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Wilson, Jeremy M.; Chermak, Steven; McGarrell, Edmund F. – RAND Corporation, 2010
In 2006, more than 6 million individuals were victimized by violent crimes. Although violence is below levels of the early 1990s, it remains high. The extent of violence and its impact highlight a critical need to develop and implement effective programs to reduce violence and victimization. Communities have initiated a wide range of such…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Crime, Prevention, Community Programs
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. – 2000
Data from the 50 United States are listed for 1997 from Kids Count in an effort to track state-by-state the status of children in the United States and to secure better futures for all children. Data include percent low birth weight babies; infant mortality rate; child death rate; rate of teen deaths by accident, homicide, and suicide; teen birth…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adolescents, Birth Rate, Birth Weight
Haven, Terry; Dykstra, De Vee – 1994
This Kids Count factbook reports findings of a 1993 state project conducted as part of a national program designed to promote accountability of children through a nationwide profile of their condition. The data are used to encourage the private and public sectors to target specific problems and groups of children for programming and fund raising…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indians, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women
Iowa Kids Count Initiative, Des Moines. – 1994
This 1994 Iowa Kids Count book presents data collected as part of a national program to track trends in child well-being. The purpose of the publication is to provide trend information needed by policy makers and the public to establish results-based policies to improve child well-being. The first part of the book describes the changing status of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Texas Kids Count Project, Austin. – 1994
As part of a nationwide effort to highlight the well-being of children in every state, Texas Kids Count is building a comprehensive database of indicators of child well-being to be used to produce annual data books and other analyses on the status of children in Texas. This report presents, county by county, data on several child well-being…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Delaware Univ., Newark. Kids Count in Delaware. – 2001
This Kids Count fact book provides a statistical portrait of the well-being of children in Wilmington, Delaware, and is designed as a resource for policymakers and citizens to use in shaping local action to improve the status of children and families in Wilmington. In addition to demographic information, 11 featured indicators are used to describe…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Welfare, Children
Citizens for Missouri's Children, St. Louis. – 1996
This report is published for the purpose of improving the well-being of Missouri's children by heightening awareness of children's issues within local communities and by promoting more effective responses to children's needs throughout the state. The report documents the status of children in all 115 Missouri counties. Following an Executive…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Birth Weight, Births to Single Women, Child Abuse
Delaware Univ., Newark. Kids Count in Delaware. – 1999
This Kids Count fact book provides a statistical portrait of the well-being of children in Wilmington, Delaware, and it is designed to be used by policymakers, educators, youth development professionals, and neighborhoods in Wilmington to design and implement community youth development plans. Seventeen indicators are used to describe children's…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Welfare
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. – 2000
This publication presents a broad array of data designed to illuminate the status of America's children and to assess trends in their well-being. By updating the assessment every year, this book provides ongoing benchmarks with which states can see how they have advanced or regressed since 1990. The book focuses on 10 indicators: percent…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adolescents, Birth Weight, Child Development
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. – 1998
This Kids Count data book examines state and national trends from the late 1980s in the well being of children in the United States. The statistical portrait is based on 10 indicators of child well being: (1) percent low birth-weight infants; (2) infant mortality rate; (3) child death rate; (4) teen accidental death, homicide, and suicide rates;…
Descriptors: Accidents, Birth Weight, Child Health, Children