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Peer reviewedMayer, G. Roy; Butterworth, Tom W. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1979
The investigators attempted to employ strategies that would attack identified perpetrators of school violence and vandalism existing within schools. Results indicated that the dollar costs of vandalism and frequency of inappropriate student behavior decreased more in experimental than in control schools. (Author)
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Problems, Discipline Problems, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedMayer, G. Roy – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2002
Public schools that use punitive approaches toward student discipline can unwittingly promote violence and other antisocial behavior. This article reviews constructive and preventive methods to reduce school violence and vandalism. Various strategies are presented and discussed. (Contains 62 references.) (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Discipline Policy, Positive Reinforcement, Prevention
