youth violence

Rich Smith speaks at Forsyth County Board of Commissioners meeting

Education

School-based complaints to juvenile court on the rise in Forsyth County

3:00pm December 19, 2023

The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners met last week to hear from several organizations regarding an increase in youth violence. According to officials with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, there were nearly 1,500 complaints this year to the Forsyth County Juvenile Court.

Education

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools to launch pilot program to help prevent youth violence

3:38pm December 10, 2021

by Keri Brown

Boxing intervention program gives kids and families new direction

7:35am November 24, 2021

by Keri Brown

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'Culture Of Violence' Pervades Rikers' Juvenile Facilities

4:19pm October 15, 2014

by Joel Rose

Automatically charged as adults in New York, the 16- and 17-year-old boys are at risk for assault by both corrections officers and other inmates. But advocates say reform efforts are moving slowly.

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No amount of training can undo the violence someone experienced at home as a child, but it can help break the cycle.

NFL Looks To Training To Prevent Domestic Violence By Players

9:14am September 24, 2014

by Laura Starecheski

It's not violence on the job that makes some pro football players beat their wives or children, psychologists say. It's often childhood experience, fanned by a culture that accepts such behavior.

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Education

Creating A New Vision of Winston-Salem

1:40pm September 11, 2013

Some Winston-Salem residents are taking back their youth from crime and violence.