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School Safety Resources (Fall 2007, Vol. 13, No. 1)

Surveys, Studies, and Reports on School Violence | School-Violence And School-Safety Organizations | Anti-Bullying Resources | Victims Organizations | Newspapers, Magazines, and Broadcast Media | Books | Lessons on Violence and Tolerance | Mediation Resources | LISTSERVS

See also "School Violence Links" on the CRF School Violence web site.

Surveys, Studies, and Reports on School Violence

Creating Safe Schools (National School Safety Center. 1999.) Offers methods to develop and sustain school-community partnerships for school safety.

Indicators of School Crime and Safety  (Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2006.) A Department of Justice study compiled annually.

Issues Raised by the Virginia Tech Tragedy (U.S Department of Health and Human Services. 2007.) Explores school safety themes and identifies existing school-safety strategies used by schools nationwide.

Preventing School Violence (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.2007.) Updated school safety resources.

Responding to Hate at School  (Teaching Tolerance. 2006.)  Everyday action, school-wide emergency response, long-range committment to addressing and preventing hate-motivated school behaviors.

Warning Signs of Youth Violence (American Psychological Association Help Center. 2004.) Comprehensive fact and methods sheets on youth-violence warning signs and preventative measures.

Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General  (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2001.) A comprehensive report on youth-violence issues.

Youth Violence: Fact Sheet (Center for Disease Control. 2007.)  Frequently updated statistics to provide an overview of youth violence in the United States.

Keep Schools Safe (National Association of Attorneys General and the National School Boards Association. 2007.)  Keep Schools Safe provides  resources on violence in schools for teachers, school administrators, parents, and students.

National School Safety Center  Resources to promote  safe, secure and peaceful schools and to implement the prevention of school crime and violence.   Parent Resources (National Parent Teacher Association. 2007.) Resources for parents to address youth violence in homes, schools, and communities.

Prevention Against School Violence Fact Sheets (Prevention Institute. 2001.) Eight fact sheets designed to support the development of comprehensive school-violence prevention efforts. The Prevention Institute strives to address complex health and social issues by fostering  systematic strategies designed to change conditions that impact community health.

Prevention and Response to School Violence (International Association of Chiefs of Police. 2007.) Pevention and intervention strategies emphasizing school, community, family, law-enforcement and justice-system partnerships.

Safe, Secure and Healthy Schools (National Education Association. 2007.) Strategies to address the root causes of violence among students.

Safe Schools Initiative (U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Department of Education. 2006.) Survey on school shootings and other attacks with emphasis on prevention.

School Violence  (National Criminal Justice Reference Center. 2006.) Resources on school violence, victimization, and youth action projects.

School Violence (National Youth Violence Prevention Center. 2007.) Articles, fact sheets, and recommended online resources for students, educators, and parents.

Southwest Education Development Laboratory "School Safety" education-based methods to guide students who cause safety problems into becoming allies in resolving them.

Teaching Tolerance  Teaching resources for dealing with school violence such as bigotry, hate crimes, and bullying.

Youth Violence Prevention Online (Center for Disease Control. 2007.) A federal resource for professionals, parents and youth working to prevent violence committed by and against young people.

Anti-Bullying Resources

Cyberbullying.org Facts about and solutions for cyber-bullying.

Anti-Bullying Activities (Teaching Tolerance) Bullying survey and quiz designed to increase awareness about bullying.

National Bullying Awareness Campaign (National Education Association) Information on bullying and prevention.

The ABCs of Bullying (Teaching Tolerance) Resources to help educators, parents and students address bullying in the classroom and beyond school walls.

Tips for Students on Bullying (Teaching Tolerance) Suggestions for what students can do when bullying occurs.

Victims' Organizations

Kids Peace A national centers for kids overcoming crisis.

The National Center for Victims of Crime The nation's leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims.

Newspapers, Magazines and Broadcast Media

CNN: Are Our Schools Safe? An in-depth special feature.

New York Times Topics: Gun Control

New York Times Topics: Virginia Tech Shooting

Teacher Talk: Violence in the Schools From Teacher Talk, a new publication for secondary school teachers.

USA Today Coverage on the Columbine Shootings

Washington Post's coverage of the Columbine Shootings

Yahoo Full Coverage: School Violence

Yahoo Full Coverage: Virginia Tech Shootings

Books

School Violence: Fears Versus Facts by Dewey G. Cornell

School Shootings and School Violence: A Hot Issue by Barbara C. Cruz.

At Issue Series: School Shootings by Susan C. Hunnicut.

Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings by Katherine S. Newman.

  Lessons on Tolerance and Violence

Education World Five lessons for teaching tolerance, for students of all grade levels. The lessons include "Bursting Stereotypes," "How tolerant are kids in your school?," "Those Tear-me-apart, put-me-back-together, never be the same again blues," " Teaching about tolerance through music," and "Everybody is unique: a lesson in respect for other's differences."

Association for Conflict Resolution "Teaching Students to be Peacemakers."

Conflict Mediation Programs An array of articles on how peer mediation can be helpful in solving problems at schools.

LISTSERVS

High School Violence List  A place to voice your opinion on the reasons behind the apparent increase in violent death in today's high schools. Why are the levels of violence increasing? Who's to blame? What are the solutions?

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