title: Adolescent violence prevention: a case presentation.
abstract: Violence in adolescence has seen an increase since the 1990s with dramatic statistics on violent death and risk behaviors. School violence has been focused upon by a huge media coverage of especially violent cases that could have had some endemic consequences worldwide. We present a case of a 14 year old white male with change in school behavior, strategies for the case investigation, its results, and long term prevention. Other research has shown that preventive measures during pregnancy, infancy and childhood can prevent adolescent and adult delinquency.
authors.affiliation: Section of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA. haomar2@uky.edu
authors.forename: Hatim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Omar
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Griffith
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001714:Bipolar Disorder; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*