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Important Internet Links Related to School Violence

Bullying Online
http://www.bullying.co.uk/
This site is part of the United Kingdom's National Grid for Learning and is linked from government departments, from Health Department websites as well as from websites of more than 60 local governing councils and 12 UK police forces. This site incorporates approximately 30 different sections including several on different types of school bullying policy and on other issues such as how to deal with racist problems and mobile phone abuse.

Center for the Prevention of School Violence
http://www.ncsu.edu/cpsv/
Established in 1993, the Center serves as a primary resource for dealing with the problem of school violence. The Center, a public agency not motivated by profit, focuses on ensuring that schools are safe and secure so that every student is able to attend a school that is safe and secure, one that is free of fear and conducive to learning.

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/
Located at the University of Colorado, this site provides extensive resources for understanding the many facets of school violence.

Connect
http://www.gold.ac.uk/connect/
This initiative brings together practitioners and researchers throughout Europe to provide substantial and authoritative reports on school violence and to examine intervention strategies which appear most promising in terms of prior work and wide European applicability.

European Observatory of Violence in Schools
http://www.obsviolence.pratique.fr/indexgb.html
The observatory was founded in Bordeaux in September 1998 (jointly funded by Bordeaux university, the European Commission and the French Ministry of Education), as a research centre for the study of violence in schools and urban violence in Europe.

Hamilton Fish Institute
http://www.hamfish.org/
The Institute, with assistance from the U.S. Congress, was founded in 1997 to serve as a national resource to test the effectiveness of school violence prevention methods and to develop more effective strategies. The Institute's goal is to determine what works and what can be replicated to reduce violence in America's schools and their communities.

Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hicrc/prevention.html
The Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Center (HYVPC) is in its 2nd year of operation, after receiving CDC funding in October of 2000. An interdisciplinary center based in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health, HYVPC's focus is on research partnerships and violence prevention within communities. HYVPC's area partners include: (a) the Education Development Center in Newton, MA, (b) the New England Medical Center, (c) seven Boston-based community agencies, and (d) representatives from a variety of government organizations, including the Boston Public Health Commission, the Boston Police Department, and the Boston Mayor's Office. Violence prevention is the key issue for areas addressed by HYVPC. The Center's primary goal is to advance the science of violence prevention through partnerships with community organizations. Areas of particular focus are: (1) violence prevention, (2) community improvement, and (3) youth development.

Institute on Violence and Destructive Behavior
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~ivdb/
The Institute helps schools and social service agencies understand violence and destructive behavior to ensure the safety of young people and to facilitate the academic achievement and healthy social development of children and youth.

Keys to Safer Schools
http://keystosaferschools.com/CriticalTraining.htm
Keys To Safer Schools is dedicated to helping parents, schools and other youth oriented organizations to have a safer place to learn, work and play in today's climate of rising youth violence. Keys to Safer Schools is an organization based in Bryant, Arkansas, with a global presence through their extensive website, training and network of Associates.

National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere
http://nationalsave.org/
This mission of S.A.V.E. is to decrease the potential for violence in our schools and communities by involving students in meaningful crime prevention, conflict management, and community service activities.

Nature and Prevention of Bullying
http://www.gold.ac.uk/tmr/
This project, sponsored by the research training initiative of the European Commission, studies the causes and prevention of bullying and social exclusion in schools.

October Center for the Study and Prevention of Youth Violence
http://www.octobercenter.vcu.edu/index.html
The October Center for the Study and Prevention of Youth Violence is a partnership between Virginia Commonwealth University and the Greater Richmond Community. The Center is dedicated to the promotion of culturally sensitive strategies that effectively interrupt the cycle of violence, contribute to healing, and create safe environments where youth and families can grow and thrive, free of violence. The October Center was established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as one of ten National Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention.

Virginia Youth Violence Project
http://youthviolence.edschool.virginia.edu/
The mission of this project is to identify effective methods and policies for youth violence prevention, especially in school settings. The project conducts and disseminates research on the understanding and reduction of violent behavior and provides education, consultation, and training for educators, psychologists, and other colleagues in the social, legal, and human services professions.

Youth Violence Prevention Center
http://www.sph.umich.edu/yvpc/index.shtml
Located at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, the Youth Violence Prevention Center develops, implements and monitors comprehensive strategies that help prevent youth violence and promote healthy development through collaboration among community, university and health department partners. The focus of the Center is on interdisciplinary, ecologically and culturally relevant, community-based approaches to violence prevention. Its work is carried out by three distinct cores: training, implementation and evaluation. The specific aims of the Center are to: 1) build the scientific infrastructure to support the development of community-wide youth violence prevention interventions; 2) promote interdisciplinary strategies that foster collaboration; 3) work with community members to address youth violence prevention; 4) institutionalize violence prevention in health provider practice and training; and 5) develop an evaluation plan and surveillance system to monitor progress. The Youth Violence Prevention Center is based in Flint, Michigan and is community organizations. Elementary through high school students participate in the Center through the Youth Against Violence group. The YVPC is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.