The Adaptation and Evaluation of the Fourth R Youth Dating Violence Curriculum for Indigenous Communities
15PNIJ-22-GG-01623-NIJB
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$1,099,393
Crime prevention
Investigating Impulsivity as a Root Cause of School Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
15PNIJ-22-GG-03140-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$499,872
Exploring mentor practices using data from OJJDP’s Mentoring Enhancement Demonstration Program
15PNIJ-22-GG-01425-MENT
Past Project Period End Date
Funding First Awarded
2022
$200,285
Campus Climate and Sexual Violence Experiences of Students Attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities
15PNIJ-22-GG-01621-NIJB
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$1,195,618
Grade Configuration Is Associated With School-Level Standardized Test Pass Rates for Sixth-, Seventh-, and Eighth-Grade Students
Journal
School Effectiveness and School Improvement
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Statewide Implementation of Threat Assessment in Virginia K-12 Schools
Journal
Contemporary School Psychology
Date Published
2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Description
Student Threats of Violence Against Teachers: Prevalence and Outcomes Using a Threat Assessment Approach
Journal
Teaching and Teacher Education
Date Published
2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Description
Student Threat Assessment as an Alternative to Exclusionary Discipline
Journal
Journal of School Violence
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Description
The Missouri Prevention Center: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Reducing the Societal Prevalence and Burden of Youth Mental Health Problems
Journal
American Psychologist
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Building Adult Social and Emotional Capacity: A Key Ingredient for Unleashing the Power of Prevention
Journal
Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
Date Published
2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Youth Suicide Prevention and School Climate Measurement Act of 2015: Report
Date Published
October 2017
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Legislation/Policy Analysis,
Issue Overview
Intimate Partner Abuse Solution Programs: Identifying High-Priority Needs Within the Criminal Justice System for Programs Focused on Intimate Partner Violence Prevention
Date Published
2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Secretariat for ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 37, Biometrics
15PNIJ-21-GG-00662-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$50,000
Averting Tragedy: An Exploration of Thwarted Mass Public Shootings Relative to Completed Attacks
Journal
Criminal Justice Review
Date Published
July 2022
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
The North Carolina Youth Violence Prevention Center: Using a Multifaceted, Ecological Approach to Reduce Youth Violence in Impoverished, Rural Areas
Journal
Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
Date Published
2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Evaluation
Modeling Ecological Risk, Health Promotion, and Prevention Program Effects for Rural Adolescents
Journal
Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Evaluation
Use and Impact of the Wisconsin Bullying Prevention Program Assessment Tool in Addressing Middle School Bullying
Journal
International Journal of Bullying Prevention
Date Published
September 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Beliefs About Fighting and Their Relations to Urban Adolescents' Frequency of Aggression and Victimization: Evaluation of the Beliefs About Fighting Scale
Journal
Journal of Early Adolescence
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Program/Project Evaluation
Deviant Peer Factors During Early Adolescence: Cause or Consequence of Physical Aggression?
Journal
Child Development
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Longitudinal Relations Between Trauma-related Psychological Distress and Physical Aggression Among Urban Early Adolescents
Journal
Journal of Clinical Psychology
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Victimization, Aggression, and Other Problem Behaviors: Trajectories of Change Within and Across Middle School Grades
Journal
Journal of Research on Adolescence
Date Published
2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Threat Assessment as a School Violence Prevention Strategy
Journal
Criminology & Public Policy
Date Published
January 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Issue Overview
School Threat Assessment Versus Suicide Assessment: Statewide Prevalence and Case Characteristics
Journal
Psychology in the Schools
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
A Multilevel MTMM Approach to Estimating the Influences of Contextual Factors on Trait and Informant-Based Method Effects in Assessments of School Climate
Journal
Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
Date Published
2018
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
The Science of School Safety
August 2022
Series
Gun violence may be the most discussed topic surrounding school safety, but it is by no means the only one. Bullying, school climate, and mental health affect students across the country, and are some of the many other issues that NIJ researches. Mary Poulin Carlton, an NIJ social science analyst, joins host Paul Haskins to discuss these and other important school safety issues.
Reading and Resources from the National Institute of Justice:
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