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press releases
APA Applauds Inouye Bill to Curb Child Abuse and Neglect
(07/09/09)

Community Program Successful in Preventing Child Abuse
(04/01/09)

Students Who Feel Connected to Peers, Teachers Are More Inclined to Warn of Dangerous Fellow Student
(02/11/09)

People Left Out in the Cold May Act Heatedly Toward Others
(01/21/09)

Replicating Milgram: Researcher Finds Most Will Administer Shocks to Others When Prodded by ‘Authority Figure’
(12/19/08)

Op Ed: Understanding and preventing hate crimes
(10/15/07)

Cynical Shyness Can Precipitate Violence in Males, Say Researchers, and May be Factor in School Shootings
(08/18/07)

Review of Research Shows That Playing Violent Video Games Can Heighten Aggression
(8/19/05)

APA Calls for Reduction of Violence in Interactive Media Used By Children and Adolescents
(8/17/05)

books & videos
Psychological and Physical Aggression in Couples: Causes and Interventions

Preventing Violence: Research and Evidence-Based Intervention Strategies

Assessment of Partner Violence: A Handbook for Researchers and Practitioners

Assessment of Family Violence: A Handbook for Researchers and Practitioners

Culture and Family Violence: Fostering Change Through Human Rights Law

Health Consequences of Abuse in the Family: A Clinical Guide for Evidence-Based Practice (CE credit)

Jenny Is Scared! When Sad Things Happen in The World

A Terrible Thing Happened: A Story for Children Who Have Witnessed Violence or Trauma

Understanding Terrorism: Psychosocial Roots, Consequences, and Interventions (CE credit)

Women and Victimization: Contributing Factors, Interventions, and Implications (CE credit)

Preventing Violence in Relationships: Interventions Across the Life Span (CE credit)

Preventing Youth Violence in a Multicultural Society (CE credit)

Preventing Sexual Violence: How Society Should Cope With Sex Offenders

Violence Against Children in the Family and the Community

Violence and Gender Reexamined

Violent Offenders: Appraising and Managing Risk

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Monitor on Psychology
More shocking results: New research replicates Milgram’s findings
(March 2009)

Keeping employees safe from domestic violence
(January 2009)

APA expands its work to protect children
(November 2008)

Violence may dramatically alter victims’ brains
(October 2008)

Ending violence against women
(October 2008)

Psychology’s help for the smallest survivors
(October 2008)

Ending interpersonal violence
(May 2008)

Stay safe in practice
(April 2008)

Council reaffirms stance against torture
(April 2008)

Innovative program fights relationship violence
(February 2008)

Pulling together after a tragedy
(November 2007)

Empowering the voiceless
(September 2006)

Psychologists teach parents strategies to avoid physical child abuse
(June 2006)



additional links
CDC Division of Violence Prevention

DOJ Office on Violence against Women

Public Policy Office: Crime and violence

Talking to your children about the recent spate of school shootings

Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General

journals
Exposure to Violent Media: The Effects of Songs With Violent Lyrics on Aggressive Thoughts and Feelings
(May 2003)

Developmental Psychology

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Longitudinal Relations Between Children's Exposure to TV Violence and Their Aggressive and Violent Behavior in Young Adulthood: 1977 – 1992
(March 2003)

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

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Adults and Children Together
(ACT) Against Violence

Violent video games: Myths, facts, and unanswered questions

APA Resolution on Male Violence Against Women

Is Youth Violence Just Another Fact of Life?

Making Welfare to Work Really Work: Domestic Violence

Public Policy Office: Crime and violence

Responses to Workplace Violence Post 9/11: What Can Organizations Do?

Staying Connected: A Guide for Parents on Raising an Adolescent Daughter

Violence prevention from APA's Public Interest Directorate


 



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