as part of this -- its violence against women's research project, nij has supported studies examining the relationship between bullying and teen dating violence. under a new initiative launched this year, nij is making funding available for research and evaluation projects to test models that address a host of school safety issues including bullying and our initiative will dovetail lightly with the one that deb just mentioned in her remarks this morning. we are collaborating. hallmark of all of these initiatives. we are working together. i'm pleased to announce a new video resource entitled " bullying, harassment, and civil rights, an overview of school district's response to harassment." you will hear from pam'shortly. the video explains schools obligation to respond to harassment under federal several law.s -- civil rights inensure students learn safe, healthy, and nondiscretionary climates. we hope that it will be shared so that schools will be better informed of their responsibility and students will understand their rights. secretary of education arne duncan provides opening comm

just like nij. the practitioners in the field get this. they know what does not work.when they hear about some of that seems logical, they get into it right away. judge long and i did not know about each other. there are a lot of similarities in the program. i was thrilled. i work with the folks back home to try to get 24/7 started. he has worked to get home started into the coda. >> let me ask judge long -- what would you say in response to someone who would claim that this program is being soft on crime? that the better way of dealing with them is sending them to prison? >> well -- my experience with the public is, the public is not particularly offended by people on probation. peoplere offended by his on probation that they perceive are not being supervised or accountable. and, my program, holds them accountable. the feedback that i get from the family says, everytime i have spoken about hope -- 24/7, family members come up to me and say gosh, larry, i was to program had been around when my husband was tricking or my down or my brother or my son. or, in some variati