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• Where can I find information on how to prevent school shootings?
  See the following resources for information that may be helpful when looking at ways to prevent scho... Read More
  Last Updated: March 12, 2018
  

• Where can I find information on developing crisis response plans for school settings?
  Resources on developing crisis response plans in school settings include the following U.S. Departme... Read More
  Last Updated: December 30, 2016
  

• What are school-based crisis response teams?
  School Crisis Response Initiative, a bulletin from the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), provides a... Read More
  Last Updated: December 30, 2016
  

Publications

• TECHBeat, May 2018, NIJ-Sponsored, May 2018, NCJ 251748. (10 pages).
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• Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2017, BJS, March 2018, NCJ 251413. (280 pages).
  Agency Abstract   PDF  NCJRS Abstract   

• The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative: Awards Made in Fiscal Year 2017, NIJ, February 2018, NCJ 251559. (14 pages).
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• School Safety Policies and Programs Administered by the U.S. Federal Government: 1990-2016, NIJ-Sponsored, August 2017, NCJ 251517. (161 pages).
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• Creating and Sustaining a Positive and Communal School Climate: Contemporary Research, Present Obstacles, and Future Directions, NIJ, February 2018, NCJ 250209. (30 pages).
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• School Safety: By the Numbers, NIJ, November 2017, NCJ 251173. (2 pages).
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Related Links

• National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO)
  https://nasro.org/

• NCJRS: School Safety Special Feature
  https://www.ncjrs.gov/schoolsafety/

• SchoolSafe (App)
  https://www.justnet.org/schoolsafe/

• U.S. Department of Education: School Climate and Discipline
  http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/index.html