AACAP -- Bullying and Violent BehaviorThe American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychology's site about how to deal with bullying.
APA Help Center -- Warning Signs of Youth ViolenceThe American Psychological Association's site about how to recognize potentially violent behavior and what to do about it.
Centers for Disease Control: Youth Violence Fact SheetFrom the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control comes information about groups at risk and lists of risk factors.
National Center for Education Statistics
Summary of the condition of education in 2006, including statistics on crime rate trends since 1992.
National School Safety CenterKey findings on school safety developments with comparisons to levels of youth homicide and crime outside of school jurisdiction.
Safe Schools / Healthy Students InitiativeA government-sponsored initiative to develop comprehensive prevention programs in schools across the nation.
School Violence Resource CenterFact sheets on the odds of school violence, significant factors and government prevention methods. The NCRLE School Violence Resource Center is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Secret Service -- Risk for Targeted Violence in Schools (PDF)
Secret Service report on more effective ways to prevent premeditated violence. This article originally appeared in the scholarly journal
Psychology in the Schools in 2001.
University of Colorado -- Blueprints for Violence Prevention Descriptions of 11 effective model programs for reducing school violence, as approved by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence.
U.S. Department of Justice: Bureau of Justice StatisticsIndicators of School Crime and Safety, 2005: Statistics compiled from surveys of officials, teachers, students and parents that depict victimization numbers and recent effectiveness of disciplinary action.