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Direct linkDrummond, Holli; Dizgun, John; Keeling, David – Youth & Society, 2019
The present study evaluates adolescent gang involvement using cross-sectional survey data from 1,475 adolescents living in a disadvantaged Comuna in Medellin, Colombia. Specifically, we examine the prevalence of former and current gang membership, affiliation with gang members, and lives untouched by any gang association. Once these groups are…
Descriptors: Juvenile Gangs, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Disadvantaged
Docherty, Meagan; Sweeten, Gary; Craig, Tyleia; Yang, Vevette J. H.; Decrop, Romain; Beardslee, Jordan; Piquero, Alex; Clark, Catie; Pardini, Dustin – Journal of School Violence, 2020
Although studies have identified risk factors for adolescent handgun carrying, previous research on risk factors for carrying a handgun to school specifically is sparse. This study examines self-report data from 122,840 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students from 426 schools across Arizona, from three survey administrations (2014, 2016, and 2018). In…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Adolescents, Weapons
Kim, Jeongsuk; Gentle-Genitty, Carolyn; Kim, Jangmin – School Psychology International, 2020
Many studies have examined significant factors associated with school delinquency among adolescents, including relationship violence, property damage, and other serious threats to students' safety. However, students' coping behaviors after being victims of or witnesses to violence and other forms of delinquency have not been thoroughly examined.…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Middle School Students, High School Students, Violence
Download full textWashburn, Maureen; Menart, Renee – Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, 2019
California's state youth correctional system, the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), is violent, isolated, and lacks accountability. Fights and riots are a part of daily life and create a culture of fear. DJJ's violent conditions are concealed by an absence of state oversight and the facilities' long distances from youths' families and…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Violence, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Dills, Angela K.; Hernandez-Julian, Rey – Education Finance and Policy, 2011
Previous research debates whether public school choice improves students' academic outcomes, but there is little examination of its effects on their nonacademic outcomes. We use data from a nationally representative sample of high school students, a previously developed Tiebout choice measure, and metropolitan-level data on teenage arrest rates to…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Crime, School Choice, Metropolitan Areas
Naik, Reetu; Stojakovic, Zoran – Online Submission, 2013
The Student Substance Use and Safety Survey, administered annually to a random, representative sample of AISD students, provides self-report data on student knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to substance use and school safety issues. This report summarizes district results for Spring 2013.
Descriptors: School Districts, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes, Substance Abuse
Adams, Nichole L.; Tsytsarev, Sergei V.; Meller, Paul J. – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2009
The extent to which both traumatic life experiences and resiliency factors contributed to gang-involved delinquent behavior in adolescent males was investigated. Results indicated that the juvenile delinquent residential treatment setting participants had significantly higher levels of both Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptomatology and…
Descriptors: Trauma, Experience, Resilience (Psychology), Juvenile Gangs
McNamara, John; Vervaeke, Sherri-Leigh; Willoughby, Teena – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2008
Risk-taking behavior includes alcohol and drug use, delinquency, acts of aggression, sexual activity, and so on. Many studies have explored the relationship between adolescents and risk-taking behavior; however, only a few studies have examined this link in adolescents with learning disabilities (LD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adolescents
Watson, Donnie W.; Bisesi, Lorrie; Tanamly, Susie – Journal of Correctional Education, 2004
Substance Use and HIV Prevention Program (SHIP) is a school-based intervention model designed to reverse detrimental trajectories in nonsexual (i.e., substance use) and sexual behaviors by adapting two research-supported interventions: Reconnecting Youth and Street Smart. The Social Development Model provides the theoretical and conceptual basis.…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Prevention, Nontraditional Education, Intervention
