Teen dating violence
Dating Violence Reported by High School Students, 2019
Statistical Briefing Book Updates Data Snapshot on Teen Dating Violence
OJJDP has updated its Statistical Briefing Book with a new Data Snapshot on teen dating violence. The snapshot draws on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System to document the trends and characteristics of exposure to dating violence reported by high school students. The data show the prevalence of physical and sexual dating violence reported by students declined overall between...
February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month
Model Programs Guide Literature Review: Teen Dating Violence
OJJDP News @ a Glance, January/February 2021
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) announces the availability of OJJDP News @ a Glance, January/February 2021. This issue's Message From the Administrator introduces OJJDP’s new Acting Administrator, Chyrl Jones. The top story chronicles the 25-year history of the development of the AMBER Alert system. The Youth Voices column recounts how an OJJDP-sponsored youth mentoring program led one high school student to...
RGV Protects: A regional violence prevention and response program in the Texas Rio Grande Valley
Statistical Briefing Book Offers Data Snapshot on Teen Dating Violence
OJJDP has updated its Statistical Briefing Book to include a new Data Snapshot on teen dating violence. The Data Snapshot draws on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System to document the trends and characteristics of dating violence reported by high school students.
Developed for OJJDP by the National Center for Juvenile Justice, the research division of the National Council...
Dating Violence Reported by High School Students, 2017
Literature Review: Teen Dating Violence
During adolescence, many youths enter their first romantic relationship (Goncy, Farrell, and Sullivan, 2016; Scott et al., 2011; East and Hokoda, 2014). In some of these romantic relationships, adolescents may experience teen dating violence, as either a perpetrator or a victim—and many as both (Basile et al., 2020; Taylor and Mumford, 2016; Ybarra et al., 2016). Such abuse or victimization can have significant impacts on...