Crisis Management Resources
- "Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools": (www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP/earlywarn.html) - An excellent guide for comprehensive violence prevention planning, published by the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Justice.
- Safer Schools: Strategies for Educators and Law Enforcement to Prevent Violence: (ncpc.org/eduleo.htm) An excellent website produced by the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC). Lists 12 things parents, students, teachers, principals, the community, and the rest of us can do to help prevent school violence.
- Keep Schools Safe (www.keepschoolssafe.org): Established by the National Association of Attorney Generals and the National School Boards Association to address the escalating problem of youth violence.
- Nationwide, Children Feel the Colorado Tragedy (www.nmha.org): National Mental Health Association Offers Tips for Parents & Teachers
- National School Safety Center (www.nssc1.org): National clearinghouse for school safety programs and activities.
- American Association of School Administrators (www.AASA.org): Professional organization for school leaders that can provide resources and on-line links concerning school safety and violence in the schools.
- U.S. Department of Education (www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS): The Safe & Drug Free Schools Program has its own web site and links to other education programs and federal agencies.
- U.S. Department of Justice (www.ncjrs.org/ojjdp): The Office of Juvenile Justice maintains an extensive list of on-line articles, fact sheets and other resources concerning youth violence, delinquency prevention and related subjects.
- National Association of School Psychologists (www.naspweb.org): This professional organization maintains extensive on-line resources about dealing with crisis situations in schools, including information about their National Emergency Assistance Team.
- National Organization for Victim Assistance (www.try-nova.org): This organization provides resources concerning community crisis response as well as access to trained Crisis Response Teams.
- Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (www.colorado.edu/cspv): This organization provides a clearinghouse for violence-related information specifically focused on youth violence. Housed at the University of Colorado at Boulder, CSPV is working on a project in which CSPV has identified outstanding violence prevention programs that have met a very high scientific standard of program effectiveness and has described these programs in a series called Blueprints for Violence Prevention. For more information contact the center at 303-492-1032 or visit the Web site.
- National PTA (www.pta.org)Includes links and information on school violence.
- Safe Schools Coalition, Inc. (www.ed.mtu.edu/safe): Nonprofit organization provides a network for organizations working for safer communities, sponsors workshops and provides links to related resources.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
230 North 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-567-7000
215-567-0394 (fax)
www.bbbsa.org
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
1230 West Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
404-815-5700
404-815-5789 (fax)
www.bgca.org
Bureau of Justice Assistance Clearinghouse
PO Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
800-688-4252
www.ncjrs.org
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado
Campus Box 442, Building #10
Boulder, CO 80309-0442
303-492-8465
303-443-3297 (fax)
www.colorado.edu/CSPV/
Educational Resources Information Clearinghouse
National Library of Education
U.S. Department of Education
600 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 2002-0498
800-LET ERIC
www.anspensys.com/eric/
Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse
PO Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
800-638-8736
www.ncjrs.org
National Association of Police Athletic Leagues
618 North US Highway 1, Suite 201
North Palm Beach, FL 33408
561-844-1823
561-863-6120 (fax)
National Center for Conflict Resolution Education
Illinois Institute for Dispute Resolution
110 West Main Street
Urbana, IL 61801
217-384-4118
217-384-8280 (fax)
National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information
PO Box 2345
Rockville, MD 20852
301-468-2600
www.health.org
National Crime Prevention Council
1700 K Street, NW, Second Floor
Washington, DC 20006-3817
202-466-6272
202-296-1356 (fax)
www.ncpc.org or www.weprevent.org
National Injury Control and Prevention Center
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30333
404-693-3311
404-639-1623 (fax)
www.cdc.gov/ncic/
National Institute for Dispute Resolution
1726 M Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 10036
202-466-4764
202-466-4769 (fax)
www.nidr.org
National PTA
330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60611
312-670-6782
www.pta.org
National School Safety Center
4165 Thousand Oaks Blvd, Ste 290
Westlake Village, CA 91362
805-373-9977
805-373-9277 (fax)
www.nssc1.org
National Youth Gang Information Center
Institute for Intergovernmental Research
PO Box 12729
Tallahassee, FL 33217
850-385-0600
850-386-5356 (fax)
www.iir.com/nygc/
Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
U.S. Department of Education
Portals Building, 600 Independence Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20202-6123
202-260-3954
202-260-7767 (fax)
www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/
Street Law, Inc.
918 16th Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006-2902
202-293-0088
202-293-0089 (fax)
www.streetlaw.org
Teens, Crime, and the Community
1700 K Street, NW, Second Floor
Washington, DC 20006-3817
202-466-6272, x152 or 161
202-296-1356 (fax)
www.nationaltcc.org
Youth Crime Watch of America
9300 South Dadeland Blvd, Ste 100
Miami, FL 33156
305-670-2409
305-670-3805 (fax)
www.ycwa.org
YouthInfo
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
youth.os.dhhs.gov
Readings
This list highlights a few of the more recent documents that offer ideas about programs and strategies that can help reduce or prevent violence in schools, as well as information on the problem. They in turn offer referrals to still more sources of information and ideas. Many of the organizations listed above will send free catalogs listing all their publications.
- Arnette, June and Marjorie C. Walsleben. Combating Fear and Restoring Safety in Schools. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. April 1998. (NCJ 167888).
- Drug Strategies, Inc. Safe Schools, Safe Students: A Guide to Violence Prevention Strategies. Washington, DC: Drug Strategies, Inc. 1998.
- Heaviside, Sheila, Cassandra Rowand, Catrina Williams, and Elizabeth Farris. Violence and Discipline Problems in U.S. Public Schools: 1996-1997. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. March 1998. (NCES 98-030).
- Kenney, Dennis J. and T. Steuart Watson. Crime in the Schools: Reducing Fear and Disorder with Student Problem Solving. Washington, DC: Police Executive Research Forum. 1998.
- Lockwood, Daniel. Violence Among Middle School and High School Students: Analysis and Implications for Prevention. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. 1997. (NCJ 166363)
- U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice. Creating Safe and Drug-Free Schools: An Action Guide. Washington, DC. 1996. Electronically available through http://www.ed.gov or http://www.ncjrs.org/ojjhome.htm, or by calling 800-624-0100.
- Zimmer, Judy, Terrence W. Modglin, and Jean F. O'Neil. Teens, Crime, and the Community: Education and Action for Safer Schools and Communities, Third Edition. Cincinnati, OH: West Educational Publishing (a Thomson International company). 1998.
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