The Students, Teachers, Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Grant Program is designed to improve K-12 school security by providing students and teachers with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and help prevent acts of violence and ensure a...
Data visualization allows data to be presented in an easily-digestible, visual format which reveals patterns and trends. It helps people make sense of the information they are being presented with, and when done well, it allows them to better understand what the data...
Definition Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is an approach to education that supports students’ learning skills and strategies to help them be successful in interpersonal relationships, make healthy choices, and prepare for life beyond the...
NIJ-funded researchers from RTI International partnered with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina to conduct a randomized controlled trial of two particular types of evidence-based treatments, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and structured psychotherapy...
This publication from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) provides an overview of the literature on school safety in the United States, with a focus on equity. Using the framework developed by the NIJ, this publication situates a comprehensive school safety...
The need for developmentally appropriate crisis response services for youth is acute. Yet, while many crisis response systems have robust services in place for adults, there are often considerable gaps in the capacity to serve youth and families. Too often, youth...
Retention of staff and effective transitions are important for the sustainability of school safety projects. However, all organizations have to manage changes in personnel, and planning is necessary to ensure continuity when the composition of a team changes. This...
As more schools become involved in social media monitoring and response, a variety of logistical, technological, and ethical challenges appear. This document highlights example practices, concerns, and methods for social media monitoring in a school setting. Also...
The U.S. Department of Justice Community Relations Service (CRS) provides services to communities to respond to community tension and allegations of bias and hate incidents. This CRS toolkit contains best practices, strategies, and resources for supporting safe and...
School Resources Officers (SROs) have become more consistently present in schools around the country. But how do students, teachers, principals, and parents perceive the role and effectiveness of SROs? To help answer this question, researchers from Michigan...
This video was created and produced by Lucas Fountain, Production Assistant at the National Center for School Safety. When done correctly, information sharing is a crucial part of any school system and should be used to prevent incidents and protect students, staff,...
Anonymous Reporting Systems (ARS) have been widely implemented in schools across the United States as a violence prevention strategy. In this video, Dr. Libby Messman describes a systematic review of published literature from the last 25 years on the use of Anonymous...
This 2020 National Institute of Justice (NIJ) report details the model and best practices for comprehensive school safety determined through four years of research conducted under the NIJ’s Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI). The NIJ developed a...
The National Institute of Justice’s (NIJ) Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI) is a research-focused initiative that brings together the nation’s best minds to increase the safety of schools nationwide. CSSI projects require close collaborations between...
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 the National Institute of Justice...
What are restorative practices and why are some schools opting to implement them? Restorative practices are one set of strategies that may improve school climate, promote student health and wellbeing, lower discipline rates, and reduce racial disparities...
Video Introduction: School Safety Communications Planning Guide.This video was created and produced by Lynn Fountain, Production Assistant at the National Center for School Safety. Schools must communicate their safety plans in a clear, accessible, and timely manner...
Video Introduction: Physical Security Measures Overview.This video was created and produced by Lynn Fountain, Production Assistant, and Brent Miller, Training Manager, at the National Center for School Safety. Designed for school personnel, the Physical Security...
Following a crisis like a school shooting, students and community members in the surrounding area are likely to experience a trauma response. Students in surrounding communities may experience vicarious trauma or secondary traumatic stress. Although their healing...
In an earlier video in our SRO series, you learned the first five things an SRO should do. This last video of the series shares the next five things you should do, including understanding school rules and the law, joining the threat assessment team, understanding...
The Students, Teachers, Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Grant Program is designed to improve K-12 school security by providing students and teachers with the tools they need to recognize, respond quickly to, and help prevent acts of violence and ensure a...
Abstract: In 2019, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) was directed to provide Congress with a report on the state of school policing in the United States that examined the current role of police in schools and provided recommendations on how they can better serve...
Abstract: Although school violence is on the decline, it remains a significant concern for the general public, policymakers, and researchers. This report commissioned by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) takes a comprehensive look at the state of the research on...
This publication by the NIJ summarizes work done to create a national open-source database of all known shootings that resulted in at least one injury on K-12 school grounds between 1990 and 2016. The researchers included...
