This document provides three prompts for researching and reporting on violence statistics. The first prompt asks to identify data sources on local, regional and state violence statistics. The second asks to collect newspaper reports on societal violence and analyze the media's focus on different types of violence. The third prompt involves interviewing health professionals about screening protocols and referral processes for domestic violence, child abuse and elder abuse victims, and reporting facilities for treating violent individuals.

1. Respond to
one (1)
of the following discussion prompts:
Research or locate information or data on local, regional, and
state violence statistics. Provide suggestions for data sources,
such as Internet, health department publications, local law
enforcement data, and web sites that document a specified
population or community’s features.
Collect newspaper reports of societal violence and determine
the extent of the focus on different types of violence in the
news media. Summarize your findings.
Interview various health professionals who may come into
contact with victims either of domestic violence, child abuse,
and/or elder abuse and inquire about screening protocols,
referral processes, and availability of safe environment for
victims and treatment facilities for violent persons. Report the
results of the interview.