Threat assessment
Student Threats of Violence Against Teachers: Prevalence and Outcomes Using a Threat Assessment Approach
Student Threat Assessment as an Alternative to Exclusionary Discipline
Sharing Information To Promote a Culture of Safety
Mass Attacks Defense Toolkit: Preventing Mass Attacks, Saving Lives
Threat Assessment as a School Violence Prevention Strategy
School Threat Assessment Versus Suicide Assessment: Statewide Prevalence and Case Characteristics
The Science of School Safety
The Science of School Safety
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
Five Facts About Mass Shootings in K-12 Schools
Operationalizing theory: A moral-situational action model for extremist violence
High school graduation outcomes of student threat assessment
Application of the Social Learning Theory to Domestic Terrorist Recruitment
Prediction and Control of Organized Crime: A Risk Assessment Instrument for Targeting Law Enforcement Efforts
Law Enforcement Assessment of the Violent Extremism Threat
Ideology and Threat Assessment: Law Enforcement Evaluation of Muslim and Right-wing Extremism
Student Threat Assessment as a Standard School Safety Practice: Results From a Statewide Implementation Study
Similar crimes, similar behaviors? Comparing lone-actor terrorists and public mass murderers
Impact of a School-Based, Multi-Tiered Emotional and Behavioral Health Crisis Intervention on School Safety and Discipline
NIJ-Funded Research on Mass Shootings to Advance Evidence-Based Policy and Practice
Mass public shootings continue to threaten communities in the United States, yet research on this criminal phenomenon is limited. In this full thematic panel, renowned experts will present a series of research projects summarizing NIJ-funded research projects’ newest findings on public mass shootings. The discussion will focus on NIJ’s investment to address the phenomenon of mass shootings through innovative study approaches to advance our understanding of mass shootings and inform prevention efforts. The implications of this research to criminal justice will also be discussed.
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Incidence of ideologically influenced threatening and violent activity in rural communities
Countering Threats to Correctional Institution Security: Identifying Innovation Needs to Address Current and Emerging Concerns
Impact of COVID-19 on School Safety Research - Roundtable Discussion, 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. This video present a roundtable discussion from the conference.
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