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Flood M & Fergus L. 2008. An Assault on Our Future: The impact of violence on young people and theirrelationships. Sydney: White Ribbon Foundation. http://www.whiteribbon.org.au/resources/researchThis Australian report on the impact of violence on young people and their relationships includes an assessment ofdating and relationship violence among young people and the causes of violence against girls and young women, and areview of prevention among children and young people. A number of recommendations are made.Mercy JA, et al. 2002. Chapter 2. Youth violence. In Krug E et al. (Eds.), World Report on Violence and Health.Geneva: World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/youth/en/index.htmlThe goal of the World Report on Violence and Health was to raise awareness about the problem of violence globally,and to make the case that violence is preventable and that public health has a crucial role to play in addressing itscauses and consequences. The chapter on youth violence includes a review of the epidemiology of youth violenceglobally, a description of key risk factors, a review of the effectiveness of interventions and policy responses that havebeen tried and recommendations for action at local, national and international levels.Note: the publications listed were identified using the search methodology outlined in Appendix 1.Assault in Young People - 328