Bullying is a form of youth violence – and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has resources states and communities can use to stop it.
Mar 18, 2015 By: Dorothy Espelage, Ph.D., Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois and Erin Reiney, MPH, CHES, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and former StopBullying.gov Ed Board member
Mar 19, 2013 By: Alana Vivolo-Kantor, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Dorothy Espelage, Ph.D., Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois and Kathleen Basile, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Violence Prevention
Nov 20, 2012 By: Steffie Rapp, Juvenile Justice Specialist, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, and StopBullying.gov Ed Board member
In 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder launched the Defending Childhood initiative to address children’s exposure—as victims and as witnesses—to violence.