Resources for Youth and Educators
The resources listed below were designed to support students, families, educators and communities as they work to prevent and confront hate crimes and bias incidents that affect and involve youths, including at K-12 schools and colleges and universities.
Educators and Service Providers
This guide offers campus administration and public safety leaders a framework, supported by practical ideas and tools, for dealing with campus conflict as they plan for a safe beginning of the academic year.
An overview of the work and resources the Community Relations Service (CRS) provides to school communities.
Working with Offenders/At Risk Youth
This curriculum, for youth in middle school to 12th grade, is designed to build protective factors, change the attitudes and behavior of those youth who commit hate crimes, and encourage youth to become active participants in combating prejudice and hate wherever it occurs.
You can also watch a video in which OJJDP Administrator Liz Ryan highlights the benefits of OJJDP's "Youth Hate Crimes and Identity-Based Bullying Prevention Curriculum."
OJJDP has launched a comprehensive national initiative to prevent youth hate crimes and identity-based bullying. It includes a fact sheet and webinar videos on:
- Intro to Youth Hate Crimes and Hate Groups for Juvenile Justice Professionals
- Assisting Victims of Hate Crimes
The Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing School Violence Program (STOP) by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) aims to improve school safety by providing students and teachers with the tools to recognize, respond quickly to, and prevent acts of violence, including hate crime.
Evidence-based juvenile justice and youth prevention, intervention and reentry programs supporting positive youth development
Data & Statistics
This FBI report analyzes reported bias crimes that were located at schools, universities and colleges from 2018 through 2022.
This data snapshot publication by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention provides data and graphics illustrating findings from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, which documents the prevalence of bullying experiences on school property and on electronic devices as reported by high school students.
Researchers
CrimeSolutions helps practitioners and policymakers understand what programs & practices work in criminal and juvenile justice, victims assistance, school safety, and youth mentoring.
Discusses research on the involvement of youths in hate crimes as both perpetrators and victims, recruitment of youth into hate groups, and interventions to prevent or reduce youth hate crimes.