Community-School  Programs

School-community coordination is essential to the prevention of crime and antisocial behaviours. Comprehensive programs that link the efforts of educators, professionals and agencies, community-based voluntary organizations, parents and youth can be very effective. School and community coordinated programs use a variety of coordinated interventions to prevent antisocial behaviour. Strategies include formal and informal instruction, maintaining a positive school environment, delivering and coordinating a range of support services and ensuring that the physical environment is safe.

Explanations (Summaries, Articles)

• Huertas A, Sullivan C, (1995). Safe schools within safe communities: A regional summit in the Heartland. Policy Briefs Special Report
• Hatkoff A, (1994). Safety and children: How schools can help. Childhood Education
• 350 Tested Strategies to Prevent Crime. A Resource for Municipal Agencies and Community Groups
• North Central Regional Education Laboratory. Critical Issue: Developing and Maintaining Safe Schools
• Ertle V, (1993). Sharing Your Success III. Summaries of Successful Programs and Strategies Supporting Drug-Free Schools and Communities
• Kober N, (1994). Caring Schools, Caring Communities: An Urban Blueprint for Comprehensive School Health and Safety
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, (1994). Preventing Violence: A Framework for Schools and Communities
• Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence. Safe Communities ~ Safe Schools Model.
• Daniel Yankelovich. Nonprofit Quarterly. The Magic of Dialogue.

 Evidence (Reports, Research Reviews, Major Case Studies)

• Ertle V, (1993). Sharing Your Success III. Summaries of Successful Programs and Strategies Supporting Drug-Free Schools and Communities
• NCIPC. NCIPC State Cooperative Agreements
• Kober N, (1994). Caring Schools, Caring Communities: An Urban Blueprint for Comprehensive School Health and Safety
• Aleem D et al (1993). Review of Research on Ways to Attain Goal Six: Creating Safe, Disciplined and Drug-Free Schools
• Sheppard G, Kellam G. Community and Institutional Partnerships for School Violence Prevention.
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Program. (1999). School and Community Interventions to Prevent Serious and Violent Offending.
  Structured Playground Activities
  Behavioral Consultation
  Behavioral Monitoring
  Metal Detectors in Schools
  Schoolwide Reorganization
  Citizen Mobilization
  Situational Prevention
  Comprehensive Community Interventions
  Mentoring
  Afterschool Recreation Programs
  Policing Strategies
  Policy Change Interventions
  Media Interventions
• Gottfredson DC. School-Based Crime Prevention. Chapter 5.
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Diabilities and Gifted Education, Arlington, VA. Youth Aggression and Violence: Risk, Resilience and Prevention. ERIC Digest #E602.

Examples (Canadian and Other Examples)

• Resources

Planning Guides

• Creating Safe and Drug-Free Schools: An Action Guide
• Safe Schools: A Handbook for Practitioners
• Bey TM, Turner GY, (1996). Making School A Place of Peace
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, (1994). Safe Schools Resource Guide
• Canadian School Boards Association. 2001. Together Works Better.
  

Programs and Materials

• Nova Scotia Teachers' Union. A Violence Resource Library, A Catalogue of Alternatives to Violence in the Public Schools of Nova Scotia
• ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation, (1994). Catalogue of Hope: Crime Prevention Programs for At-Risk Children
• Kober N, (1994). Caring Schools, Caring Communities: An Urban Blueprint for Comprehensive School Health and Safety

Policy Examples