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Benbenishty, Rami; Astor, Ron Avi – Journal of School Violence, 2021
This study assessed the prevalence of weapon-related behaviors and experiences in secondary schools in California, their intercorrelations, and predictors at the individual and school levels. This study is based on a representative sample of 889,726 secondary school students in California based on the California Healthy Kids Survey. Prevalence…
Descriptors: Weapons, Secondary School Students, Correlation, Predictor Variables
Freilich, Joshua D.; Chermak, Steven M.; Connell, Nadine M.; Klein, Brent R.; Greene-Colozzi, Emily A. – Journal of School Violence, 2022
This study uses open source information to examine school shootings in the United States for the 1990-2016 period. We innovatively created a national-level database to address the gaps in existing research and identified 652 school shootings. These shootings included 473 intentional shootings (encompassing 354 with known offenders and 119 with…
Descriptors: Weapons, School Violence, Homicide, Information Sources
Rudzani Israel Lumadi – Perspectives in Education, 2024
School violence plays a significant role in shaping a school's culture and climate, which can have an impact on the participation and performance of learners in secondary education. In many instances, school violence can hinder the educational aspirations of learners. This paper investigates the impact of school violence on learners through the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Violence, School Culture, Educational Environment
Desire' Christian; Amy E. Stambach – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2024
Background: A separate, apartheid system of schooling in South Africa entrenched European racialised ideologies of white supremacy that left a legacy of social, economic, and educational inequalities. The 1995 White Paper for Education, the 1996 South African Schools Act, and the Revised National Curriculum Statement outlined steps for equalising…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Social Differences, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
Lam, Kevin D. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2019
This article provides an analysis of Asian American gang violence within the context of racialization and the legacy of imperialism. The analysis is grounded in a specific study of the Van Nuys (CA) Asian Boys gang and the particularities of Asian American gang violence in Southern California during the 1990s. Drawing from historical writings on…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Youth, Violence, Juvenile Gangs
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2019
This guide from the National Gang Center is designed to provide schools and law enforcement with sound practices and collaborative techniques to identify, assess, and address gang activity in the school setting. [The National Gang Center (NGC) is managed by the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR).]
Descriptors: Juvenile Gangs, School Safety, Law Enforcement, Police School Relationship
Vásquez, Betsabé – Childhood Education, 2021
The Northern Triangle of Central America faces many challenges, including violence and crime. Young people are the most common victims as well as perpetrators of violence, especially gang-related violence. That is why Glasswing International is committed to providing children, adolescents, and youth with tools to prevent violence and opportunities…
Descriptors: Violence, Crime, Juvenile Gangs, Youth Programs
Meza, Jocelyn I.; Bondoc, Christopher; Keshav, Nivedita; Bosco, John; Barnert, Elizabeth – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023
Background: African-American and Latinx youth are disproportionately exposed to neighborhood violence and are overrepresented in the U.S. juvenile justice system. Perceived neighborhood violence is associated with negative health outcomes. Objective: We examined associations between African-American and Latinx youths' perceived neighborhood…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Violence, Health, African Americans
Quinn, Katherine; Dickson-Gomez, Julia; Broaddus, Michelle; Pacella, Maria – Youth & Society, 2019
Gang members are exposed to unique sexual risks, yet little work has explored the influence of gang social norms. This study examines the functions and meanings of sex within gangs, with a specific focus on the ways in which sex is used to reinforce gang membership and norms, gender roles, and group cohesion. We conducted 58 semi-structured…
Descriptors: Juvenile Gangs, Adolescents, Sexuality, At Risk Persons
Patel, Sejal; Ranjbar, Miad; Cummins, Tawnya C.; Cummins, Natalie M. – Education and Urban Society, 2022
The introduction of mixed-income communities in public housing neighborhoods is a common revitalization strategy in metropolitan areas in North America. This study investigates student and teacher perspectives on safety in a Canadian inner city and marginalized neighborhood undergoing revitalization, alongside the redesign of a local school. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Housing, Neighborhoods, Urban Areas
Deborah Renette Delco – ProQuest LLC, 2023
School safety and security strategies is a generic qualitative study that seeks to comprehend school safety and disciplinary strategies through the perspectives and opinions of teachers and principals. The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the strategies used in secondary inner-city schools to regulate student discipline…
Descriptors: School Safety, Urban Schools, Principals, School Administration
Yiu, Ho Lam – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2021
Social bonds and social organization theory are combined to examine schools' roles in regulating youth gang involvement in the context of community changes--an integrated approach to analyze psychological and sociological influences simultaneously. A subsample (N = 269) from Gottfredson et al.'s (A national study of delinquency prevention in…
Descriptors: School Role, Juvenile Gangs, Community Change, Social Theories
Gagnon, Joseph Calvin; Murphy, Kristin M.; Howie, Sheryl M. – Exceptionality, 2020
Child maltreatment and exposure to violence are pervasive in South African townships. Coupled with economic hardships, many youth turn to drugs and crime, and eventually come in contact with the juvenile justice system. The purpose of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of how one young man perceives aspects of his life prior to,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Abuse, Violence, Institutionalized Persons
Irwin, Véronique; Wang, Ke; Cui, Jiashan; Thompson, Alexandra – National Center for Education Statistics, 2023
This is the 25th edition of Indicators of School Crime and Safety. This report provides summary statistics to inform the nation about current aspects of crime and safety in schools. This report does so by highlighting selected findings from 23 indicators on various school crime and safety topics. By synthesizing findings in this way, the report…
Descriptors: Crime, School Safety, Elementary Secondary Education, Violence
Irwin, Véronique; Wang, Ke; Cui, Jiashan; Thompson, Alexandra – National Center for Education Statistics, 2022
This is the 24th in a series of annual publications. Beginning with the 2020 edition, this report has been redesigned with the intention of increasing its usability for a wider audience. This report does so by highlighting selected findings from 23 indicators on various school crime and safety topics. It first examines different types of student…
Descriptors: Crime, School Safety, Elementary Secondary Education, Violence