REPORTING ON VIOLENCE - a handbook for journalist

        Written by Jane Stevens
        Edited by Lori Dorfman and Lawrence Wallack
        Research assistance by Leah Shahum
        Print version designed by Linda Lawler
            Web version designed by Peggy Skaj 

Reporting on Violence Table of Contents

• Foreword: Lori Dorfman and Lawrence Wallack
• A Guide to this Document by Jane Stevens
• Reporting
  • Basic Questions
  • Article 1: Murder or Severe Injury with Handgun
  • Article 2: Juvenile Murder
  • Article 3: Family Violence Murder
  • Article 4: Crime Summary
  • Emerging Issues
• Basic Data
  • Assaultive Violence: Setting the Stage
  • Family Violence
  • Youth Violence
  • Cost of Violence
• Prevention Approaches Case Studies
  • Limiting the Availability of Alcohol - South Central Los Angeles, California
  • Limiting the Availability of Handguns, West Hollywood, California
  • Diverting Children from Crime, Eugene, Oregon
  • Preventing Family Violence, Santa Clara County, California
• Resources
  • Violence Data Resources
  • Researchers
  • Advocates
  • Journals
  • Evaluating Data
• About the People who Produced this Document

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Supported by grants from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and The California Wellness Foundation