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Security Audit Resources

Both local and national law enforcement agencies may be able to provide checklists and more detailed technical information related to many security options for schools. The National School Safety Center offers both written materials and training on these topics, and many State Departments of Education offer assistance on these topics as well. Numerous websites, books and reports may also be of assistance and include:

• Creating Safe Schools, What Principals Can Do by Marie Somers Hill and Frank W. Hill, Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
• The National School Safety Center (NSSC), 4165 Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite 290, Westlake Village CA 91362, www.ncss1.org .
• Practical School Security: Basic Guidelines for Safe and Secure Schools by Kenneth S. Trump. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc.
• Safe School Design: A Handbook for Educational Leaders- Applying the Principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design by Tod Schneider, Hill Walker and Jeffery Sprague. Eugene, OR: ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, University of Oregon, 2000, 111 pages.
• Safe schools: A handbook for violence prevention. By Ronald D. Stephens (1995). Bloomington, IN: National Education Service, 1995.
• School Crisis: Under Control video hosted by Edward James Olmos
• School Safety Check Book published by the National School Safety Center, 1990.
• Techniques for Managing a Safe School. By Beverly Johns and John P. Keenan. Denver: Love Publishing Company.