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For nearly 25 years, NIJ has funded a wide variety of research and evaluation projects to increase knowledge about what works to keep K-12 students safe and identify the root causes and consequences of school violence.

On this page, you will find links to articles, awards, events, publications, and multimedia related to school safety.

It Can Happen Here

Date Published

February 2013

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Instructional Material (Programmed), Case Study

Agencies

NIJ

Tip Line Blueprint Offers Help to Schools

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Men Who Murder Their Families: What the Research Tells Us - NIJ Research for the Real World Seminar

Date Published

June 2009

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Presentation (Multimedia), Conference Material

Agencies

NIJ

COPS Office and Police Foundation Release Reports on Averted School Violence

Date Published

March 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Connect and Redirect to Respect: Final Report

Date Published

January 2019

Publication Type

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

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Awards for FY 2014

Date Published

October 2014

Publication Type

Technical Assistance, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ

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

Date Published

July 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative: Awards Made in Fiscal Year 2017

Date Published

February 2018

Publication Type

Statistics, Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description, Grants and Funding

Agencies

NIJ

NIJ’s Comprehensive School Safety Initiative

Research Funded Under the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative

School Safety: By the Numbers

Date Published

November 2017

Publication Type

Statistics, Report (Summary), Issue Overview, Factsheet

Agencies

NIJ

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

2017-CK-BX-0006

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$498,265

Improvement of School Climate Assessment in Virginia Secondary Schools

2017-CK-BX-0007

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$999,802

Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System to Improve School Safety

2017-CK-BX-0002

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2017

$999,679

Scaling-up Schoolwide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) Framework in Rural Settings through the Idaho Rural Implementation Model (I-RIM)

2017-CK-BX-0021

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2017

$5,691,859

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Interventions to Decrease Cyberbullying Perpetration and Victimization

2017-CK-BX-0009

Open

Funding First Awarded

2017

$498,322

Taking Effective School Violence Prevention to Scale

2017-CK-BX-0020

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2017

$6,867,878

Sharing Ideas and Resources To Keep Our Nation's Schools Safe (Volume V)

Date Published

June 2017

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Sharing Ideas and Resources to Keep Our Nation's Schools Safe (Volume IV)

Date Published

June 2016

Publication Type

Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

States' Roles in Keeping Schools Safe: Opportunities and Challenges for State School Safety Centers and Other Actors

Date Published

July 2017

Series

NIJ Crime Files

Publication Type

Youth-Oriented Material, Report (Technical Assistance), Legislation/Policy Description, Issue Overview, Instructional Material

Agencies

NIJ

Summary of School Safety Statistics

Date Published

July 2017

Publication Type

Statistics, Report (Summary)

Agencies

NIJ

From The Director: NIJ's Role in Strengthening Policing Science - Part II

Date Published

August 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Using Technology to Prevent Violence in Schools

NIJ FY17 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative

Closing Date

March 24, 2017

The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI) funds rigorous research to produce practical knowledge that can improve the safety of schools and students. The initiative is carried out through partnerships between researchers, educators and other stakeholders, including law enforcement and mental health professionals. Projects funded under the CSSI are designed to produce knowledge that can be applied to schools and school districts across the nation for...