Roundtable: Implementation and Evaluation of School Safety, Security, and Crime Prevention Programs

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

The importance of school safety and security for funding agencies, program developers, and evaluation researchers is increasingly evident. This roundtable presents a broad review of relevant issues including physical security in school settings, the importance of criminological theory in effective program design, measuring program fidelity and implementation success, the use of systematic reviews and meta-analyses to understand research evidence, and establishing evidence-based research partnerships between school administrators, program developers, and evaluators.

Sub Unit

• Area XIII: Roundtable Sessions

Individual Presentations

• Understanding Evaluation Evidence through Systematic Reviews of School-Based Crime Prevention Programs - Stephanie Gerstenblith, Development Services Group, Inc.

• Program Fidelity and Implementation of School-Based Crime Prevention Programming - Shannon Phaneuf, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

• The Importance of Criminological Theory in Effective School Prevention Program Designs - Daniel Lee, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

• Safety and Physical Security in School Settings - Dennis Giever, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

• Evidence-Based School Safety: Establishing Effective Research Partnerships - David Myers, Univerity of New Haven

Chair

• Daniel Lee, Indiana University of Pennsylvania