In academic settings, suspension and expulsion are common responses to aggression and violence from students. These responses are ineffective at reducing and preventing school violence. There is evidence that violence prevention and related programs are more effective in minimizing violent behavior among students than exclusionary methods and that the public prefers such alternative programs. The current study examined the public's willingness to vote for and fund violence prevention programs in schools. Two hierarchical multiple regressions were conducted to determine whether there was a relationship between people's ratings of the importance of risk factors and type of prevention program, respectively, and their likelihood of funding a violence prevention program and between people's ratings of the importance of risk factors and type of prevention program, respectively, and the amount they were willing to pay to fund a program. The results did not reveal any relationships between variables, but they did show that, overall, participants were willing to pay some amount of tax money to fund interventions for violence in schools. Clinical implications of these results are discussed. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]