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Associations among Self-Reported School Violence, Military Connection, and Gang Membership in Secondary Schools in California
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Estrada, Joey Nuñez; Gilreath, Tamika; Yadira, Cathia; Astor, Ron Avi – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
It is possible that multiple moves and deployments of family service members are associated with military-connected students' gang membership and involvement with school violence behaviors. In this study, 13,484 students completed modules of the California Healthy Kids Survey. Logistic regressions examined the odds of a student being a member of a…
Descriptors: Juvenile Gangs, Violence, Intervention, Military Personnel
Unowned Places and Times; Maps and Interviews about Violence in High Schools.
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Astor, Ron Avi; Meyer, Heather Ann; Behre, William J. – American Educational Research Journal, 1999
Interviews with 78 high school students and 22 teachers in five high schools suggest that violence occurs at predictable locations and times in and around the school building. The locations were generally undefined public space not supervised by any teacher. Discusses implications for the prevention of school violence. Contains 98 references. (SLD)
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Maps, Prevention
Unowned Places and Times: Maps and Interviews about Violence in Unsafe High Schools.
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Astor, Ron Avi; And Others – 1996
Students (n=78) and teachers (n=22) in five high schools with violence concerns were given maps of their schools and asked to identify the locations and times of the most violent events and most dangerous areas in and around the school. Participants were also asked to identify the ages and genders of the perpetrators and victims of the violent…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, High School Students, High Schools, Maps