International Trends
Undertaking international reviews is not easy and can be a frustrating activity. There are many
language restrictions, as well questions of the availability and accessibility of publications and
material. Much of our work has been restricted to countries in the North, and Australia and New
Zealand, or to translations and secondary reviews which report on work in other regions and
countries.
It is also very difficult to compare patterns and trends across boarders since few countries apart
from the USA have collected routine or uniform data. Most of the information and projects on
school safety which we located relate to bullying, vandalism and theft in schools, much less often to
serious violence, and there are wide-ranging concerns (see below)