Handbook of School Violence and School Safety From Research to Practice Book

1	Youth engaged in antisocial and aggressive-behaviors : who are they?	3
2	Support in the lives of aggressive students, their victims, and their peers	21
3	Legal knowledge related to school violence and school safety	31
4	Safe, supportive, and effective schools : promoting school success to reduce school violence	51
5	A problem-solving approach to school violence prevention	73
6	Crisis preparedness, response, and management : surveys of school professionals	89
7	Making the case for an international perspective on school violence : implications for theory, research, policy, and assessment	103
8	An overview of measurement issues in school violence and school safety research	121
9	Assessing anger and hostility in school settings	135
10	Threat assessment in schools : empirical support and comparison with other approaches	147
11	The SRS safe schools survey : a broader perspective on school violence prevention	157
12	The current state of methodological knowledge and emerging practice in evidence-based evaluation : applications to school violence prevention research	171
13	Assessment of bullying	191
14	Assessing school discipline	211
15	The social context of schools : monitoring and mapping student victimization in schools	221
16	A review of methods to assess student self-report of weapons on school campuses	235
17	A socioecological model for bullying prevention and intervention in early adolescence : an exploratory examination	257
18	Critical characteristics of effective bullying prevention programs	275
19	The Olweus bullying prevention program : an overview of its implementation and research basis	293
20	Promoting behavior and beliefs that reduce bullying : the steps to respect program	309
21	What we can learn from evaluated studies of school-based programs to reduce bullying in schools	325
22	Understanding and addressing peer victimization among students	339
23	Youth anger management treatments for school violence prevention	353
24	A critical analysis of school-based anger management programs for youth	365
25	Second step : a violence prevention curriculum	383
26	Building social and emotional competence : the PATHS curriculum	395
27	Schoolwide positive behavioral supports	413
28	How effective are school-based violence prevention programs in preventing and reducing violence and other antisocial behaviors? : a meta-analysis	429
29	Preventing, preparing for, and responding to school violence with the national incident management system	443
30	Creating a safe and friendly school : using a 360-degree approach	461
31	A national study of school violence in Israel : implications for theory, practice, and policy	481
32	School violence in Brazil : a psychosocial perspective	499
33	The safe schools, healthy students initiative in rural Pennsylvania	511
34	Implementing comprehensive safe school plans in Pinellas County schools, Florida : planning, implementation, operation, sustainability, and lessons learned	525
35	Beyond face fidelity : when less is more	537
36	Implementing the safe schools/healthy students initiative in Kansas	553
37	Implementing comprehensive safe school plans : effective school and community mental health collaborations to reduce youth violence	567
38	Student threat assessment as a strategy to reduce school violence	587
39	Implementation of the Dallas threat of violence risk assessment	603
40	A case example of a school shooting : lessons learned in the wake of tragedy	617
41	The safe and responsive schools project : a school reform model for implementing best practices in violence prevention	631