveillance System were analyzed for 393 single-victim incidents that occurred during July 1994-June 2016 and 38 multiple-victim incidents (resulting in 121 youth homicides) during July 1994-June 2018. School-associated homicides consistently represent <2% of all youth homicides in the United States (1,2). The overall 22-year trend for single-victim homicide rates did not change significantly. However, multiple-victim incidence rates increased significantly from July 2009 to June 2018. Many school-associated homicides, particularly single-victim incidents, are similar to youth homicides unrelated to schools, often involving male, racial/ethnic minority youth victims, and occurring in urban settings. The majority of both single-victim (62.8%) and multiple-victim (95.0%) homicides were from a firearm-related injury. A comprehensive approach to violence Prevention is needed to reduce risk for violence on and off school grounds.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Female Full Report Homicide Humans Male Schools
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 68(3):53-60
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6803a1
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  30677007
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6348761
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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