Results suggest that perhaps too much emphasis is placed on the more extreme aspects of student discipline when the most prevalent types of student misbehaviors are relatively mild and may actually be more dangerous to student and teacher morale than to the physical well-being of persons or property. (Author/IRT)

Findings from a study that examined the ways in which secondary-school administrators deal with student misconduct are presented in this paper. A secondary focus is the effect of school size and community type on administrators' perceptions and actions. A survey mailed to 100 middle and 100 secondary-school administrators from 302 Indiana school…