School Violence

Educational Tools/Resources

•  School Violence National and Regional Resources Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. School Violence National and Regional Resources (samhsa.gov)
• National Association of School Psychologists. School Violence Resources. School Violence Resources (nasponline.org)
• Florida Department of Education. Prevention & Intervention. Prevention & Intervention (fldoe.org)
•  Florida Department of Education. Florida Safe Schools Assessment Tool. https://www.fldoe.org/safe-schools/fssat-tool.stml
• School Violence Mini Resource Guide. https://americansecuritytoday.com/school-violence-mini-resource-guide-presented-by-pwporg-org/
• NSSC's Checklist of Characteristics of Youth Who Have Caused School-Associated Violent Deaths(1998)
  This is the National School Safety Center's checklist of behaviors that could indicate a youth’s potential for harming him/herself or others.
• NWREL’s Safe and Secure: Guides to Creating Safer Schools(2002)
  This set of eight guidebooks is intended to help educators obtain current, useful information on topics relevant to comprehensive safe school planning efforts.
• USDE's Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools(1998)

Reports/Publications

•  Sen-Crowe, B., Autrey, C., Newsome, K., Mckenney, M., & Elkbuli, A. (2021). Mass Shootings and Their Proximity to a Public or Private School: Protecting the Health and Livelihood of Our Children. The American surgeon, 31348211063557. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00031348211063557
• Sanchez, C., Jaguan, D., Shaikh, S., McKenney, M., & Elkbuli, A. (2020). A systematic review of the causes and prevention strategies in reducing gun violence in the United States. The American journal of emergency medicine, 38(10), 2169–2178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.06.062
• Elkbuli, A., Dowd, B., Casin, A., Stotsenburg, M., Zitek, T., McKenney, M., & Boneva, D. (2019). Stop the Bleed training outreach initiatives targeting high school students: It takes a community to save a life. The American journal of emergency medicine, 37(10), 1985–1987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2019.04.033
• Exemplary and Promising Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools Programs 2001(2002)
  This U.S. Department of Education report provides a description and contact information for 9 exemplary and 33 promising programs selected by an expert panel.
• Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for Prevention of School Attacks in the United States(2002)
  This U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Department of Education report details findings of a study of school shootings and other school-based attacks to identify information that may be noticed beforehand to prevent school-based attacks.
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2003(2003)
  A joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics, this report presents data on crime occurring in school and on the way to/from school from the perspectives of students, teachers, principals, and the general population.
• NSSC Review of School Safety Research(2001)
  This National School Safety Center report summarizes studies on school safety and school climate.
• School Health Guidelines to Prevent Unintentional Injuries and Violence(2001)
  This CDC research-based report summarizes school health recommendations for preventing unintentional injury, violence, and suicide among young persons.
• The School Shooter: A Threat Assessment Perspective(2000)
  This FBI report presents a systematic procedure for threat assessment and intervention for use by educators, law enforcement, and others involved in school safety.
• Violence-Related Behaviors Among High School Students -- United States, 1991-2003 (2004)
  This CDC report summarizes the results of an analysis of Youth Risk Behavior Survey data to examine changes in violence-related behaviors among high school students. 
• Wide Scope, Questionable Quality: Three Reports from the Study on School Violence and Prevention(2002) 
  These reports provide findings of a federally funded study to investigate the extent of problem behavior in schools nationally and several aspects of delinquency prevention efforts in schools.

Other Resources

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Fast Fact: Preventing School Violence. https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/youthviolence/schoolviolence/fastfact.html
• National Parent Teacher Association (PTA): 10 Things You Can Do to Prevent Violence in Your School Community. https://www.pta.org/home/family-resources/safety/School-Safety/Checklist-to-Help-Prevent-Violence-in-Schools
• Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. U.S Department of Justice. Resource Center: https://cops.usdoj.gov/RIC/ric.php 
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Violence Prevention provides violence prevention resources for physicians and parents, including a searchable Violence Intervention and Prevention Program Database
• Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice (CECP)
  provides an extensive collection of links to Web resources on issues of emotional and behavioral problems in children and youth, and a School Violence Prevention and Intervention issue area offering pertinent documents
• Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, U.S. Dept. Ed. administers policy for improving programs designed to support student drug and violence prevention activities; offers reports and publications, programs and initiatives.
• School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS), CDC provides the results of CDC's national survey on school health policies and programs, including those related to violence prevention and suicide prevention.
• Take a Stand. Lend a Hand. Stop Bullying Now!, U.S. Dept. HHS offers information and resources for youth, parents, professionals, and the media, for this national public health campaign to reduce and prevent bullying.