Futures At Risk: Preventing Children’s Exposure to Violence - California

ACEsConnection member Dr. Nadine Burke Harris is the lead author of this article.

"Around the country, this scenario is similar to the reality faced by millions of children who experience violence and trauma at home, in their schools, and in their communities. According to a report by the U.S. Attorney General’s Defending Childhood task force, our children are experiencing and witnessing violence on an alarming scale. The numbers are staggering. Approximately two out of every three children in the U.S. are exposed to violence...."

http://www.healthycal.org/archives/11596