Publications

Following are some topical resources released in recent years:

Indicators of School Crime and Safety
Bureau of Justice Statistics, Annual Report

Solicitation Overview: FY 2023 Preventing School Violence: BJA’s STOP School Violence Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance, March 2023

The Effectiveness of the Say-Something Anonymous Reporting System in Preventing School Violence: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial in 19 Middle Schools
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, August 2022

Five Facts About Mass Shootings in K-12 Schools
National Institute of Justice, August 2022

State Report on the Gun-Free Schools Act: U.S. States and Other Jurisdictions 2019–20 School Year
U.S. Department of Education-Sponsored, March 2022

The Causes and Consequences of School Violence: A Review
National Institute of Justice, February 2022

Creation of School Shooting Open-Source Database Fuels Understanding
National Institute of Justice, February 2022

What Are Predictors of School Violence? What Are Its Consequences?
National Institute of Justice, February 2022

Confronting School Violence: A Synthesis of Six Decades of Research
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2022

Five Things About School-Based Violence Prevention and Intervention Programs
National Institute of Justice, November 2021

Averted School Violence (ASV) Database: 2021 Analysis Update
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services-Sponsored, May 2021

BJA's Student, Teacher, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance, May 2021

Assessing Readiness, Implementation, and Effects Associated with a Comprehensive Framework Designed to Reduce School Violence: A Randomized Controlled Trial
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2021

A Comprehensive Longitudinal Study of School Violence and the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Root Causes and Consequences of and Implications for Restorative Justice Approaches
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2021

Link for Schools: A System to Prevent Violence and its Adverse Impacts
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2021

What Do the Data Reveal About Violence in Schools?
National Institute of Justice, November 2020

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

Making Schools Safe for Students
National Institute of Justice, June 2019

Gangs in Schools
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention-Sponsored, March 2019

Effects of the Second Step Program in Middle School on Violence, Victimization, and Substance Use in High School
National Institute of Justice, April 2019

A Comparison of Averted and Completed School Attacks from the Police Foundation Averted School Violence Database
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services-Sponsored, February 2019

Related Resources

Averted School Violence Near Miss Reporting System
Developed by the Police Foundation with funding support from the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, this resource provides law enforcement officers, school personnel, and mental health professionals with the ability to share "close calls" in order to improve school safety and prevent tragedies.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Preventing School Violence
This section of the CDC site provides access to information and resources on school violence, including data, risk and protective factor information, and prevention materials.

CrimeSolutions
The National Institute of Justice's CrimeSolutions website provides ratings of programs and practices, including programs that relate to school safety, to help determine what works, what doesn't, and what's promising.

National Institute of Justice (NIJ): School Crime and Safety
This section of the NIJ site provides access to NIJ research, resources, and initiatives related to school safety, including the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
OJJDP provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization.

Striving To Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere (STRYVE)
STRYVE is a national initiative led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prevent youth violence before it starts among young people ages 10 to 24.

Youth Violence Special Feature
This Special Feature contains information and resources that focus on different forms of youth violence and prevention efforts aimed at addressing such violence.