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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:
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.
To better inform school safety and violence-prevention efforts, Virginia secondary schools sought to improve upon their comprehensive surveys of school climate.
