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SchoolSafety.gov provides resources, like guidance, training, and fact sheets, to help schools create and maintain a safe learning environment.
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Department of Justice
This webpage provides information for students and parents on bullying and its effect on school safety.
Department of Justice
This guidance provides strategies for school administrators, parents and community members to promote school, family, and community collaboration.
Department of Justice
This guidance provides strategies for law enforcement, school administrators, and teachers to use prevention and intervention strategies to shape safer schools and communities.
Department of Justice, August 2018
This virtual training program from the International Association of Chiefs of Police educates law enforcement on the prevention and response to school violence.
Department of Justice
This guidance provides information and resources for law enforcement, schools, parents, and members of the community to use in the quest to create safe schools.
Department of Justice
The guidance outlines a sample of methods on how to address and solve issues schools may encounter in their efforts to create and enhance safe learning environments.
Department of Health and Human Services
This webpage provides various tools developed by the Center for Disease Control to help the general public understand and effectively prevent school violence.
Department of Health and Human Services, May 2017
This tool assesses the use of CPTED principles in three areas of schools: grounds, buildings, and interiors. It includes the principles of natural surveillance, access management, territoriality, physical maintenance, and order maintenance.
Department of Health and Human Services, 2016
This resource presents a group of strategies to help communities and states sharpen their focus on youth violence prevention.
Department of Health and Human Services, 2016
This guidance provides an overview of how crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) can be incorporated at schools to help manage access to all school areas and minimize opportunities for out-of-sight activities.