Key Issues

• Brain development makes teens more vulnerable to addiction, June 2003 Yale research review
• Risk factors for gang involvement, El Salvador, PAHO 2002
• Community policing in Chicago, Dec. 2002
• Global Campaign for Violence Prevention, from the World Health Organization
• Guidelines for the Epidemiological Surveillance on Violence and Injuries
• PAHO Intentional Violence page
• Youth violence information from the World Health Organization
• Violence and Injury Prevention resources from the Pan-American Health Organization
• Cultural Norms towards Violence in Selected Cities in Latin America and Spain, PAHO, 1999
• Grouping high-risk youths for prevention may harm more than help, NIDA Jan. 2003
• Youth victimization from urban violence: determining factors in Spain and Latin America, PAHO, 1999

HIV/AIDS among Drug-Using and High-Risk Populations:

• Center on AIDS and Other Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse (CAMCODA) of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (U.S.) 
• Drug Abuse and AIDS: Intertwined Epidemics (CAMCODA/NIDA)
• Resources on AIDS and Injecting Drug Use (UNAIDS)
• Rapid Assessment and Response Technical Guide, from the World Health Organization
• UNODC Information on HIV/AIDS
• High smoking levels in homosexual populations could have implication for AIDS outreach
• Increasing HIV infection among Injecting Drug Users in the U.S. (JTO)
• Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work from the International Labour Organization (ILO)
     ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS
• International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN)
  research economic impact of the virus
• Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS
• US Centers for Disease Control resources on HIV/AIDS in the workplace
• Gender, HIV and Human Rights: A Training Manual from the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
• Guide on HIV/AIDS Media Reporting from the Panos Institute in Haiti (guide in French)
• Accelerating the Response to HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean (World Bank)

Treatment in Prisons:

• Treating Users in Prison (EMCDDA 2003)
• European Network for Drug Services in Prisons
• Publications - WHO Health in Prisons
• WHO Health in Prisons Project
• Residential substance abuse treatment for state prisoners, from the National Institute of Justice Treatment (May 2003)

Alternatives to Sentencing: 

• CASAColumbia Evaluation of the Drug Treatment Alternative-to-Prison Program (Mar. 2003)
• Criminal Neglect: Substance Abuse, Juvenile Justice and The Children Left Behind (CASAColumbia)
• Toronto Drug Treatment Court Website
• International Probation, Parole, and Community Sanctions site from England, Wales, Australia, and New Zealand agencies
• International Association of Drug Treatment Courts