HARMFUL AND HAZARDOUS alcohol use are risk factors both
for being victimized and perpetrating youth violence.
Youth violence takes many forms including bullying, gang violence, sexual aggression, and assaults occurring in streets, bars and nightclubs. The victims and perpetrators alike are young people, and the consequences of youth violence can be devastating. Across the world an average
of 565 young people aged 0 to 9 die every day through interpersonal violence, with males at greater risk, and for each death there are an estimated 0 to 40 youth that require hospital treatment for
a violence-related injury (