School safety
NIJ Virtual Conference on School Safety
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 conference brought together researchers, educators, law enforcement, mental health professionals, from federal agencies, national and state school safety organizations, and others in an effort to disseminate key findings, provide firsthand accounts of implementing research into the field, and engage...
Student Threat Assessment: Virginia Study Finds Progress, Areas to Improve
A modified approach to in-school victimization, authoritative school climate, and student feelings of safety
Cyberbullying in Schools: Meta-Analysis Finds That Tailored Programming Protects Students
An Investigation of School Resource and Safety Programs Policy and Practice in Virginia
NIJ Virtual Conference on School Safety 2021 - Recording
Assessing Readiness, Implementation, and Effects Associated with a Comprehensive Framework Designed to Reduce School Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial
School and Family Engagement - Trauma Informed: A Research Project to Examine What Keeps Schools Safe
Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Sustainability of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in Increasing School Safety for Urban Low-Income Middle School
Testing Integrative Models to Improve School Safety: Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports and the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
University of Missouri-St. Louis Comprehensive Safe Schools Initiative (UMSL CSSI)
Anti-Bullying Intervention for Teachers Shows Positive, Short-Term Outcomes
The Bullying Classroom Check-Up — an integrated coaching and mixed-reality simulator strategy — has potential for coaching teachers to detect and identify bullying in the classroom, but the effects were not sustained by the end of the second school year.
Advancing Understanding, and Informing Prevention of Public Mass Shootings: Findings from NIJ Funded Studies, Part 2