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Download full textCrowley, Carolyn L.; Lavery, Barbara; Siegel, Alexander W.; Cousins, Jennifer H. – 1997
This study examined the specific nature of the relationship between involvement in various risk-taking behaviors and levels of gang involvement. Forty-nine high school students, 24 girls and 25 boys, ages 14 to 18, from a rural Texas community, completed a gang involvement questionnaire and the Risk Inventory and Perception Scale during individual…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Delinquency, High School Students
Peer reviewedEvans, William P.; Fitzgerald, Carla; Weigel, Dan; Chvilicek, Sarah – Youth & Society, 1999
Investigated factors associated with gang involvement among rural and urban adolescents using data from a sample of 1,183 Nevada students in grades 7 through 12. There was no significant difference in gang membership or pressure to join gangs between the rural and urban samples, but there were differences on other gang and violence indicators.…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Group Membership, High School Students, Junior High School Students
Foster, Victoria; Marin, John – 1996
Many of today's children fear school because of violence. Some children do not feel safe going to school, so they stay home. Others are growing up in dysfunctional families, and are not prepared for school or able to perform well at school. Parental help, which is needed at school when problems arise, may be lacking for these children. Among the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, High Risk Students, High School Students, High Schools
Walker-Barnes, Chanequa J.; Mason, Craig A.; Arrue, Rafael Martinez – 1999
This study examines the relative influence of peer and parenting behavior on changes in adolescent gang involvement and gang-related delinquency. An ethnically diverse sample of 300 urban ninth-grade students was recruited and assessed on 8 occasions during the school year. Analyses were conducted using hierarchical linear modeling. Results…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Delinquency, Ethnicity
Hayes, Diane Williams – Crisis, 1993
Explores violence and weapon use among high school students. Both are on the increase. Schools have a responsibility to stop the overflow of street crime into the schools, but they cannot accomplish this without the help of parents. Parents must learn how to teach their children alternatives to violence. (SLD)
Descriptors: Crime, Delinquency, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedReyes, Olga; Jason, Leonard A. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1993
Studied characteristics distinguishing successful and failing Hispanic innercity high school students, using 24 high dropout-risk and 24 low dropout-risk Hispanic tenth graders (22 males and 26 females). When compared to high-risk counterparts, low-risk students were more satisfied with their school and maintained social groups predominantly free…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Grade 10, High Risk Students
