Deliberate acts or behaviors that threaten or result in serious psychological injury, physical injury, or death. Not limited to youth against youth. May involve a young victim and an adult perpetrator or vice versa. The salient feature is that the perpetrator, the victim, or both are under 25 years of age. Violence is a complex social problem Many factors contribute to the problem, ranging from individual behaviors to institutional and systemic problems.
Violence is a learned behavior that can be unlearned.
Violence prevention strategies must be comprehensive. No one solution works in every case. Instead, violence prevention must occur within the context of individual lives. Violence prevention requires many partners. Successful prevention is happening.