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Exposure to violence and trauma is a widespread problem among youth and is associated with a number of adverse outcomes, including behavioral health problems and delinquent behaviors. Compared to community samples, there is a high prevalence of youth involved with the juvenile justice system who hav...

Through a partnership with Cleveland Clinic and the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation, Case Western Reserve University researchers are studying the risk factors for suicide in adolescents. The researchers recently published an article, titled “Preventing Youth Suicide: Research Collaborative Explo...

A Case Western Reserve University research project that has become a national model for helping reshape how sexual assaults are investigated and prosecuted—including cases borne from rape kits 20-plus years old—will share two new grants totaling $3 million from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). ...

Testing backlogged sexual assault kits leads to the imprisonment of more rapists—preventing future sexual assaults and saving would-be victims and communities millions of dollars, according to a new analysis by Case Western Reserve University. Thanks to access granted by the Cuyahoga County Prosecu...