Colorado State Publications Library

QUICK GUIDE TO SAFE SCHOOLS AND YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION INFORMATION FROM STATE AGENCIES

by the Colorado State Publications Library

Denver, Colorado

For further information contact the library staff at spl@cde.state.co.us

Revised March 2012

Various agencies of Colorado state government provide resources in the areas of safe schools, bullying, and youth violence prevention. This is a quick information guide to selected print and electronic publications as well as web sites maintained by state agencies.

• For records of print publications to borrow and/or links to electronic publications, search our library catalog with keywords: school violence, youth violence, violence prevention, schools safety measures, or bullying, at: http://www.cde.state.co.us/stateinfo
• State government web pages with resources from agencies such as the Office of the Governor, Department of Education, Division of Youth Corrections, Attorney General's Office are:
  • Best Practices: Violence and Crime Prevention http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/Best-Practices-V2/BPV/1216461739110
  • Bullying Prevention and Intervention - Best practices and resources from the Colorado Department of Education http://www.cde.state.co.us/pbis/Bullying/index.htm
  • Colorado School Violence Prevention and Student Discipline Manual http://www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov/initiatives/youth_violence_prevention/school_violence_prevention
  • Governor's Columbine Review Commission Report http://hdl.handle.net/10176/co:2067_go40312c672001internet.pdf
  • safe2tell, Colorado Student Crime Stoppers http://www.safe2tell.org/
  • Safe Schools: An Overview of Requirements, with legal issues from the Colorado Legislative Council http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Document_C&cid=1230553341780&pagename=CGA-LegislativeCouncil%2FDocument_C%2FCLCAddLink
  • Ten years after Columbine: Highlights of School Safety Efforts in Colorado http://hdl.handle.net/10176/co:4634_ps12c722009internet.pdf
  • Youth Violence Prevention Program, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/pp/injuryprevention/youthviolence.html
• The Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence of the University of Colorado at Boulder (http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/index.html) has several web sites related to research on these issues:
  • Blueprints for Violence Prevention - Model Programs http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/index.html
  • Bullying Prevention  http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/bullyingprevention.html
  • Databases – four databases for violence related research including literature, violence prevention programs, curricula, and evaluation tools. http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/resources/databases.html
  • Research Publications List - Many of these are available to borrow from the State Publications Library http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/publications/
  • Safe Communities - Safe Schools http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/safeschools/index.html

For additional information, e-mail spl@cde.state.co.us