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Virtual Conference on School Safety - Welcome Message, Overview of CSSI, and a Philadelphia Story

February 2021

On February 16-18, 2021, the National Institute of Justice hosted the Virtual Conference on School Safety: Bridging Research to Practice to Safeguard Our Schools. This video includes a welcome message, an overview of the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative and School Safety Research at NIJ, and the presentation on "A Philadelphia Story: Innovating and Improving in a Large Urban District," by Abigail Gray and Kevin Bethel, School District of Philadelphia.

NIJ Virtual Conference on School Safety

On February 16-18, 2021, the National Institute of Justice hosted the Virtual Conference on School Safety: Bridging Research to Practice to Safeguard Our Schools. The conference brought together researchers, educators, law enforcement, mental health professionals, from federal agencies, national and state school safety organizations, and others in an effort to disseminate key findings, provide firsthand accounts of implementing research into the field, and engage...

Webinar: Research Assistantship Program, Academic Year 2021-2022

NIJ held a webinar on November 12, 2020, to discuss the academic year 2021-2022 Research Assistantship Program. The following is a transcript of that webinar. 

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ANGELA M. MOORE: Good afternoon, everyone. Before we get into the meat of the presentation, I first want to thank everyone for joining us and for your interest in NIJ's Research Assistantship Program. In addition, I just want to...

What Do the Data Reveal About Violence in Schools?

Date Published
November 13, 2020

A review of the most commonly cited sources of school safety data indicates that although crime and violence in schools have generally been decreasing for some time, multiple-victim homicide incidents have been increasing.