This article on sexual assault (intentional injury and violence) from CBS News talks about the recent allegations in the boy scouts of sexual assault by troop leaders. New York attorney Jeff Anderson has said that he has been able to identify at least 130 perpetrators of sexual assault in the boy scouts in New York and 50 more in New Jersey. Attorneys are working to bring all of these people to justice, they want to give the victims a voice to speak out about what happened to them while they were boy scouts. Thousands of victims have come forward to share their stories of assault, these assaults date back as early as 1944. New laws have increased the statute of limitations, allowing more people to share what happened to them. Olympian Bridie Farrell, who is a sexual abuse survivor, is using her experiences to help those assaulted in the boy scouts. There is a list of people, that the boy scouts made, detailing people who are not able to volunteer in their organization, attorneys are trying to get the boy scouts to release this list to the public. The boy scouts have made an announcement saying that they support and believe those who have come forward and are going to work with victims and attorneys through the process. Cases like these make teachers aware of how frequently sexual assault can happen to young children. Although a hard subject to talk about, this can lead to teachers talking to their students about safe touching and what is and is not appropriate.

This very current article highlights some of the astounding statistics of intentional injury and violence. It also addresses the behaviors, environments, and services regarding this type of injury.

The power of purpose. Jonathan Rose is the founder of the Jonathan Rose Companies. The article notes how “his companies work has touched many aspects of community health; working with cities and not-for-profits to build affordable and mixed-income housing, cultural, health and educational infrastructure, and advocates for neighborhoods to be enriched with parks and open space, mass transit, jobs, and healthy food.” Jonathan rose said, “"Lower-income neighborhoods statistically are more likely to be closer to highways, bus depots, ports, industrial areas, wastewater treatment plants, chemical plants, garbage processing facilities, etc. And we know that the pollution that comes from these has negative health effects, as well as impacting cognitive development. We also know that the experience of trauma, stress, and the constant fear of crime also have negative life-long health and cognitive effects. Both these environmental and physical impacts lower immune systems strength, and so there is an emerging theory that each negatively impacts the other. Recent data further supports the idea that psychosocial stress increases cardiovascular vulnerability to the adverse effects of air pollution in particular, adding to our understanding of the ways in which the social and physical environments may jointly contribute to poor health and health disparities." Rose is aiming to build communities of opportunity where “every resident and employee has equal access to opportunity, environmental quality, health, and well-being.”