You can learn and teach skills to handle anger, solve problems and get along with others. You can recognize warning signs that suggest someone may be headed for violence and take steps to get help for them. Taking On Prevention . With the right attitudes, skills and resources, you can make your school and neighborhood safer. So, THAT's what you're gonna do.
Young people experience the highest rates of violent crime of any age group.
Youth violence happens in all kinds and sizes of communities. In the U.S., the rate of juvenile crime increases when the size of the community decreases. Most of the time,violence is not planned in advance. There are warning signs and situations that suggest a young person may become violent. It has been found that peers often are the mostly likely group to know in advance about potential schoolviolence.