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Dukes, Richard L.; Stein, Judith A. – Youth & Society, 2003
Investigated the relationships of gender and gang membership to latent variables of psychosocial characteristics, drug use, delinquency, weapons possession, and fear within rural and urban Colorado school districts. Surveys of 1,669 self-reported gang members and 1,742 non-gang members indicated that gender was related more strongly to the latent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Drug Abuse, Gender Issues
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Renfro, Joy; Huebner, Ruth; Callahan, Connie; Ritchey, Becky – Journal of School Violence, 2003
Despite the fact that many incidents of extreme violence have taken place in rural areas there is still some resistance on the part of rural school administrators to admit that violence is a problem in their schools. This article provides a comparison of rural and urban student and staff self-report of school violence (perpetration, victimization…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Violence, Rural Areas