to Prevent Youth Violence

Disclaimer:  This website is supported by Cooperative Agreement Number U49 CE001091-02 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC).  Its contents are solely the responsibility of the investigators and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC.

Our Mission

The mission of NUPACE is to establish the Nashville Urban Partnership Academic Center of Excellence (NUPACE), Youth Violence Prevention to promote an academic/ community partnership that integrates prevention science with community action in order to reduce violence among youth 10-24 years of age in Nashville/Davidson County TN.

NEWS ALERT

• Scientists Can Predict Psychotic Illness in up to 80 Percent of High-Risk Youth

• Students’ Rights Conference 2008 - Youth in Action: Know Your Rights, Make Some Change. 
• Killings by Teen Confound City - Social aspects, access to guns bring questions in Nashville. Teenagers have been charged in 10 of Nashville's 51 killings this year.

• 2006 Homicides Dip from 2005 - Metro trend's better than nation's but '06 number still exceeded '04...Metro police had recorded 82 homicides, down 15% from the 97 slayings in 2005.

• Rival gang members form alliance to create an atmosphere of peace - It's not often that members of rival gangs in Nashville come together in one room, which is what makes Stratford High School’s Project Peace group unique.
  
• 2005 YEAR IN REVIEW: Homicides increase nearly 70% from '04 - The number of homicides in '05 soared to its highest level in 7 years in Nashville, approaching the city's record year in 1997 when 112 people were killed...Nashville the 10th highest murder rate of the 35 largest U.S. cities; a person was more likely to be killed in Nashville than in Los Angeles or New York.
• NCCYS Features in America's Youth Conference