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Impact of the School Environment

Effectiveness, Costs, and Benefits of Interventions

Mytton J, DiGuiseppi C, Gough D, Taylor R, Logan S. 2002. School-based violence prevention programs. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 156:752-762. (Review)

World Health Organization. 1998. Violence Prevention: An Important Element of a Health-Promoting School. Geneva, Switzerland. (Report)

Wilson, Sandra Jo, Lipsey, Mark W. (2006). The Effects of School-based Social Information Processing Interventions on Aggressive Behavior: Part I: Universal Programs. Review Approved March 13, 2006 (37 pages). Retrieved February 23, 2007 from http://www.campbellcollaboratin.org/doc-pdf/wilson_socinfoprocuniv_review.pdf.

Wilson, Sandra Jo, Lipsey, Mark W. (2006). The Effects of School-based Social Information Processing Interventions on Aggressive Behavior: Part II: Selected/Indicated Pull-out Programs. A Campbell Collaboration Systematic Review Education Review Group. Approved on May 18, 2004 (11 pages). Retrieved February 23, 2007 from http://www.campbellcollaboratin.org/doc-pdf/wilson_socinfoprocpull_review.pdf.

Wilson, Sandra Jo, Lipsey, Mark W. (2004). The Effects of School-based Social Information Processing Interventions on Aggressive Behavior: A Campbell Collaboration Systematic Review. Review Approved March 13, 2006 (42 pages). Retrieved February 23, 2007 from http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/doc-pdf/agbhprt.pdf.

Sandra Jo Wilson and Mark W. Lipsey (2003) The Effects of School-Based Intervention Programs on Aggressive Behavior: A Meta-Analysis Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Copyright 2003 by the American Psychological Association, Inc. 2003, Vol. 71, No. 1, 136–149

Goldbaum, S., Craig, W. M., Pepler, D. J. and Connolly, J. (2003) Developmental trajectories of victimization: Identifying risk and protective factors. Journal of applied school psychology, 19 (139-156).

Henderson, A. T., & Mapp, K. L. (2002). A new wave of evidence: The impact of school, family, and community connections on student achievement. Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development

Olweus, D. (1991). Bully/victim problems among school children: Some basic facts and effects of a school-based intervention program. In D. Pepler & K. Rubin (Eds.), The development and treatment of childhood aggression (pp. 411-448). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Olweus, D. (1993). Bullying at school: What we know and what we can do. Oxford: Blackwell.

Pepler, D. J., and Craig, W. M. (2000). Making a difference in bullying. LaMarsh Research Report # 60. York University, Toronto.

Rigby, K. (2002). A meta-evaluation of methods and approaches to reducing bullying in pre-schools and in early primary school in Australia. Paper presented at the Role of Schools in Crime Prevention Conference convened by the Australian Institute of Criminology in conjunction with the Department of Education, Employment and Training, Victoria, and Crime Prevention Victoria held in Melbourne, September 30 – October 1, 2002

Scheckner, S., Rollin, S.A., Kaiser-Ulery, C. and Wagner, R. (2002). School violence in children and adolescents: A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of current interventions. Journal of School Violence, 1, 2 (5-33).

Schultz, L. and Da Costa, J. (2005). Research on and evaluation of bullying and anti-bullying: Initiatives and perspectives in the province of Alberta. Edmonton, AB: Alberta Education.

Vreeman RC, Carroll AE (2007) A Systematic Review of School-Based Interventions to Prevent Bullying Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161:78-88.

Gottfredson, D. C., Wilson, D. B. & Skroban Najaka, S. (2002). “School based Crime Prevention”. In Sherman, Lawrence W. et al. (Eds.) Evidence-based crime prevention. New York : Routledge, pp. 56-164

Comprehensive Models that Integrate Diseases and Risks and Coordinate Interventions

Mytton J, DiGuiseppi C, Gough D, Taylor R, Logan S. 2002. School-based violence prevention programs: Systematic review of secondary prevention trials. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 156(8):752-62. (Review)

World Health Organization. 1998. Violence Prevention: An Important Element of a Health-Promoting School. Geneva, Switzerland. (Report)

Catalano, R. F., Arthur, M. W., Hawkins, J. D., Berglund, L. & Olson, J. J. (1998). “Comprehensive Community- and School- Based Interventions to Prevent Antisocial Behaviour”. In Loeber, R. and Farrington, D. (Eds). Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders: Risk Factors and Successful Interventions. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, pp.248-283.

Shaw, M. (2003). Comprehensive Approaches to School Safety and Security: an International View. International Centre for the Prevention of Crime Policy Interventions

Instructional Interventions

World Health Organization. 1998. Violence Prevention: An Important Element of a Health-Promoting School. Geneva, Switzerland. (Report)

Health Services Interventions

Social Support Interventions


Physical Environment Intervention