Despite the disproportionate and controversial concern regarding the disparate impact of school disciplinary policies on minority youth, there is little known regarding the perspectives of minority secondary school administrators and their use of school discipline and violence prevention strategies. Especially concerning is a trend that shows…

Chapter 1: School Cellphone Bans and Student Substance Abuse: Evidence From California Public High Schools: Following high profile school shootings and the September 11th terrorist attacks, public concern over school emergency preparedness prompted the California State Legislature in 2003 to overturn a statewide ban against student possession of…

Over the last decade, school rampage shootings have taken multiple lives and caused widespread fear throughout the United States. During this same period, there have also been dozens of averted incidents where student plots to kill multiple peers and faculty members came to the attention of authorities and thus were thwarted. This dissertation…