School security

The Distinction Between Transient and Substantive Student Threats

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Making Schools Safer and/or Creating a Pipeline to Prison: A Study of North Carolina Schools

Date Published

June 2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Implementing School Based Youth Courts in a Rural Context The Impact on Students Perceptions of School Climate, Individual Functioning, and Interpersonal Relationships.

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Statewide Implementation of Threat Assessment in Virginia K-12 Schools

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Student Threats of Violence Against Teachers: Prevalence and Outcomes Using a Threat Assessment Approach

Date Published

2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Student Threat Assessment as an Alternative to Exclusionary Discipline

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Building Adult Social and Emotional Capacity: A Key Ingredient for Unleashing the Power of Prevention

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

National Assessment of the Relationship Between Tip Line Implementation and School Safety Outcomes

Date Published

August 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Sharing Information To Promote a Culture of Safety

Date Published

2017

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Case Study

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Building Schools' Readiness To Implement a Comprehensive Approach to School Safety

Date Published

2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Effects of School Resource Officers on School Crime and Responses to School Crime

Date Published

2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description, Administration/Management Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Surveillance or Safekeeping? How School Security Officer and Camera Presence Influence Students' Perceptions of Safety, Equity, and Support

Date Published

December 2018

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Threat Assessment as a School Violence Prevention Strategy

Date Published

January 2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Marketing/Promotional, Issue Overview

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

School Threat Assessment Versus Suicide Assessment: Statewide Prevalence and Case Characteristics

Date Published

2019

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Science of School Safety

August 2022

Series

Justice Today Podcast

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: