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Violence and Substance
Prevention
Ohio, Columbus & Franklin
County
National & Regional
Statistical Resources
Violence and Substance Prevention
Ohio, Columbus and Franklin County
Programs
- Safe and Drug-Free Schools Consortium
A program of the Franklin County Education Council, the Consortium offers
cooperative programs regarding violence, alcohol, and other drug education,
prevention and/or intervention from kindergarten through 12th grade.
http://www.edcouncil.org/programs/drugfree/index.htm
Government
- Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management
The Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management provides
Ohioans with constructive, non-violent forums, processes, and techniques
for resolving disputes.
http://www.state.oh.us/cdr/
Office of Criminal Justice Services
It is the mission of the Ohio Violence Prevention Center to coordinate
and facilitate statewide prevention efforts to reduce the violence that
threatens Ohio’s citizens and their communities. Statistics available.
http://www.publicsafety.ohio.gov/ocjs/ocjs_home.asp
Ohio Department of Education
Contains Ohio Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
http://www.ode.state.oh.us/
Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services
Provides training to raise awareness about the root causes of violence.
http://www.state.oh.us/ada/odada.htm
Ohio Prevention Education Resource Center (OPERC)
OPERC serves a broad range of individuals and organizations including
families, schools, businesses, law enforcement, churches, and ATOD/health
agencies. OPERC services include the development and distribution of ATOD
materials, training programs, and technical assistance covering a variety
of prevention topics via telephone and on-site consultation. Services
are available free of charge to Ohio residents through state and federal
funding.
http://blues.fd1.uc.edu/www/operc/
Resource Libraries
- Safe and Drug-Free Schools Consortium Resource Center
http://www.edcouncil.org/programs/drugfree/resources2.asp?function=no
Speakers
- StreetTalk - Motivational Messaging for the Masses.
Tei Street is ATOD-free because she wants to model that which she
believes for the youth with whom she has the privilege to interact
and impact. Her motto is "You can’t teach what you don’t know, and
you can’t lead where you won’t go!" Her message is funny, inspiring,
hard-hitting and essential! Her presentation topics include substance
abuse and violence prevention.
http://www.amazingteistreet.com
Dr. Deanna L. Wilkinson.
Deanna L.
Wilkinson is a SAVE Board member and Associate Professor in the
Department of Human Development and Family Science in the
College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State
University, where she was appointed in 2006. Her primary
research interests are adolescent development, risk and problem
behaviors, youth violence, firearm use, prevention, event
perspectives, community-police partnerships, program evaluation,
and urban communities. She is author of the book, Guns, Violence
and Identity: Among African American and Latino Youth (LFB
Scholarly Publications, 2003).
http://hec.osu.edu/people/dwilkinson/
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National and Regional
Organizations
- National School Safety Center
To serve as a catalyst and advocate for the prevention of school
crime and violence by providing information and resources and identifying
strategies and promising programs which support safe schools for
school children worldwide.
http://www.schoolsafety.us
Center for the Prevention of School Violence
Center serves as a primary point of contact for dealing with the
problem of school violence. The center focuses on ensuring that
schools are safe and secure so that every student is able to attend
a school that is safe and secure, one that is free of fear and conducive
to learning. http://www.cpsv.org/
Join Together
A project of the Boston University School of Public Health, is a
national resource for communities working to reduce substance abuse
and gun violence.
http://www.jointogether.org/
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Provides informed assistance to groups committed to understanding
and preventing violence across the life course.
http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/
Justice Information Center
A service of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, it
is one of the most extensive sources of information on criminal
and juvenile justice in the world, providing services to an international
community of policymakers and professionals.
http://www.ncjrs.org/
Conflict Resolution Education Network
The Conflict Resolution Education Connection. People around the
globe have started embracing conflict resolution as a key
component of a quality education. We invite you to use this site
to explore some of the wide array of available materials that
support conflict resolution education (CRE as we like to call
it). Perhaps you might even contribute some of your own content
after you get to know us and see areas of need that you can help
fill.
http://www.creducation.org/cre/home/
Search Institute
Search Institute is an independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization
whose mission is to advance the well-being of adolescents and children
by generating knowledge and promoting its application.
http://www.search-institute.org/
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Programs
- Peace Games
Peace Games creates safe schools by mobilizing college volunteers
to collaborate with teachers, students, and parents. Through role-playing,
games, and community service projects, Peace Games challenges
the leaders of tomorrow to become the peacemakers of today.
http://www.peacegames.org/
Mothers Against Violence in America
Mothers Against Violence in America is a nonprofit, non-partisan
organization dedicated to reducing violence by and against children
through preventive education and grassroots advocacy.
http://www.mavia.org/
Teens, Crime, and the Community (TCC)
TCC is a nationwide effort implemented at the local level to reduce
the incidence of teen victimization and engage teens as crime
prevention resources in their schools and communities. TCC combines
education and action to reduce the high level of teen victimization.
http://nationaltcc.org/
School Violence Prevention: Enhancing Resilience Initiative
A program of the Center for Mental Health Initiatives. The intent
of the CMHS Enhancing Resilience Initiative is to fund programs
that coordinate families, schools, and communities into a partnership
to promote the development of healthy behaviors, competence, and
resilience in school-aged children and youth in order to decrease
the level of violence in schools.
http://www.mentalhealth.org/samhsa.gov/schoolviolence/initiative.asp
Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program
The Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program is the Federal government's
primary vehicle for reducing drug, alcohol and tobacco use, and
violence, through education and prevention activities in our nation's
schools.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS
National Crime Prevention Council
The National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) is a private, nonprofit,
tax-exempt organization whose mission is to prevent crime and
build safer, more caring communities.
http://www.ncpc.org/
US Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/index.html
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Media Literacy & Violence in the Media
General
- Action Coalition for Media Education
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http://acmecoalition.org/
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- Adbusters Culture Jammers Headquarters
http://www.adbusters.org/
Center for Media Literacy
http://www.medialit.org/
Center for the Research on the Effects of Television
http://www.ithaca.edu/cretv/
Coalition for Quality Children’s Media
http://www.cqcm.org/
Get Net Wise
http://www.getnetwise.org/
Helping Children Responsibly Watch TV
http://condor.depaul.edu/~ljason/TVPresen/
Jesuit Communication Project [Canada]
http://interact.uoregon.edu/MediaLit/JCP/index.html
Kill Your Television
http://www.turnoffyourtv.com/
- Lion & Lamb Project
http://www.lionlamb.org/
Media Awareness Network
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/
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Media Education Foundation
http://www.mediaed.org/
Media Literacy Clearing House
http://www.FrankWBaker.com
Media Watch
http://www.mediawatch.com/
National Association for Media Literacy Eductation
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http://www.amlainfo.org/
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- National Institute on Media and the Family
http://www.mediafamily.org/index.shtml
- National Telemedia Council
http://www.nationaltelemediacouncil.org/
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- New Mexico Media Literacy Project
http://www.nmmlp.org/
Parenthoodweb [Children and TV Violence]
http://www.parenthood.com/article-topics/article-topics.php?Article_ID=9792
Violence in the Media [Community Learning Network]
http://www.cln.org/themes/media_violence.html
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Choosing Media for Children
- Grading the Movies, Helping Families Find Movies
with Values
http://www.gradingthemovies.com/gradingthemovies/Z6541-3518984/thisweek.qry?function=thisweek
KIDS FIRST
http://www.cqcm.org/kidsfirst/index.shtml
Movie Mom
http://www.moviemom.com/
TV Parental Guidelines
http://www.tvguidelines.org/
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Culturally Specific Media
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Especially for Youth
- In the Mix
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/
Think and Play
http://www.justthink.org/thinkplayroom.html
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Statistical Resources
- City of Columbus Planning Office
Inside you will find data on Franklin County, the city
of Columbus, along with various Columbus neighborhoods
and planning districts. Information found within these
pages is compiled from numerous sources including departments
of the city of Columbus and Franklin County.
http://infobase.ci.columbus.oh.us/
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Columbus Police Department
Crime stats by precinct available.
http://www.columbuspolice.org
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Community Research Partners
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http://www.communityresearchpartners.org/
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Crime Reports
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http://www.crimereports.com/
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fbi.gov/
- Justice Information Center
A service of the National Criminal Justice Reference
Service, it is one of the most extensive sources of
information on criminal and juvenile justice in the
world, providing services to an international community
of policymakers and professionals.
http://www.ncjrs.org/
US Census Bureau
Local and regional statistics available
http://www.census.gov/
- US Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/index.html
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