It matters where youth live. Whether looking at their immediate neighborhoods or larger communities, the environments in which adolescents live can have positive or negative effects. This issue of The Prevention Researcher explores the impact of neighborhoods and communities, by focusing on one of the most critical aspects of that environment – the adults who work and live within it. | Published in 2008

“Juvenile Delinquency” is a term that is commonly but imprecisely used. This issue of The Prevention Researcher begins by defining juvenile delinquency. It then offers prevention strategies focusing on a wide array of risk-factors, from associating with delinquent peers, to school-based violence prevention programs, to working with families in urban city environments. | Published in 2008

Adolescent violence and victimization has been the topic of many recent issues of The Prevention Researcher. The goal of this Resource Issue is to explore how violence is interrelated, and how we might prevent violence by examining its precursors and by empowering the people who are affected by it. Throughout, we focus primarily on violence and aggression within relationships. | Published in 2007

Currently, one in ten children enrolled in U.S. schools is foreign born. While these youth have many of the same needs as their non-immigrant peers, they also have unique challenges and strengths. Experiences prior to and during migration, strength of family, and the acculturation experience, as well as school and community climate all impact these youth. This issue provides an understanding of how immigration affects youth and how to build on their unique strengths to assist them in making a successful transition. | Published in 2007

With increased national attention on obesity, it is important to understand the relationship between healthy eating, body dissatisfaction, and eating disorders so we don’t inadvertently encourage unhealthy weight loss behaviors as we address the issue of obesity. Indeed, extreme weight control behaviors are more common among overweight than average weight or underweight girls. This issue examines the continuum between healthy eating and eating disorders. | Published in 2007

Sexual violence affects nearly 8% of our nation’s youth, whether in the form of child sexual abuse, date rape, or any other type of sexual victimization. The April 2007 issue of The Prevention Researcher examines the impact of sexual violence and victimization among today’s youth. | Published in 2007

Children are among the most highly victimized segments of the population with about 1 in 3 youth reporting being victimized through either direct or indirect exposure to violence or neglect. Youth usually experience violence within the home, school or neighborhood and it is often perpetrated by acquaintances or family members. | Published in 2007