Effects of School Climate on School Disorder
Date Published
2000
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Middle school age (11-13)
Training Helps Lincoln School Resource Officers Learn About Adolescent Mental Health
Date Published
February 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Final Summary Overview: Understanding the Impact of School Safety on the High School Transition Experience: From Etiology to Prevention
Date Published
February 2020
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Effects of the Second Step Program in Middle School on Violence, Victimization, and Substance Use in High School
Date Published
April 1, 2019
NIJ-funded researchers looked at the effect of the program on participants in their high school years.
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 interviewed were exposed to violence, crime and abuse within the past year, and more than 1 in 10 were injured in an assault.
Transcript
Audio file
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
Gang Membership Prevention
June 2010
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIJ collaborated on a book that focuses on promising principles for gang membership prevention. This NIJ Conference Panel discusses the risk and protective factors that influence gang membership as well as efforts to reduce such factors. Panelists also explored the direction of gang research for the future.
Transcript
Audio file
1 of 4: Gang Membership Prevention, Louis Tuthill, National Institute of Justice
, 2 of 4: Gang Membership Prevention, Gretchen C.F. Shappert, Project Safe Neighborhoods National Coordinator and Anti-Gang Coordinator, Executive Office for United States Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice
, 3 of 4: Gang Membership Prevention, James Buddy Howell, Senior Research Associate, National Youth Gang Center in Tallahassee, Fla.; and Special Advisor, Life History Research Program, University of Pittsburgh
, 4 of 4: Gang Membership Prevention, Jorja Leap, Adjunct Associate Professor of Social Welfare, School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles
Fire Forensics: Claims and Evidence
Event Dates
Location
Online
Event Type
Web
Registration Status
Not Required
Shelby County School District Comprehensive School Safety Initiative
2016-CK-BX-0011
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$4,833,916
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Participatory Peace Circles in New York City Schools
2016-CK-BX-0023
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$4,181,239
Building Healthy Teen Relationships: An Evaluation of a Dating Violence Prevention Program with Middle School Students
Date Published
July 21, 2016
Preventing dating violence is a concern for school administrators across the nation. One challenging aspect of school prevention programs is that most only target high school students even though dating violence begins in middle school.
Evaluation of an Intensive Truancy Reduction Program (CISDRXT) within Communities In Schools (CIS) of the Dallas Region
2015-CK-BX-0015
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$4,609,701
Developing Knowledge About What Works to Make Schools Safe: Implementation and Evaluation of Tools for Life in Jackson Public School District in MI
2015-CK-BX-0005
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2015
$4,988,217