School Violence: Online Resources

• Center for Media Studies: Studies on Television Violence
  While the research is now a few years old, these studies tipped off a round of discussion over whether children witness too much violence on television.
  
  
• Handgun Control and the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence
  This gun control advocacy site includes news and information related to the Springfield, Oregon high school shooting. Also includes a roundup of recent statistics on handgun violence in U. S. schools. For another point of view on the source of school violence, visit the homepage of the National Rifle Association.
  
  
• Justice for Kids and Youth
  From the Department of Justice, a site for children, parents and teachers on law enforcement issues including a special section on conflict resolution section.
  
  
• National School Safety Center
  A nonprofit organization established by presidential directive and affiliated with Pepperdine University. The web site addresses a range of school safety issues. The site includes statistics on school violence, solutions and a transcript of the recent congressional testimony of center director Dr. Ronald D. Stephens on youth violence.
  
  
• The North Carolina Center for the Prevention Of School Violence
  A project of the North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission in the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety and North Carolina State University. Dedicating to addressing the problem of violence in schools. Includes articles on approaches to reducing school violence.
  
  
• An Overview of Strategies to Reduce School Violence
  A paper by Wendy Schwartz available through the ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education. In it Schwartz argues youth violence is no longer the exclusive problem of urban schools and offers suggestions for reducing the incidence of violence in schools. Eric also offers Gaining Control of Violence in the Schools: A View from the Field, a paper by Carol Ascher.
  
  
• Safe Schools for the Twenty-first Century from New York University's Metropolitan Center for Urban Education
  A forum for discussion of school violence and resource site for articles on the subject and links to related sites.
  
  
• Southeastern Connecticut Gang Activities Group
  A broad list of links on combating violence in schools for educators. Includes curriculum plans and other materials.
  
  
• Violence and Discipline Problems in U.S. Public Schools: 1996-97
  A report from the National Center for Education Statistics in which 57% of U.S. public schools surveyed reported at least one crime incident in school year 1996-97.