Introducing the critical study of school safety -- Forty years of school homicides : are our kids really more at risk in the 21st century? -- Predictors of weapon reporting among students : who tells and why? -- Parental aggression against teachers : a new threat or an old myth? -- Fear of crime in schools -- Corporal punishment in the United States -- Evaluating the effectiveness of a bullying prevention program : evidence from a quasi-experimental design -- Reducing the disproportionate minority contact in schools : stemming the school to prison pipeline -- Exploring alternatives to out-of-school suspension : a quasi experimental study examining the effectiveness of community service work -- School resource officers : effective tools when properly used? -- School-level crisis response planning -- Tying it all together.