A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of the Safe Public Spaces in Schools Program, New York City, 2016-2018
This study tests the efficacy of an intervention--Safe Public Spaces (SPS) -- focused on improving the safety of public spaces in schools, such as hallways, cafeterias, and stairwells. Twenty-four schools with middle grades in a large urban area were recruited for participation and were pair-matched and then assigned …