Schools

The Bureau of Justice Statistics, in collaboration with the National Center for Education Statistics, has released "Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2016." This annual report provides the most recent data on school crime and student safety. The report contains 23 indicators of crime and safety at schools on topics including victimization at school, teacher injury, bullying and cyberbullying, school conditions...

The National Association of School Resource Officers will host the 2017 National Leadership Summit: School-Based Policing and School Safety in the 21st Century on May 8-9, 2017, in Hoover, AL. This event is designed to help law enforcement, school personnel, juvenile court judges, and stakeholders address school safety.

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Learn more and register to attend.

See OJJDP's Model Programs Guide to learn about programs promoting school safety.

The National Criminal Justice Training Center will host the School Resource Officer Training Conference on June 13-15, 2017, in Appleton, WI. This training is designed to help law enforcement and school personnel address school violence and youth victimization through crime prevention and response strategies. Presenters will examine the impacts of trauma on youth and discuss strategies for working with students experiencing mental illness and learning disabilities...

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

By: Jennifer Tyson, Research Coordinator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

Schools across the U.S. frequently confront the issue of bullying among their student population. However, identifying the nature of a specific bullying problem (including its symptoms and causes) in a given school-and implementing solutions that work-is complicated. While research on evidence-based programs is helpful in guiding school personnel...