Start with Youth: VOV

Victory Over Violence (VOV) is a youth-sponsored initiative to help young people identify and counteract the root causes of violence in their lives and in their communities. VOV outreach programs began in 1999 as a response to growing concerns over the rise in youth-related violence. Despite the trumpeting of modest statistical decline in violent crimes and victimization, the reality is that in 2003 persons age 12 to 24 sustained violent victimization at rates higher than individuals of all other ages.