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• Violence -- United States -- Prevention
• Violent crimes -- Prevention

• Combating Violent Crime: 24 Recommendations to Strengthen Criminal Justice (1992), by United States Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, contrib. by William Pelham Barr (page images at HathiTrust)
• Project Safe Neighborhoods: America's Network Against Gun Violence (2004), by United States Bureau of Justice Assistance (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Emotional Trials: The Moral Dilemmas of Women Criminal Defense Attorneys (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004), by Cynthia Siemsen (multiple formats at Northeastern and archive.org)
• Gun Violence in America: The Struggle for Control (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2001), by Alexander DeConde (multiple formats at Northeastern)
• Statement of J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation before National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (1968), by J. Edgar Hoover (page images at Preservica)
• Understanding and Preventing Violence (4 volumes; Washington: National Academy Press, 1993-1994), ed. by Albert J. Reiss and Jeffrey A. Roth
  • Volume 1: page images with commentary at NAP
  • Volume 2 (Biobehavioral Influences): page images with commentary at NAP
  • Volume 3 (Social Influences): page images with commentary at NAP
  • Volume 4 (Consequences and Control): page images with commentary at NAP

• Understanding and Preventing Violence (4 volumes; Washington: National Academy Press, 1993-1994), ed. by Albert J. Reiss and Jeffrey A. Roth
  • Volume 1: page images with commentary at NAP
  • Volume 2 (Biobehavioral Influences): page images with commentary at NAP
  • Volume 3 (Social Influences): page images with commentary at NAP
  • Volume 4 (Consequences and Control): page images with commentary at NAP
• Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review (2004), by National Research Council Committee to Improve Research Information and Data on Firearms, ed. by Charles F. Wellford, John Pepper, and Carol Petrie (HTML and page images at NAP)
• Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General (2001), by United States Public Health Service (HTML at surgeongeneral.gov)

• Intimate Violence: The Causes and Consequences of Abuse in the American Family (New York et al.: Simon and Schuster, c1988), by Richard J. Gelles and Murray A. Straus (PDF at Wayback Machine)

• Violence in the Media (Substance abuse resource guide; 2000), ed. by Denise C. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)

• Violence in Families: Assessing Prevention and Treatment Programs, ed. by Rosemary A. Chalk and Patricia A. King (page images and partial HTML at NAP)

• Community Partnerships: Improving the Response to Child Maltreatment (2010), by United States Office on Child Abuse and Neglect (HTML and PDF at childwelfare.gov)
• Child Neglect: A Guide for Prevention, Assessment and Intervention (Washington: Children's Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, 2006), by Diane DePanfilis (HTML and PDF at childwelfare.gov)
• A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect: The Foundation for Practice (Washington: Children's Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, 2003), by Jill Goldman and Marsha K. Salus (HTML and PDF at childwelfare.gov)
• The Role of Educators in Preventing and Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect (Washington: Children's Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, 2003), by Cynthia Crosson-Tower (HTML and PDF at childwelfare.gov)
• Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (1993), by National Research Council Panel on Research on Child Abuse and Neglect (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Protecting Children in Families Affected by Substance Use Disorders (Washington: Children's Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, 2009), by ICF International (Firm) (HTML and PDF at childwelfare.gov)

• Child Protective Services: A Guide for Caseworkers (Washington: Children's Bureau, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, 2003), by Diane DePanfilis and Marsha K. Salus (HTML and PDF at childwelfare.gov)

• Report of the National School Shield Task Force (with appendixes; Washington: National Rifle Association, 2013), by National School Shield Task Force (PDF at nraschoolshield.com)
• Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates (Washington: U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Dept. of Education, 2002), by Robert A. Fein, Brian Vossekuil, William S. Pollack, Randy Borum, William Modzeleski, and Marisa Reddy (PDF at secretservice.gov)

• The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States (Washington: U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Dept. of Education, 2002), by Brian Vossekuil, Robert A. Fein, Marisa Reddy, Randy Borum, and William Modzeleski (PDF at secretservice.gov)

• Report of the National School Shield Task Force (with appendixes; Washington: National Rifle Association, 2013), by National School Shield Task Force (PDF at nraschoolshield.com)

• Violence in the Media (Substance abuse resource guide; 2000), ed. by Denise C. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Seven Steps to Personal Safety: How to Survive a Violent Confrontation (electronic edition, 2000), by Richard B. Isaacs and Tim Powers (PDF with commentary at lubrinco.com)