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Last Updated: 18-Jun-2013

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A guide for those interested in the research of school violence, including bullying.

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Education
Psychology

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Background information

Handbook of bullying in schools : an international perspective / edited by Shane R. Jimerson, Susan M. Swearer, Dorothy L. Espelage.
New York : Routledge, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB3013.3 .H343 2010
Handbook of school violence and school safety : international research and practice / edited by Shane R. Jimerson ... [et al.].
2nd ed. New York : Routledge, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference (non-circulating) » LB3013.3 .H346 2012

Databases

Education databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Related Databases

PsycINFO [electronic resource].
[Bethesda, Md.] : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines.
Social services abstracts [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
This database provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services and related areas, including social welfare, social policy and community development.
Sociological abstracts.
[San Diego, etc., Sociological Abstracts, inc.]
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » HM1 .S67 V.52:NO.6 2004
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
PILOTS Database

This bibliographic database, covering the Published International Literature On Traumatic Stress, is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Its provides citations and abstracts to the international literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health sequelae of traumatic events.

Websites

American Psychological Association

"The mission of the APA is to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives."

Center for School Mental Health - University of Maryland School of Medicine

"The mission of the Center for School Mental Health (CSMH) is to strengthen policies and programs in school mental health to improve learning and promote success for America's youth."

Center for Study and Prevention of Violence

"In an effort to establish more complete and valuable information to impact violence-related policies, programs, and practices, CSPV works from a multi-disciplinary platform on the subject of violence and facilitates the building of bridges between the research community and the practitioners and policy makers."

Center for the Prevention of School Violence

"Established in 1993 as one of the nation's first state school safety centers, the North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Center for the Prevention of School Violence serves as a resource center and "think tank" for efforts that promote safer schools and foster positive youth development."

Safe Schools and Violence Prevention - California Department of Education

"Provides training, resources and technical assistance to establish a school/community environment which is physically and emotionally safe, well disciplined, and conducive to learning."

UCLA School Mental Health Project - Center for Mental Health in Schools
Mass Shootings in America: an in-depth analysis

"This website has been built by the Stanford Geospatial Center for the purpose of understanding the history of mass shootings in the United States over the past few decades. It is hoped that by presenting the data in visual form patterns may emerge that can be studied to help prevent future tragedies and that this information contributes to the national debate."