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School Violence & Violence Prevention About Face: Turning Away from Hate Florida Regional Community Policing Institute, 2004. Interactive CD-ROM from the Florida RCPI focuses on the anatomy of hate crimes and how bias and prejudicial attitudes left unchecked can lead to more serious crime activity. Presents scenarios after which students can “interview” the characters in the scenes to better understand their motives and perspectives. Aftermath: Lessons in Schools Safety Florida Regional Community Policing Institute, 1998. This CD-ROM has four interactive scenarios: alcohol, weapons, bullying, and suicide, with simulations that offer students opportunities to make choices and see the repercussions of their decisions. Strives to build problem-solving skills and provide a forum to discuss sensitive topics. Blueprints for Violence Prevention Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), July 2004. This report describes the Blueprints for Violence Prevention programs, which have the common aim of preventing violence by juveniles; the lessons learned from evaluations of Blueprints program implementation; and recommendations for program designers, funders, and the agencies and organizations responsible for implementing programs. (NCJ 204274) Bomb Threats in Schools Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), July 2006. This guide addresses the problem of bomb threats in schools, public or private, kindergarten through 12th grade. The guide reviews the factors that increase the risk of bomb threats in schools and then identifies a series of questions that might assist law enforcement in analyzing their local problem. Finally, the guide reviews responses to the problem and what is known about these from evaluative research and police practice. Center for Safe Schools & Communities Since 1988, the Center for Schools and Communities has been committed to improving outcomes for children and families through training, technical assistance, program evaluation, research and resource development. The Center's work focuses on prevention and intervention initiatives operated by schools, organizations and agencies serving children, youth and families. Conflict Resolution for School Personnel: An Interactive School Safety Training Tool National Institute of Justice (NIJ), October 2002. This school safety training tool is an interactive CD-ROM that provides a conflict resolution curriculum for school personnel with five modules or lessons on potentially dangerous situations that include both tutorials and interactive scenarios on confronting and responding to such situations. (NCJ 194198) Creating Safe Schools: A Comprehensive Approach Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), June 2001. This discussion of approaches to enhancing school safety emphasizes the need for broad-based efforts on the part of the entire community, including educators, students, parents, law enforcement agencies, businesses, and faith-based organizations and discusses 10 essential components of safe school planning. These include creating schoolwide prevention and intervention strategies, developing emergency response planning, and developing school policies and understanding legal considerations. (NCJ 188160) Crime and Safety in America's Public Schools: Selected Findings from the School Survey on Crime and Safety National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), February 2003. This report summarizes findings from the 1999-2000 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS). The SSOCS, sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), provides a measure of the amount of crime, violence, and disorder in public schools across the Nation, as well as the practices and programs used by schools to identify and eliminate potential problems. The 2000 survey involved a nationally representative sample of 2,270 regular public elementary, middle, secondary, and combined schools in the United States. (NCJ 208535) Crime in Schools: Reducing Conflict with Student Problem Solving National Institute of Justice (NIJ), July 1999. This study describes and assesses a student-based problem-solving model for reducing crime in the nation's schools. As envisioned, school-based problem-solving changes the attitudes and/or behaviors of group members and offers the skills and knowledge needed to bring about desired change. (NCJ 177618) Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools Department of Education (DOE), August 1998. This guide summarizes the research on violence prevention and intervention as well as crisis response in schools. It discusses the early warning signs that relate to violence and other troubling behavior, as well as the action steps that school communities can take to prevent these behaviors, to intervene and get help for troubled children, and to respond to school violence when it occurs. (NCJ 172854) Indicators of School Crime & Safety, 2004 Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), November 2004. Provides the most recent national indicators of school crime and safety, showing that improvements have occurred in the safety of students. This report will serve as a foundation for policymakers and practitioners so that they can develop effective programs to prevent violence and crime in schools and cope with it when it occurs. (NCJ 205290) Juvenile Justice Journal, Volume VIII, Number 1 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), June 2001. Three feature articles: School Violence: An Overview notes that schools still face serious challenges which have to be understood so that school authorities can devise effective strategies to prevent violence and promote safety. Creating Safe Schools: A Comprehensive Approach notes that schools must understand the complexity of youth violence and the activities needed to prevent it. Conflict Resolution Education: Preparing Youth for the Future stresses that conflict resolution education can contribute to making schools safer and preparing students to participate in society. (NCJ 188159) Kids, COPS, and Communities National Institute of Justice (NIJ), June 1998. This NIJ Issues and Practices Report will help law enforcement administrators and officers understand and institute a strategy to help prevent violence—specifically community oriented policing services carried out in collaboration with youth-serving organizations. (NCJ 169599) National School Safety Center The National School Safety Center serves as an advocate for safe, secure and peaceful schools worldwide and as a catalyst for the prevention of school crime and violence. NSSC provides school communities and their school safety partners with quality information, resources, consultation, and training services. The National School Safety Center identifies and promotes strategies, promising practices and programs that support safe schools for all students as part of the total academic mission. NCJRS In the Spotlight: School Safety In the Spotlight; School Safety includes information on: Facts & Figures, Legislation, Publications, Programs, Training & Technical Assistance, and Grants & Funding. Preventing School Shootings: A Summary of a U.S. Secret Service Safe School Initiative Report U.S. Secret Service, March 2002. Reports from the U.S. Department of Education show that school is one of the safest places for children. However, several high-profile shootings in schools over the past decade have increased fear among students, parents, and educators. This study assessed 37 school shootings involving 41 attackers, identified the motivation behind each attach, the method used to acquire weapons, and demographic and background information about each attacker. Results of the study overturn stereotypes and suggest ways to prevent shootings and other school violence. (NCJ 190633) Reporting School Violence Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), January 2002. This Bulletin provides an overview of state laws enacted in recent years to address violence in U.S. Schools, particularly those laws concerning the collection of data and reporting of such incidents. The bulletin highlights the circumstances in which such laws are applied, emphasizing their successful implementation. (NCJ 189191) RetroGrade: How School Crime Sets You Back Florida Regional Community Policing Institute, 1999. This 30-minute, MTV-style video focuses on assault and battery, theft, weapons, sexual harassment, car theft, and bomb threats. It alerts students not only to the criminal and legal aspects of the various crimes, but also to the moral and ethical issues involved. Instructors may pause the tape between each scenario to discuss the ethical decision-making conversation that began on the screen. The video engages students at an emotional level and opens the doors of communication, even to at-risk students. Safe Harbor: A School-Based Victim Assistance/Violence Prevention Program Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), January 2003. First implemented in New York City in 1991, Safe Harbor offers an innovative combination of victim assistance and violence-prevention strategies for schools to increase the safety and well being of their students and address family and community concerns. This bulletin discusses the Safe Harbor model and the replication process, as well as the training and technical assistance available to schools and communities. (NCJ 193464) School Crisis Response Initiative Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), September 2003. This bulletin describes an organizational model for school preparedness and effective responses to crises. Developed by the Yale Child Study Center’s National Center for Children Exposed to Violence, the School Crisis Response Initiative promotes specific training for school personnel and interested community members so that they may respond more effectively to the needs of children in the aftermath of a crisis. (NCJ 197832) School Critical Incident Planning: An Internet Resource Directory National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC). Events in recent years have shown that schools are not immune from violent critical incidents. The Internet resources gathered on this website are intended to assist law enforcement and school personnel with preparation, response, and resolution in regards to a school critical incident. School Safety and Security Toolkit: A Guide for Parents, Schools, and Communities National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), October 2003. The Be Safe and Sound campaign is a public education and awareness effort aimed at partnering parents with school administrators to reduce violence in schools; the campaign is an initiative of the National Crime Prevention Council and was launched in 2002. This handbook presents step-by-step guidance for implementing the Be Safe and Sound campaign in local schools, including procedures for assessing current school safety and security, forming an action team, identifying problems, convening a brainstorming meeting with stakeholders, developing an action plan and garnering support, and evaluating and revising the program. (NCJ 211449) Teen Action Toolkit: Building a Youth-led Response to Teen Victimization Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC), May 2007. The toolkit is a hands-on implementation guide for the Teen Action Partnership (TAP) for Teen Victims program. TAP for Teen Victims is a program that marshals the strengths of youth as leaders to transform their communities’ response to teenage victims of crime, while building the resilience of the youth participants at the same time. It is intended as a resource for educators, law enforcement personnel, outreach workers, victim service providers, youth workers, teens, and others who might be interested in starting a youth-led effort to improve local policies, outreach, and services for adolescent crime victims. While this toolkit can be used as a stand-alone resource, ideally its use should be accompanied by training and technical assistance from the National Center for Victims of Crime’s Teen Victim Initiative staff. Violence After School Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), November 1999. This OJJDP Bulletin gives readers quick, focused access to some of the most critical findings from the wealth of data regarding school violence. The data reported in this bulletin document the need for schools and communities to develop strategies for youth during the after-school hours. (NCJ 178992)
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