Virginia Youth Violence Project

Effective methods for youth violence prevention and school safety

Media Interviews

House Testimony on College Safety

House briefing on Youth PROMISE Act

Research Channel lecture on school violence

NPR interview on fear of school violence

PBS NewsHour interview on school shootings

CourtTVNews on schools under fire

Washington Post Online Discussion

WWW Youth Violence Site

Virginia High School Safety Study

Latest Findings from 296 high schools


K-12 Threat Assessment Training Available	College Threat Assessment Project

How safe are our schools? What caused so many youth to go on rampage shootings at their schools? Does television violence really make children more aggressive? What kinds of school policies would make our schools safer? The answers to these questions can be found in School Violence: Facts Versus Fears.

Congress could do much more to prevent youth violence and maintain school safety. Read some of our Congressional presentations. Contact your legislators!

Youth Violence Project Contributions to Congressional Hearings

Violence in Schools

National statistics

Virginia statistics

College campus violence

School shootings decline

School violence myths

School crisis response resources

Do we need zero tolerance?

The school survey hoax

Threat Assessment

Training available