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• Causes and Consequences of School Violence - Plenary Discussion, NIJ Virtual Conference on School Safety [video]

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  From the webpage: "On February 16-18, 2021, the National Institute of Justice hosted the Virtual Conference on School Safety: Bridging Research to Practice to Safeguard Our Schools. This video presents one of the plenary panels from the conference. To prevent and appropriately respond to incidents of school violence, we must understand what factors contribute to various types of violence and how individuals, both victims and perpetrators, are impacted by that violence. This discussion includes subject matter experts who have explored the root causes and consequences of school violence from different perspectives and considers policy implications associated with their work." The duration of this video is 1 hour, 16 minutes and 32 seconds. This page also includes a transcript of the video.

  National Institute of Justice (U.S.)

  Lopez, Basia; Freilich, Joshua D.; Turanovic, Jillian J., 1985- . . .

  2021-02-17
• Tragedy to Transformation: Preventing School Violence with Proven Programs - Plenary Presentation, NIJ Virtual Conference on School Safety [video]

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  From the Webpage: "In the weeks following the murder of her son, Dylan, in his first-grade classroom, Nicole Hockley co-founded Sandy Hook Promise with a mission to end school shootings. The research-informed Know The Signs programs she helped develop and launch have since taught more than 12 million people how to prevent violence and self-harm. Through these no-cost programs, Sandy Hook Promise has averted multiple school shooting plots, teen suicides, and countless other acts of violence. The presentation was from the National Institute of Justice hosted the Virtual Conference on School Safety: Bridging Research to Practice to Safeguard Our Schools." The duration of this video is 49 minutes and 38 seconds. This page also includes a transcript of the video.

  National Institute of Justice (U.S.)

  Wyrick, Phelan A.

  2021-02-16
• Preparing for and Responding to Threats and Violence - Breakout Session, NIJ Virtual Conference on School Safety [video]

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  From the webpage: "On February 16-18, 2021, the National Institute of Justice hosted the Virtual Conference on School Safety: Bridging Research to Practice to Safeguard Our Schools." The video includes the following presentations: "Preliminary Data from a Statewide Anonymous Tip Line and Multidisciplinary Teams in Nevada"; "Student Threat Assessment as a Safe and Supportive Prevention Strategy"; "Evaluation of the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System to Improve School Safety"; and "This is Not a Drill: Student and Staff Comprehension of Emergency Operations Protocols for School Violence." The duration of this video is 1 hour, 29 minutes and 15 seconds. This page also includes a transcript of the video.

  National Institute of Justice (U.S.)

  Wyrick, Phelan A.; Stein-Seroussi, Alan; Cornell, Dewey G. . . .

  2021-02-16
• Effects of a Middle School Social-Emotional Learning Program on Bullying, Teen Dating Violence, Sexual Violence, and Substance Use in High School, Final Report

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  "This proposed study leveraged an existing RCT [Randomized Controlled Trial] of The Second Step anti-bullying program, which was implemented when the sample of students was in middle school, by measuring related aggressive behaviors (e.g., bullying, cyberbullying, sexual violence) during the high school years. Our specific aims were (1) to determine treatment effects of the Second Step middle school program on reductions in youth aggression (including bullying), sexual violence, substance use, and teen dating violence when in high school; (2) to evaluate middle school belonging as a mediator of these treatment effects on trajectories of bullying, victimization, homophobic teasing, sexual harassment, substance use, and teen dating violence in high school. School belonging was examined as potential mediator between treatment effects and high school aggression, violence, and substance use outcomes because of two reasons. First, the social-emotional learning programs focuses on building positive, prosocial relationships among peers. Second, belonging to school is a documented predictors of aggression and correlated outcomes (Losel & Farrington, 2012)."

  National Criminal Justice Reference Service (U.S.)

  Espelage, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Lynn); Bub, Kristen; Van Ryzin, Mark . . .

  2018-06
• School Violence: What is Being Done to Combat School Violence? What Should Be Done? Hearing Before the Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, May 20, 1999

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  From the opening statement of John L. Mica: "While student deaths receive the most media attention, the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice statistics tells us that thousands of violent crimes occur everyday in, and near our schools. In 1996, approximately 225,000 non-fatal, serious crimes occurred at schools, and about 671,000 away from schools. The tragic events at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO and its aftermath have riveted our national attention on this pressing and perplexing issue. Needless acts of violence are always reprehensible, but vicious and multiple killings in our schools that take the lives of our innocent children are among the most tragic and heartwrenching events imaginable…. School violence at all levels is an issue that Congress has a responsibility to address. We are obligated to determine what more can be done to protect children of all ages, particularly from acts of violence associated with our schools. […] Today, our Federal Government has a number of Federal programs and agencies that spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to address the problem of school violence. It is an especially important matter for this subcommittee that our Federal programs provide the targeted and effective assistance that is needed by our States, our cities, and our local communities and schools." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Nelba Chavez, William Modzeleski, Charlie Condon, Gary L. Walker, Reuben Greenberg, Kevin Dwyer, James Baker, Jan Gallagher, Bill Hall, Gary M. Fields, Clarence Cain, Anthony Snead, Jeffrey Schurott, Lawrence Sherman, and Dennis J. Kucinich.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2000
• Violence in U.S. Public Schools: 2000 School Survey on Crime and Safety, Statistical Analysis Report [Revised August 2005]

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  "In the United States, school safety continues to be a priority for educators, policymakers, parents, and the public. Schools are responsible for the effective education of their students, and creating an environment in which students and teachers are safe is an important component of the education process. A safe school is necessary for students to learn and teachers to teach. As a result of highly publicized acts of extreme violence, increased national attention has focused on crime and violence in public schools. Reliable data collection is important in order to understand the extent to which American schools experience crime and violence, and to prevent emerging problems. Because of the need for accurate information on crime, violence, and disorder, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) administered the 2000 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), a survey of public schools in the United States. SSOCS is a nationally representative sample of 2,270 regular public elementary, middle, secondary, and combined public schools. It was designed to provide an overall picture of school crime and safety in the United States by asking school principals about the characteristics of school policies, school violence prevention programs and practices, violent deaths at school and elsewhere, frequency of crime and violence, disciplinary problems and actions, and other school characteristics that have been associated with school crime."

  National Center for Education Statistics; Institute of Education Sciences (U.S.); United States. Department of Education

  Chandler, Kathryn; Miller, Amanda K.

  2005-08
• Comparison of Averted and Completed School Attacks from the Police Foundation Averted School Violence Database

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  "In 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) provided funding to the Police Foundation to initiate the Averted School Violence (ASV) project. Through this project, the Police Foundation developed a database (Police Foundation 2018) to collect, analyze, and publish (in an online library [Police Foundation 2018b]) incidents of averted and completed acts of school violence that have occurred since the attack on Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999. The data are drawn from the public domain as well as from law enforcement, school officials, and others entering reports into the database. The database is intended to serve as a resource to law enforcement, schools, mental health professionals, and others involved in preventing school violence by sharing ways in which other school attacks across the country have been identified and prevented. In this report, 51 completed and 51 averted incidents of school violence, drawn from the ASV database, were analyzed to help further our understanding of averted and completed school attacks. The report also seeks to provide important lessons about how school violence can be prevented."

  United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

  Straub, Frank G.; Langman, Peter

  2019
• Protecting America's Schools: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Targeted School Violence

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  From the Executive Summary: "Ensuring the safety of children at school is a responsibility that belongs to everyone, including law enforcement, school staff, mental health practitioners, government officials, and members of the general public. To aid in these efforts, the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) studied 41 incidents of targeted school violence that occurred at K-12 schools in the United States from 2008 to 2017. This report builds on 20 years of NTAC research and guidance in the field of threat assessment by offering an in-depth analysis of the motives, behaviors, and situational factors of the attackers, as well as the tactics, resolutions, and other operationally-relevant details of the attacks. The analysis suggests that many of these tragedies could have been prevented, and supports the importance of schools establishing comprehensive targeted violence prevention programs as recommended by the Secret Service in 'Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model: An Operational Guide for Preventing Targeted School Violence.' This approach is intended to identify students of concern, assess their risk for engaging in violence or other harmful activities, and implement intervention strategies to manage that risk. The threshold for intervention should be low, so that schools can identify students in distress before their behavior escalates to the level of eliciting concerns about safety."

  United States. Secret Service. National Threat Assessment Center

  2019-11
• Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools: Findings from the School Survey on Crime and Safety 2003-04

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  "This report presents findings on crime and violence in regular public schools1 in the United States, using data from the 2003-04 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS:2004). First administered in the 1999-2000 school year, SSOCS provides information about school crime-related topics from the perspective of school administrators. Developed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and supported by the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, SSOCS asks public school principals about the frequency of criminal incidents in their schools, such as physical attacks, robberies, and thefts. Portions of this survey also focus on school programs, disciplinary actions, and the policies implemented to prevent and reduce crime in schools. SSOCS:2004 is based on a nationally representative stratified random sample of 3,743 U.S. public schools. Questionnaires were mailed to principals on March 1, 2004, and data collection continued through June 4, 2004. A total of 2,772 public primary, middle, high, and combined schools provided useable questionnaires leading to an unweighted response rate of approximately 75 percent. When the responding schools were weighted to account for their original sampling probabilities, the response rate increased to approximately 77 percent. A nonresponse bias analysis was performed because the weighted response weight was less than 85 percent. For more information about the methodology and design of SSOCS, including the results of the nonresponse bias analysis, please see the Methodology and Technical Notes in appendix B of this report."

  National Center for Education Statistics

  Guerino, Paul; Hurwitz, Michael D.; Noonan, Margaret E.

  2006-12
• Causes and Consequences of School Violence: A Review

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  From the Introduction: "Although school violence is on the decline, it remains a significant concern for researchers, policymakers, and the general public. The latest Indicators of School Crime and Safety report indicates that, in a given school year, most schools will record one or more violent incidents, and one-fifth of schools will record one or more serious violent incidents. A significant minority of students will be in a physical fight at school. Smaller numbers of students will bring weapons to school or will be the victims of assault, sexual assault, or robbery at school. And, though the number will be small, there also will be youth homicides at school. Indeed, recent estimates reveal that over half of youth violent victimization occurs at school, and over half of teachers have experienced student-perpetrated violence. [...] This report takes a comprehensive look at the state of the research on school violence. It includes an empirical review of systematic reviews and a narrative review of recent empirical research on the predictors and consequences of violence in schools. Additionally, a summary of the ways that researchers have conceptualized and measured school violence is provided, and discussions about serious school violence and studies that were funded by NIJ's [National Institute of Justice] CSSI [Comprehensive School Safety Initiative] are included. Several recommendations for future research are put forth."

  National Institute of Justice (U.S.)

  Turanovic, Jillian J., 1985-; Siennick, Sonja E.

  2022-02
• Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools: Findings from the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2015-16

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  "This report presents findings on crime and violence in U.S. public schools, using data from the 2015-16 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS:2016). First administered in school year 1999-2000 and repeated in school years 2003-04, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2009- 10, and 2015-16, SSOCS provides information on school crime-related topics from the perspective of schools. Developed and managed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education and supported by the National Institute of Justice of the U.S. Department of Justice, SSOCS asks public school principals about the prevalence of violent and serious violent crimes in their schools. Portions of this survey also focus on school security measures, disciplinary problems and actions, school security staff, the availability of mental health services in schools, and the programs and policies implemented to prevent and reduce crime in schools."

  United States. Department of Education; National Center for Education Statistics

  Diliberti, Melissa; Kemp, Jana; Hansen, Rachel . . .

  2017-07
• Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools in 2019-20: Findings from the School Survey on Crime and Safety

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  From the Introduction: "Using data from the School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), this report presents findings both on crime and violence in U.S. public schools and on the practices and programs schools have used to promote school safety. SSOCS is managed and funded by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). NCES is part of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. The study has been fielded eight times, most recently during the 2019-20 school year. The 2019-20 SSOCS (SSOCS:2020) was funded in part by the Department's Office of Safe and Healthy Students. SSOCS collects data from public school principals about violent and nonviolent crimes in their schools. The survey also collects data on school security measures, school security staff, mental health services, parent and community involvement at school, and staff training. SSOCS data can be used to study how violent incidents in schools relate to the programs and practices that schools have in place to prevent crime"

  Institute of Education Sciences (U.S.)

  Wang, Ke; Kemp, Jana; Burr, Riley . . .

  2022-07
• Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools: Findings From the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2005-06

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  "This report presents findings on crime and violence in U.S. public schools, using data from the 2005-06 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS:2006). First administered in school year 1999-2000 and repeated in school years 2003--04 and 2005-06, SSOCS provides information about school crime-related topics from the perspective of the schools. Developed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and supported by the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools of the U.S. Department of Education, SSOCS asks public school principals about the frequency of incidents, such as physical attacks, robberies, and thefts in their schools. Portions of this survey also focus on school programs, disciplinary actions, and the policies implemented to prevent and reduce crime in schools."

  National Center for Education Statistics

  Guerino, Paul; Nolle, Kacey Lee; Dinkes, Rachel

  2007-09
• Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools: Findings from the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2007-08

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  "This report presents findings on crime and violence in U.S. public schools, using data from the 2007--08 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS:2008). First administered in school year 1999--2000 and repeated in school years 2003--04, 2005--06, and 2007--08, SSOCS provides information about school crime-related topics from the perspective of schools. Developed and managed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of Education Sciences and supported by the Office of Safe and Drug- Free Schools of the U.S. Department of Education, SSOCS asks public school principals about the frequency of incidents, such as physical attacks, robberies, and thefts, in their schools. Portions of this survey also focus on school programs, disciplinary actions, and the policies implemented to prevent and reduce crime in schools."

  National Center for Education Statistics

  DeVoe, Jill F.; Neiman, Samantha; Chandler, Kathryn

  2009-05
• Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools: Findings from the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2009-10

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  "This report presents findings on crime and violence in U.S. public schools, using data from the 2009--10 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS:2010). First administered in school year 1999--2000 and repeated in school years 2003--04, 2005--06, 2007--08, and 2009--10, SSOCS provides information on school crime-related topics from the perspective of schools. Developed and managed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the Institute of Education Sciences and supported by the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools of the U.S. Department of Education, SSOCS asks public school principals about the frequency of incidents, such as physical attacks, robberies, and thefts, in their schools. Portions of this survey also focus on school programs, disciplinary actions, and the policies implemented to prevent and reduce crime in schools."

  Institute of Education Sciences (U.S.); United States. Department of Education; National Center for Education Statistics

  Neiman, Samantha; Hill, Monica R.

  2011-05
• Averting Targeted School Violence: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Plots Against Schools

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  From the Introduction: "As threat assessment programs have become more widely adopted by K-12 schools, NTAC [National Threat Assessment Center] set forth to examine those cases when a crisis at school was successfully thwarted. 'Averting Targeted School Violence: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Plots Against Schools' analyzes 67 instances when a current or former student advanced a plot to attack their school, but was halted before violence occurred. This study is NTAC's latest contribution to a body of research that demonstrates the path forward for school violence prevention. The findings presented herein should be utilized by schools and their surrounding communities to help intervene earlier and more effectively with students in distress."

  United States. Secret Service. National Threat Assessment Center

  Alathari, Lina; Drysdale, Diana; Blair, Ashley . . .

  2021-03
• Safe School Initiative: An Interim Report on the Prevention of Targeted Violence in Schools

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  "As reports from the U.S. Department of Education and others have shown, school id one of the safest places for our nation's children. However, several high-profile shootings in schools over the past decade have resulted in increased fear among students, parents, and educators. The Secret Service Safe Schools Initiative focuses on a rare but significant component of the problem of school violence- incidents of targeted violence in school. 'Targeted violence' is a term developed by the Secret Service to refer to any incident of violence where a known (or knowable) attacker selects a particular target prior to violent attack. This paper looks at how certain individuals might be at particular risk."

  United States. Secret Service

  Fein, Robert A.; Vossekuil, Bryan; Randazzo, Marisa R. (Marisa Reddy), 1967-

  2000-10
• Issue Brief: Public School Practices for Violence Prevention and Reduction: 2003-2004

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  "School violence can lead to a disruptive and threatening environment, physical injury, and emotional stress, all of which can be obstacles to student achievement. Educators have responded to the perceived threat of school violence by implementing programs designed to prevent, deter, and respond to the potential for violence in schools. In addition, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (P.L. 107-110) emphasizes the importance of safe learning environments by requiring schools to have a safety plan in place and to fund programs and practices intended to prevent and reduce violence in schools. The needs and capabilities of schools may differ; thus, schools implement a variety of practices intended to prevent and reduce violence. However, little is known about the prevalence of school practices and the extent to which they vary according to school characteristics. This Issue Brief (1) examines principals' reports of the prevalence of formal practices in public schools designed to prevent or reduce school violence and (2) describes the distribution of these practices by selected school characteristics."

  National Center for Education Statistics

  2007-09
• Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model: An Operational Guide for Preventing Targeted School Violence [Brief]

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  "Over the last 20 years, the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) has conducted research, training, and consultation on threat assessment and the prevention of various forms of targeted violence. Following the tragedy at Columbine High School in April 1999, the Secret Service partnered with the Department of Education on two studies related to school safety. Published in 2002, the Safe School Initiative (SSI) examined 37 incidents of targeted violence that occurred at elementary and secondary schools to analyze the thinking and behavior of students who commit these attacks. The report, and accompanying guide, served as the impetus for establishing threat assessment programs in schools. In 2008, the agencies released the Bystander Study, a report that explored a key SSI finding that prior to most attacks, other students knew of the attackers' plans, yet most did not report it to an adult. The report highlighted the importance of creating safe school climates in which students are empowered to share their concerns. Since then, NTAC has continued to provide and update training to schools, law enforcement, and others on threat assessment and prevention practices."

  United States. Secret Service. National Threat Assessment Center

  2018-07
• Prior Knowledge of Potential School-Based Violence: Information Students Learn May Prevent a Targeted Attack

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  "In the wake of several high-profile shootings at schools in the United States, most notably the shootings that occurred at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, the United States Secret Service (Secret Service) and the United States Department of Education (ED) embarked on a collaborative endeavor to study incidents of planned (or targeted) violence in our nation's schools. Initiated in 1999, the study, termed the Safe School Initiative (SSI), examined several issues, most notably whether past school-based attacks were planned, and what could be done to prevent future attacks. The SSI employed a method similar to an earlier Secret Service study, the Exceptional Case Study Project (ECSP), that examined targeted attacks on public officials and public figures (Fein & Vossekuil, 1999). […] As with the ECSP, the SSI employed an operational focus to assist those involved with school safety to improve prevention efforts by increasing knowledge of targeted violence in schools. By studying past incidents of targeted violence in schools, the Secret Service and ED examined whether pre-attack behaviors of perpetrators could be identified to prevent future attacks. […] The SSI findings highlight that in most targeted school-based attacks, individuals, referred to as bystanders in this report, had some type of advanced knowledge about planned school violence. Despite this advanced knowledge, the attacks still occurred. This study aimed to further the prevention of targeted school-based attacks by exploring how students with prior knowledge of attacks made decisions regarding what steps, if any, to take after learning the information. The study sought to identify what might be done to encourage more students to share information they learn about potential targeted school-based violence with one or more adults."

  United States. Secret Service; United States. Department of Education

  Pollack, William S.; Modzeleski, William; Rooney, Georgeann

  2008-05
• School Resource Officers: Averted School Violence Special Report

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  From the Document: "The National Police Foundation and the COPS [Community Oriented Policing Services] Office created the Averted School Violence (ASV) database to provide a platform for sharing information about averted incidents of violence in elementary, secondary, and higher education. This report examines 12 case studies of incidents in which planned violence targeting K-12 [Kindergarten-12th grade] schools was averted by the potential attackers' peers, school administrators, and other school safety stakeholders including school resource officers (SRO). Each case includes a discussion of lessons learned from examining the potential attackers' intentions and the actions of those who averted the attack."

  United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

  Allison, Jeff; Canady, Mo; Straub, Frank G.

  2020
• Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model: An Operational Guide for Preventing Targeted School Violence

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  "When incidents of school violence occur, they leave a profound and lasting impact on the school, the community, and our nation as a whole. Ensuring safe environments for elementary and secondary school students, educators, administrators, and others is essential. This operational guide was developed to provide fundamental direction on how to prevent incidents of targeted school violence, that is, when a student specifically selects a school or a member of the school community for harm. The content in this guide is based on information developed by the U.S. Secret Service, Protective Intelligence and Assessment Division, National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC)."

  United States. Secret Service. National Threat Assessment Center

  2018-07
• School Health Guidelines to Prevent Unintentional Injuries and Violence

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  "Approximately two thirds of all deaths among children and adolescents aged 5--19 years result from injury-related causes: motor-vehicle crashes, all other unintentional injuries, homicide, and suicide. Schools have a responsibility to prevent injuries from occurring on school property and at school-sponsored events. In addition, schools can teach students the skills needed to promote safety and prevent unintentional injuries, violence, and suicide while at home, at work, at play, in the community, and throughout their lives. This report summarizes school health recommendations for preventing unintentional injury, violence, and suicide among young persons. These guidelines were developed by CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] in collaboration with specialists from universities and from national, federal, state, local, and voluntary agencies and organizations. They are based on an in-depth review of research, theory, and current practice in unintentional injury, violence, and suicide prevention; health education; and public health. Every recommendation is not appropriate or feasible for every school to implement. Schools should determine which recommendations have the highest priority based on the needs of the school and available resources. The guidelines include recommendations related to the following eight aspects of school health efforts to prevent unintentional injury, violence, and suicide: [1] a social environment that promotes safety; [2] a safe physical environment; [3] health education curricula and instruction; [4] safe physical education, sports, and recreational activities; [5] health, counseling, psychological, and social services for students; [6] appropriate crisis and emergency response; [7] involvement of families and communities; and [8] staff development to promote safety and prevent unintentional injuries, violence, and suicide."

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

  2001-12-07
• Individual, Institutional, and Community Sources of School Violence: A Meta-Analysis

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  From the Executive Summary: "Tragedies like those at Columbine, Sandy Hook, and Stoneman Douglas force us to admit that our schools are not always the safe places that we want them to be. And yet stacked on top of these events is also the daily task facing school administrators of keeping youths safe from the full spectrum of forms of violence--including bullying and intimidation, harassment, fighting, and carrying weapons--in the school environment. As a result, pressure has been placed on lawmakers to enact policies to enhance school safety. The problem, however, is that creating effective, evidence-based policies to address violence in school would first require knowing what the sources--or what might be termed the 'root causes'--of school violence are. And on that front, we unfortunately fall short. Accordingly, with the support of the National Institute of Justice, the current study subjected the body of empirical literature on school violence to a meta-analysis, or 'quantitative synthesis,' to determine the key individual-, school-, and community-level factors that influence violence and related problems (victimization, offending, and aggressive behavior) within primary and secondary (K-12) schools."

  National Criminal Justice Reference Service (U.S.)

  Turanovic, Jillian J., 1985-; Pratt, Travis C.; Kulig, Teresa C. . . .

  2020-04
• Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools: Findings from the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2017-18, First Look

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  From the Introduction: "Using data from the School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), this report presents findings both on crime and violence in U.S. public schools and on the practices and programs schools have implemented to promote school safety. [...] The findings presented in this report are based on a nationally representative, stratified, random sample of 4,803 U.S. public schools. [...] The purpose of this report is to introduce new NCES [National Center for Education Statistics] data through the presentation of tables containing descriptive information. The tables in this report contain totals and percentages generated from bivariate cross-tabulation procedures."

  National Center for Education Statistics

  Diliberti, Melissa; Jackson, Mickey; Correa, Samuel . . .

  2019-07
• Understanding School Violence: Fact Sheet 2012

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  "School violence is youth violence that occurs on school property, on the way to or from school or school-sponsored events, or during a school-sponsored event. A young person can be a victim, a perpetrator, or a witness of school violence. Youth violence includes various behaviors. Some violent acts-such as bullying, slapping, or hitting-can cause more emotional harm than physical harm. Other forms of violence, such as gang violence and assault (with or without weapons), can lead to serious injury or even death."

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

  2012
• Challenge, A Publication of the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools--Preventing School Violence: Plans Make it Possible

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  This publication provides several articles on school safety including preventing school violence, certain school-related threats, and lessons learned that will help school officials contend with crises.

  United States. Department of Education

  2007-12
• White House Conference on School Safety, Panel I: Preventing Violence in Schools

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  In response to several school shootings, President Bush asked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings to convene a meeting of leading experts and stakeholders to discuss how federal, state, and local governments can work together with schools, communities, and families to help ensure our schools are safe places for students to learn. The conference took place on October 10, 2006, at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland. This document includes the opening remarks and panel I: preventing violence in schools.

  White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security (U.S.)

  2006-10-10?
• Status of Data on Crime and Violence in Schools: Final Report

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  "Supported by Goal Six of the Goals 2000 Act, several Federal programs and initiatives currently are underway to counter and deter crime and violence in schools. In connection with these efforts, Congress passed legislation requiring the National Center for Education Statistics to collect data to determine the frequency, seriousness, and incidence of violence in elementary and secondary schools in the States. The data will be used to evaluate the impact of Federal programs and initiatives designed to prevent violence in schools. ESSI/AIR [Education Statistics Services Institute/American Institutes for Research] presents in this report an overview of the extant national datasets that can be used to satisfy the legislation. We describe the information related to school crime and violence present in the datasets, and, when possible, we provide a brief assessment of the quality of that information. We also identify and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of a report to Congress based upon the most recently collected data. Finally, we provide recommendations for developing a survey system designed to collect rigorous and detailed information on crime and violence in schools."

  National Center for Education Statistics; United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement

  Khattri, Nidhi

  1997-04
• Through Our Eyes: Children, Violence, and Trauma: Interventions in Schools Transcript

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  This is the text transcript of the video, "Children, Violence, and Trauma-Interventions in Schools" which can be found at https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=752863. "Exposure to violence can impede a child's ability to learn and thrive in school. Teachers, coaches, and other school staff and volunteers can play a critical role in recognizing and reporting signs of violence and trauma in a child's life." The video "identifies some types of violence that children may experience at school or on their way to or from school, and highlights preventative measures that some schools are taking to protect their students."

  United States. Office of Justice Programs. Office for Victims of Crime

  2014-04