Final Progress Report: Wisconsin School Violence and Bullying Prevention Project
Date Published
2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
School violence
A Developmental Study of the Keeping Kids in School Initiative, Final Report
Date Published
September 2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
The Effectiveness of the Say-Something Anonymous Reporting System in Preventing School Violence: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial in 19 Middle Schools
Date Published
August 2022
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Evaluation of a Community-focused Violence Intervention and Prevention Program
15PNIJ-22-GK-03016-CVIP
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$637,685
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
The Impact of School Police Reform on Student Safety and School Experiences
15PNIJ-22-GG-03145-RESS
Open
Funding First Awarded
2022
$249,670
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
The Rolling Hotspot? Perceptions of Behavioral Problems on School Buses Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Transportation Officials
Date Published
2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Teacher Victimization, Turnover, and Contextual Factors Promoting Resilience
Date Published
2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Description
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
An exploratory study of violence and aggression against teachers in middle and high schools: Prevalence, predictors, and negative consequences
Date Published
2018
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Use and Impact of the Wisconsin Bullying Prevention Program Assessment Tool in Addressing Middle School Bullying
Date Published
September 2019
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical),
Report (Study/Research),
Report (Grant Sponsored),
Program/Project Evaluation,
Program/Project Description
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Does School Climate Mean the Same Thing in the United States as in Mexico? A Focus on Measurement Invariance
Date Published
2019
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
Date Published
August 2022
Agencies
NIJ
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:
Five Facts About Mass Shootings in K-12 Schools
Date Published
August 2022
Publication Type
Issue Overview,
Factsheet
Agencies
NIJ
A meta-analysis of longitudinal partial correlations between school violence and mental health, school performance, and criminal or delinquent acts
Date Published
2021
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Community Violence Intervention
June 2022
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Amy Solomon and Senior Advisor Eddie Bocanegra team up in this Justice Today podcast to discuss community violence intervention. Bocanegra discusses his own experience with gang violence and incarceration and his work in OJP to help the Biden Administration tackle community-based violence. This episode was recorded before the FY 2022 Office of Justice Programs Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative grant solicitation closed.
School Violence
Keeping K-12 schools and students safe from violence calls for multiple strategies to prevent violence and, if it occurs, reduce the chances it will happen again. These strategies should be based in knowledge of the factors contributing to violence at school.
On this page, find links to articles, awards, events, publications, and multimedia related to school violence.
High school graduation outcomes of student threat assessment
Date Published
2021
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored