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Reeping, Paul M.; Klarevas, Louis; Rajan, Sonali; Rowhani-Rahbar, Ali; Heinze, Justin; Zeoli, April M.; Goyal, Monika K.; Zimmerman, Marc A.; Branas, Charles C. – Journal of School Violence, 2022
Limited research has been conducted on the state-level factors that may be associated with intentional school shootings. We obtained school shooting data from the "Washington Post" that identified any act of intentional interpersonal gunfire in a K-12 school over the course of two decades. We also compiled new data on active school…
Descriptors: Violence, School Safety, Weapons, State Legislation
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Kreski, Noah T.; Chen, Qixuan; Olfson, Mark; Cerdá, Magdalena; Martins, Silvia S.; Mauro, Pia M.; Branas, Charles C.; Rajan, Sonali; Keyes, Katherine M. – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: Being bullied online is associated with being bullied in school. However, links between online bullying and violence-related experiences are minimally understood. We evaluated potential disparities in these associations to illuminate opportunities to reduce school-based violence. Methods: We used five cohorts of Youth Risk Behavior…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Violence, Aggression
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Rajan, Sonali; Namdar, Rachel; Ruggles, Kelly V. – Journal of School Health, 2015
Background: The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence of aggressive and violent behaviors in the context of the school environment in a nationally representative sample of adolescent youth and to illustrate these patterns during 2001-2011. Methods: We analyzed data from 84,734 participants via the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance…
Descriptors: Aggression, Victims, Peer Relationship, Incidence