Campus Violence Prevention and Response: Best Practices for Massachusetts Higher Education

From our friends at the National Clearinghouse for educational facilities comes this useful resource, Campus Violence Prevention and Response: Best Practices for Massachusetts Higher Education (PDF):

Reports on current practice for violence prevention on Massachusetts higher education campuses. In four sections, the report defines the nature and scope of campus violence, reviews previous reports of study groups and task forces and discusses established best practices for enhancing campus safety and violence prevention, examines the current state of security and violence prevention at institutions of higher education throughout Massachusetts, and makes 27 recommendations for how Massachusetts schools can best improve their security and violence prevention efforts. The report also cites numerous safety deficiencies across the state system and urged the 29 public colleges to take immediate steps to rectify them. 127p.