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School Safety - Publications

The following publications are a sample of available resources.

Assessment Bullying Coping and Recovery Mediation and Conflict Resolution Mental Health

Predictors Prevention and Planning Statistics and General Information Zero Tolerance NCJRS Abstracts Database

Arresting Development: Addressing the School Discipline Crisis in Florida
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., 2006

Bomb Threats in Schools
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2005

Comparison of Program Activities and Lessons Learned Among 19 School Resource Officer (SRO) Programs

National Institute of Justice-sponsored, 2005

Effectiveness of School-Based Violence Prevention Programs for Reducing Disruptive and Aggressive Behavior
National Institute of Justice, 2005

The Effectiveness of Universal School-Based Programs for the Prevention of Violent and Aggressive Behavior

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007

Evaluation of Violence Prevention Programs in Middle Schools
National Institute of Justice, 1995

Evaluations of School-Based Violence Prevention Programs
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 1998

How Safe are Oregon Schools? Status and Recommendations
Attorney General's School/Community Safety Coalition, 2001

How Safe are the Public Schools: What do Teachers Say?
National Center for Education Statistics, 1996

Improving School Violence Prevention Programs Through Meaningful Evaluation
Institute for Urban and Minority Education, 1999

National Assessment of School Resource Officer Programs Final Project Report

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2005

Oregon School Safety Survey
The Institute of Violence and Destructive Behavior, University of Oregon College of Education, 2000

Safe Kids, Safe Schools: Evaluating the Use of Iris Recognition Technology in New Egypt, New Jersey
National Institute of Justice-sponsored, 2004

School-Based Partnerships: A Problem Solving Strategy
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2006

School Safety Training Needs Assessment: Report on Findings
Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, 2002

Teaching Students To Be Peacemakers: Results of Twelve Years of Research
Cooperative Learning Center, 2000

Violence Among Middle School and High School Students: Analysis and Implications for Prevention
National Institute of Justice, 1997

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Addressing the Problem of Juvenile Bullying
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001

Bullying in Schools
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2002

Bullying is Not a Fact of Life
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, 2004

Bullying Prevention Is Crime Prevention
Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, 2003

Bullying Report: How Are Washington State Schools Doing?
Washington State PTA and The Safe Schools Coalition, 2003

Educational Forum on Adolescent Health: Youth Bullying
American Medical Association, 2002

Evaluation of Bullyproofing Your School: Final Report
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2007

A Survey of Bullying Behavior Among Maine Third Graders
University of Southern Maine, 2000

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Conflict Resolution Education: A Guide to Implementing Programs in Schools, Youth-Serving Organizations, and Community and Juvenile Justice Settings
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1996

Cooperation, Conflict Resolution, and School Violence: A Systems Approach
Institute for Urban and Minority Education, 2000

Crime in the Schools: A Problem-Solving Approach
National Institute of Justice, 1998

Crime in the Schools: Reducing Conflict with Student Problem Solving
National Institute of Justice, 1999

Reaching Out to Youth Out of the Education Mainstream
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1997

Reducing School Violence: Building a Framework for School Safety
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999

Reducing School Violence in Detroit: An Evaluation of an Alternative Conflict Resolution Intervention
National Institute of Justice, 1999

Want To Resolve a Dispute? Try Mediation
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000

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Juvenile Justice Journal: Youth With Mental Health Disorder: Issues and Emerging Responses
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000

Mass Shootings at Virginia Tech April 16, 2007: Report of the Review Panel
Governor's Office of the Commonweath of Virginia, 2007

Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
U.S. Public Health Service, 2000

Special Education and the Juvenile Justice System
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000

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Predictors of Youth Violence
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000

Safe Schools: Early Warning Signs
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 2001

The School Shooter: A Threat Assessment Perspective
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2000

School Violence and Its Antecedents: Interviews with High School Students
New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 2005

Student Profiling
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 1998

Truancy: First Step to a Lifetime of Problems
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1996

Unraveling the Neighborhood and School Effects on Youth Behavior
University of Chicago, 2006

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After-School Programs Aid Academic Success, Provide Safe Havens for Children
National Association of Elementary School Principals, 2001

After-School Pursuits: An Examination of Outcomes in the San Francisco Beacon Initiative
Public/Private Ventures, 2004

The Appropriate and Effective Use of Security Technologies in U.S. Schools
National Institute of Justice, 1999

Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2000

A Blueprint for Safe Schools
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 2001

Blueprints: A Violence Prevention Initiative
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999

Blueprints for Violence Prevention
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001

Bomb Threats in School
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2005

Can We Talk? Public Safety and the Interoperability Challenge
National Institute of Justice-sponsored, 2000

Caregivers' Guide to School Safety and Security
National Crime Prevention Council, 2002

Challenges and Opportunities in After-School Programs: Lessons for Policymakers and Funders
Public/Private Ventures, 2001

Combating Fear and Restoring Safety in Schools
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1998

Community Outreach Through Police in Schools
Office for Victims of Crime, 2003

Components of Comprehensive School and School District Emergency Management Plans

U.S. Department of Education, Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center, Helpful Hints, Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2007

Creating Emergency Management Plans

U.S. Department of Education, Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center, ERCM Express, Vol. 2, Issue 8, 2006

Creating Safe Schools: A Comprehensive Approach
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001

Crime Mapping News
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services-sponsored, 2001

Dealing With Weapons on Campus
U.S. Department of Education, Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center, Lessons Learned, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Fall 2006

Digital Imaging for Safe Schools: A Public Safety Response to Critical Incidents
International Association of Chiefs of Police, 2005

Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools
U.S. Department of Education, 1998

Eight Thousand Free School COPs and Counting

National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center, TechBeat, Spring 2007

Emergency Exercises: An Effective Way to Validate School Safety Plans
U.S. Department of Education, Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center, ERCM Express, Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2006
 

Emergency "Go-kits"

U.S. Department of Education, Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center, Helpful Hints, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2007

Emergency Management for Schools in Non-Traditional Settings

U.S. Department of Education, Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center, ERCM Express, Vol. 3, Issue 5, 2007

Emergency Management Opportunities and Challenges for Non-Public Schools

U.S. Department of Education, Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center, ERCM Express, Vol. 3, Issue 4, 2007

Experimental Evaluation of Gender Violence/Harassment Prevention Programs in Middle Schools, Final Report
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2008

Families and Schools Together: Building Relationships
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999

From the Courthouse to the Schoolhouse: Making Successful Transitions
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000

Guide to Developing, Maintaining, and Succeeding With Your School Resource Officer Program

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2005

Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence
International Association of Chiefs of Police, 1999

Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence (2nd Edition)
International Association of Chiefs of Police, 2009

Guide to the Technologies of Concealed Weapon and Contraband Imaging and Detection
National Institute of Justice, 2001

Hand-Held Metal Detectors for Use in Concealed Weapon and Contraband Detection
National Institute of Justice, 2003

How Students Can Avoid School Victimization
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 2001

Increasing Opportunities for Older Youth in After-School Programs
Public/Private Ventures, No Publication Date Indicated

Integrating Students with Special Needs and Disabilities Into Emergency Response and Crisis Planning

U.S. Department of Education, Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center, ERCM Express, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2006

Integration of Law Enforcement Into School Safety:The Milwaukee Initiative
National Institute of Justice-sponsored, 2005

Keeping an Eye on School Security: The Iris Recognition Project in New Jersey Schools
National Institute of Justice, 2006

Keeping Your People in School: Community Programs That Work
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1997

Lessons Learned from Safe Kids/Safe Streets
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2006

Making Schools Safe
National Governors Association, 1999

Manual to Combat Truancy
U.S. Department of Education, 1996

Mississippi School Safety Manual: School Safety Law & Policy Development
Mississippi Department of Education, 2005

Multiple Choices After School: Findings from the Extended-Service Schools Initiative
Public/Private Ventures, 2002

National Incident Management System

U.S. Department of Education, Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center, ERCM Express, Vol. 2, Issue 6, 2006

National Summit on Campus Public Safety: Strategies for Colleges and Universities in a Homeland Security Environment
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2005

Overview of Strategies to Reduce School Violence
ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, 1996

Planning and Conducting a Functional Exercise

U.S. Department of Education, Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center, Helpful Hints, Vol. 2, Issue 4, 2007

A Practical Guide for Crisis Response in Our Schools, 5th Edition
American Academy of Experts of Traumatic Stress, 2002

Practical Information on Crisis Planning: A Guide for Schools and Communities
U.S. Department of Education Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, 2007

Preventing School Violence
National Institute of Justice, 2000

Preventing School Shootings: A Summary of a U.S. Secret Service School Initiative Report
National Institute of Justice, 2002

Preventing School Violence: A Practical Guide to Comprehensive Planning
Indiana Education Policy Center, 2001

Preventing Violence the Problem-Solving Way
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999

Prior Knowledge of Potential School-Based Violence: Information Students Learn May Prevent a Targeted Attack
U.S. Secret Service and Department of Education, 2008

Recommendations for Safe School Plans
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 1998

Role of Law Enforcement in Public School Safety: A National Survey
National Institute of Justice-sponsored, 2005

Safe and Smart: Making the After School Hours Work for Kids
U.S. Department of Education, 1998

Safe Communities-Safe Schools: Creating a Crisis Plan
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 2001

Safe Communities-Safe Schools: Discipline Codes
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 2000

Safe Communities-Safe Schools: What is a Safe School?
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 2001

SafeFutures: Partnerships to Reduce Youth Violence and Delinquency
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1996

Safeguarding Our Children: An Action Guide
U.S Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, 2000

Safeguarding Schools Against Terror
National School Safety Center, 2004

Safety in Numbers: Collecting and Using Crime, Violence, and Discipline Incident Data to Make a Difference in Schools
U.S. Department of Education, 2002

Safe Harbor: A School-Based Victim Assistance/Violence Prevention Program
Office for Victims of Crime, 2003

SaferSanerSchools: Transforming School Culture with Restorative Practices
International Institute for Restorative Practices, 2003

A Safe Learning Environment for Every Vermont Student: Community-Wide Approaches to School Violence
Vermont National Education Association, 1998

Safe School Planning
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 2001

Safe Schools Legal Resource Manual
Wisconsin Department of Justice, 2002

Safe Schools Task Force Final Report, June 2000
California Attorney General's Office, 2000

School and Community Interventions to Prevent Serious and Violent Offending
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999

School Crisis Response Initiative
Office for Victims of Crime, 2003

School Critical Incident Planning: An Internet Resource Directory

National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2009

School Resource Officer Programs
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2006

School Safety and Security Toolkit: A Guide for Parents, Schools, and Communities
National Crime Prevention Council, 2003

School Strategies for Increasing Safety
Institute for Urban and Minority Education, 2000

SCORMAP Gets High Marks
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center, TechBeat, Spring 2004

Security of Virginia's Public Schools
Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, 2005

Sharing Information: A Guide to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and Participation in Juvenile Justice Programs
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1997

Special Report Safe Schools: A Technology Primer
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center, TechBeat, Winter 2003

Software Radio for School Safety
National Institute of Justice-sponsored, 2005

SRO Performance Evaluation: A Guide to Getting Results
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, 2005

Stand Up and Start a School Crime Watch!
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999

Starting Points: Meeting the Needs of Our Youngest Children
Carnegie Task Force, 1994

Steps for Developing a School Emergency Management Plan
U.S. Department of Education, Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center, Helpful Hints, Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2006

Surveillance Tools for Safer Schools - Final Report
National Institute of Justice-sponsored, 2002

Terrorism and Violence in Our Schools
The American Society of Safety Engineers, 2000

Toward Safe and Orderly Schools—The National Study of Delinquency Prevention in Schools
National Institute of Justice, 2004

Truancy Reduction: Keeping Students in School
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001

Updating and Maintaining School Emergency Management Plans

U.S. Department of Education, Emergency Response and Crisis Management Technical Assistance Center, Helpful Hints, Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2007

Warning Signs: A Violence Prevention Guide for Youth
MTV and the American Psychological Association, 1999

What Works, What Doesn't, What's Promising, Chapter 5: School-Based Crime Prevention
National Institute of Justice, No Publication Date Indicated

Youth and Violence: Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health: Connecting the Dots to Prevent Youth Violence
Commission for the Prevention of Youth Violence, 2000

Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General
U.S. Public Health Service, 2001

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The 2006 Virginia School Safety Survey Results
Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, 2007  

Annual Report Discipline, Crime, and Violence School Year 2004-2005
Virginia Department of Education, 2006
  
Annual Report on School Safety, 2000
U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice, 2000

Campus Law Enforcement, 2004-05
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2008

Co-occurrence of Delinquency and Other Problem Behaviors
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000

Crime in Schools and Colleges: A Study of Offenders and Arrestees Reported via National Incident-Based Reporting System Data
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2007

Crime, Violence, Discipline and Safety in U.S. Public Schools: Findings from the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2003-04
National Center for Education Statistics, 2006

Discipline, Crime, Violence Report for 2005-2006
Virginia Department of Education, No Publication Date Indicated

Effective Intervention for Serious Juvenile Offenders
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000

Epidemiology of Serious Violence
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1997

Exposure to Urban Violence
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 1998

Federal Activities Addressing Violence in Schools
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000

Female Youths and Delinquent Behaviors
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2004

Fighting Juvenile Gun Violence
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000

Gun Use by Male Juveniles: Research and Prevention
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001

Handbook for Campus Crime Reporting
U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education, 2005

Hands Without Guns
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999

Hatred in the Hallways
Human Rights Watch, 2001

Helping Your Children Navigate Their Teenage Years: A Guide for Parents
White House Council on Youth Violence, 2000

High School Youths, Weapons, and Violence: A National Survey
National Institute of Justice, 1998

Increasing School Safety Through Juvenile Accountability Programs
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000

Indicators of School Crime and Safety
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Annual Report

Juvenile Justice Journal: School Violence Issue
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001

National School Safety Center (NSSC) Review of School Safety Research
National School Safety Center, 2001

Parental Responsibility in Juvenile Justice
National Conference of State Legislatures, 1999

Peaceful Schools
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 1998

Promoting Safety in Schools: International Experience and Action
Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2001

Reducing Youth Gun Violence: An Overview of Programs and Initiatives
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1996

Reporting School Violence
Office for Victims of Crime, 2002

Responding to Violence in the Schools
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 2001

Safe From the Start: Taking Action on Children Exposed to Violence
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000

School Crime 1991
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1991

School Crime Patterns: A National Profile of U.S. Public High Schools Using Rates of Crime Reported to Police
U.S. Department of Education, 2002

School House Hype: The Shootings, and the Real Risk Kids Face in America
Justice Policy Institute, 1999

School House Hype: Two Years Later
Justice Policy Institute, 2000

School Resource Officer Training Program
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001

School Safety CD-ROM

Community Oriented Policing Services, 2009

The School Shooter: One Community's Perspective
Law Enforcement Bulletin, September 2001

School Violence: Lessons Learned
National Conference of State Legislatures, 1999

Students' Reports of School Crime, 1989 and 1995
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1998

Summary Campus Crime and Security Statistics 2002-2004
U.S. Department of Education, No Publication Date Indicated

Talking With Kids About Tough Issues: A National Survey of Parents and Kids
The Kaiser Foundation/Children Now, 1999

Temporal Variations in School-Associated Student Homicide and Suicide Events-United States, 1992-1999
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2001

Violence After School
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999

Violence and Discipline Problems in U.S. Public Schools: 1996-97
National Center for Education Statistics, 1998

Violence-Related Behaviors Among High School Students, United States, 1991-2003
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004

Violent Victimization of College Students
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005

Who's Responsible for School Safety
National Conference of State Legislatures, 2000

Youth Gangs in School
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2000

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance -- National Alternative High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey, United States, 1998
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1999

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The Dark Side of Zero Tolerance: Can Punishment Lead to Safe Schools?
Phi Delta Kappa International, 1999

Education on Lockdown: The Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Track
Advancement Project, 2005

Zero Tolerance Policy Report
American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center, 2000

Zero Tolerance, Zero Evidence
Indiana Education Policy Center, 2001

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NCJRS Abstracts Database
 

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