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TECHBeat, February 2019

Date Published
February 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material, Grants and Funding

Applying the Latest Research to Prevent Bullying: Empowering Schools to Change Behavior & Attitudes

January 2020
Series
Research Spotlight

Bullying prevention is an important aspect of school safety. During this webinar, co-sponsored by NIJ and the Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention, renowned bullying prevention researchers will share information schools can use to address bullying. This information will include helping teachers respond to bullying in the classroom and giving students who see bullying tools to take action to address it. 

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NIJ Journal Issue No. 248

Journal
National Institute of Justice Journal
Date Published
March 2002
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Collected Work

NIJ Journal Issue No. 255

Journal
National Institute of Justice Journal
Date Published
November 2006
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Collected Work

Using Research To Understand Cyberbullying

Date Published
October 2016
Agencies
NIJ
Publication Type
Technical Assistance, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Instructional Material (Programmed)

Nurse-Family Partnerships: From Trials to International Replication

January 2010
Series
Research for the Real World

David Olds, founder of the Nurse-Family Partnership Program, describes the programs long-term impact on mothers and babies who began participating in the program more than 19 years ago. The Nurse-Family Partnership maternal health program introduces vulnerable first-time parents to maternal and child health nurses. It allows nurses to deliver the support first-time moms need to have a healthy pregnancy, become knowledgeable and responsible parents, and provide their babies and later children and young adults with the best possible start in life.

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Children Exposed to Violence

June 2010

Panelists will discuss the results of the recent Office of Juvenile Justice and ​Delinquency Prevention's National Survey on Children's Exposure to Violence and findings from a seven-year follow-up study, funded by NIJ, on home visitation in New York. The survey's findings included startling figures: More than 60 percent of the children interv​iewed were exposed to violence, crime and abuse within the past year, and more than 1 in 10 were injured in an assault.

Transcript
Children Exposed to Violence
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Erica L. Smith: Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics , Erica L. Smith: Statistician, Bureau of Justice Statistics Kimberly DuMont: Research Associate, New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Rensselaer , David Finkelhor: Director, Crimes Against Children Research Center; Co-Director, Family Research Laboratory; and Professor, Department of Sociology, University of New Hampshire, Durham , Patricia Stern: Founder and Chief Consultant, Stern Steps