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Taraja Shephard Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Approximately 11 million women and five million men in the United States report experiencing interpersonal violence (e.g., sexual violence, physical violence, psychological harassment, or stalking) before the age of 18 (CDC, n.d. -a). Victims may face a decline in grades, depression, anxiety, unwanted pregnancy, substance abuse, sexually…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Violence, Interpersonal Relationship
Rachel Sims Cook – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examined why students with disabilities have a strong presence in the juvenile justice system and measures to prevent or reduce the school-to-prison pipeline. The study utilized a Teacher Questionnaire on Delinquency to compare middle and high school teachers perceptions' of risk factors of delinquency for students with disabilities.…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Juvenile Justice, Delinquency, At Risk Students
Burger, Phyllis – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Statistical reports confirm that the female incarcerated population is not only increasing, but the frequency of mental disorders among this vulnerable population is accelerating. Women's pathways to crime show that gender matters significantly in shaping criminality. The frequency of mental disorders among incarcerated females is much higher than…
Descriptors: Females, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Mental Disorders
Slaton, Scott Larue – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The History and Examination of the Shaken Baby Project looks at the use of a Child Abuse prevention program at a Southwestern Community Hospital. The origination of the program is researched that uncovers the inception of the curriculum used in the medical facility. The Administrative and Hospital Staff are surveyed to determine their viewpoint to…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Prevention, Violence, Hospitals
Seibert, Maureen Louise – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study is to investigate why girls in an urban high school setting engage in physical fights in order to better understand the female student's mindset about fighting. A search of ERIC, Sociological Abstracts, Psychological Abstracts, Dissertation Abstracts and dissertations was conducted to review research in the following…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Violence, Poverty, Bullying
Johnson, Daniel C. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the etiology and cultural underpinnings of adolescent violence as collective case study analysis of three inter-related groups: psychiatrically hospitalized rural adolescents, their parent/guardian, and various hospital staff. Violence among adolescents is a serious societal issue that has had varying…
Descriptors: Violence, Psychiatric Hospitals, Adolescents, Qualitative Research