National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Division of Violence Prevention annual report 2011

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began studying patterns of violence in the early 1980\u2019s after the US Surgeon General identified violent behavior as a key public health priority. In 1993 CDC established the Division of Violence Prevention (DVP) within the newly created National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) to lead CDC\u2019s efforts to prevent injuries and deaths caused by violence. DVP is home to the largest cadre of violence- prevention experts in the world and is comprised of social and behavioral scientists, epidemiologists, health scientists, public health advisors and analysts, as well as other professionals dedicated to DVP\u2019s mission of preventing injury and violence.2012824