Links to Publications on School Violence

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• The Annual Report on School Safety presents a description of the nature and extent of crime and violence on school property. (HTML)
  
  
• Checklist of Characteristics of Youth Who Have Caused School-Associated Violent Deaths presents a checklist of youth behaviors which could indicate a youth’s potential for harming him/herself or others. (HTML)
  
  
• The Colorado Model Inter-Agency Agreement is a guide for schools and communities attempting to implement Colorado juvenile information exchange laws. A convenient Quick Reference Outline of the Agreement is also available.
  • Model Agreement (PDF) or (Word Document)
  • Summary Outline (PDF) or (Word Document)
    
    
• Combating Fear and Restoring Safety in Schools, an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Bulletin, discusses a national effort to reach youth who are absent or truant from school because of school-associated fear and intimidation. (PDF)
  
  
• Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools offers research-based practices designed to assist school communities identify these warning signs early and develop prevention, intervention and crisis response plans. (HTML)
  
  
• High School Youths, Weapons, and Violence: A National Survey, a National Institute of Justice Research in Brief, examines the extent to which a national sample of male high school sophomores and juniors was involved in, or otherwise affected by, firearm-related activity. (PDF)
  
  
• Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2003 provides a profile of school crime and safety in the United States and describes the characteristics of the victims of these crimes. (HTML)
  
  
• Juvenile Offenders and Victims:1999 National Report presents statistical information on juvenile offenders and victims. (HTML)
  
  
• Reducing Youth Gun Violence: An Overview of Programs and Initiatives addresses youth gun violence and to presents information on current legislation, research, and violence prevention and intervention programs in the area of youth gun violence reduction. (HTML)
  
  
• School Associated Violent Deaths is National School Safety Center report that has tracked school-associated violent deaths in the United States from July 1992 to the present. (PDF)
  
  
• Violence and Discipline Problems in U.S. Public Schools: 1996-97 presents findings from the Principal/School Disciplinarian Survey on School Violence commissioned by National Center for Education Statistics to obtain current data on school violence and other discipline issues in our nation's public elementary and secondary schools. (HTML)
  
  
• Violence Among Middle School and High School Students: Analysis and Implications for Prevention presents findings from a study on violent incidents occurring between adolescents. (PDF)
  
  
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance — United States, 2003 summarizes results from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) health risk behavior (including weapon carrying, physical fighting, and school-related violence) surveys conducted among high school students from February through December 2003. (PDF)