NCTV 5132 Newport Ave. National TV-Turnoff Week is part of a broadly supported effort to reduce the amount of television Americans watch. Handgun Violence Founded in 1983, the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence is the legal action, research, and education affiliate of Handgun Control. The center builds bridges to law enforcement, educators, legal scholars, public health officials, and health care providers, uniting diverse experts in a search for solutions to gun violence. In addition to developing school violence prevention programs and conducting related research, CPSV maintains a resource library and responds to information requests.
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The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence provides assistance to groups that are committed to understanding and preventing violence, particularly adolescent violence. It conducts research on the causes of violence and on the efficacy of prevention and intervention programs, collects related literature, offers technical assistance on the evaluation and development of violence prevention programs, and provides direct information services to the public through access to customized databases that can be searched by topic area. In creating the IVPA, the Illinois State Legislature recognized the need for a comprehensive, collaborative public health and public safety approach to violence prevention. Return to the Parent News for July-August 2000 contents page. Return to the NPIN home page.