CJ 595: School Violence : Olson Library

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School Violence
Taught as CJ 595/ED 595 by Prof. Bob Hanson, Summer 2003 & 2004

Guide developed & instruction provided by Prof. Mike Strahan
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Resources added & links updated June 2005

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Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations Union Catalog — Contains records for freely available online theses and dissertations held by over 200 universities worldwide. After entering term(s), change Category to: anywhere

School Violence/Safety Web Sites

Bullying Resources — California Dept. of Education links to international sites & documents

Canadian Government Information on School Safety

Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools 1998 report referred to by state agencies

Indicators of School Crime and Safety — November 2002 extensive report (about 200 pages, 5.74MB) authored jointly by the U.S. Education & Justice Depts.

Michigan Checklist for Preventing and Responding to School Violence (2001)

Michigan Safe Schools

National Association of School Resource Officers

National Education Association — School Safety

National School Safety Center

NCJRS School Safety Spotlight (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) Statistics, programs, publications, and other resources.

SafeState (California Attorney General's Crime & Violence Prevention Center)

School Safety (Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development)

School Safety (Educator's Reference Desk, formerly AskERIC) — many links to websites and documents

School Violence Prevention and Intervention (Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice)

U.S. Department of Justice Kidspage: Information for Teachers & Parents — links to websites and documents including The School Shooter: A Threat Assessment Perspective (2000)

U.S. Secret Service Safe School Initiative — May 2002 report authored jointly by the U.S. Depts. of Education and Secret Service

Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction Resources for Safe Schools — many links to websites and documents including 2001 Wisconsin Youth Risk Behavior Survey

Youth Violence Prevention — U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services — many links to websites and documents

Education World — Search for school district web sites

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Social Work & Abuse-related	Social Services Abstracts — The database abstracts and indexes over 1,400 serials publications and includes abstracts of journal articles, dissertations, web sites, and citations to book reviews.
School Health & Medicine	Health & Wellness Resource Center (+ alternative health) — Full-text/image articles, online illustrated encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, drug & herb finder, web sites, and health assessment tools are provided. Contains records for 700+ periodicals plus hundreds of other publications. CINAHL Plus — Contains records from over 900 scholarly & professional journals, plus hundreds of books, audiovisuals, pamphlets, software, dissertations, and research instruments. Covers material published 1982-present. MEDLINE — Contains records from over 9,500 scholarly & professional journals. Covers material published 1965-present.

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