Data from the School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (2013), a nationally representative sample survey of students ages 12 through 18, were used to evaluate co-occurring reports of bullying and other unfavorable conditions at school. Analysis is restricted to those respondents who were enrolled in grades 6 through…

Investigated public school vandalism with 7th through 12th grade students. Found vandalism highest in 7th grade, decreasing progressively with each increase in grade level. Predictors of vandalism included being from the lowest academic track, having committed acts of vandalism during junior high school (for high school students), coming from…

Contains five lesson plans designed to help students understand the causes of violent behavior and vandalism and to give them experience in solving problems of real-life situations. Students examine the causes and implications of violence in schools and among adolescents and effect of mass media on violent behavior. (AM)

A daily war is waged in schools all over the United States over wall space. Adolescents are using school walls to convey messages, create name recognition, slander each other, or for claiming territorial space. On the other side is the school administration, which paints over and erases these unsanctioned claims to space, power and identity, as it…

Fights, weapons, and stolen or intentionally damaged property are common concerns of most schools in North Carolina. The results of this survey indicate that 27 percent of all 9th-12th grade students reported carrying a weapon (gun, knife, club) within the month prior to this survey. A significant percentage of students do not feel safe at school…

The 12 items in this annotated bibliography are entries in the ERIC system concerning school crime and how to improve school security. The articles and documents focus on a number of issues, including (1) how to reduce vandalism, (2) the principal's role in school crime management, (3) factors correlated with disruption in schools, (4) the…

Schools are the primary means by which society transmits skills, values, and concepts about self to youth. Without a safe and secure environment, it becomes virtually impossible for students to learn. This book reports on one project to change the atmosphere of fear in a high school. Eleventh grade students were taught the SARA (Scanning,…

Delinquency and vandalism are serious problems in secondary schools today. These problems, coupled with the fear of retaliation and the complications of the present legal system, are examined for causes and possible solutions in this newsletter article. Some causes of this delinquency are listed as: (1) alienation from society due to economic…

Written to help school administrators and community leaders, this pamphlet discusses school vandalism and ways to prevent it. The first sections highlight the physical, financial, and social costs of vandalism and present a profile of the typical vandal--a young teenage boy. The following sections review the psychological reasons for vandalism,…

Discusses the personal, familial, and educational causes of the emergence of student violence since the 1950s. Suggests how counselors can better relate to each individual student and how teachers, parents, and counselors can work together to help reduce school violence. (SB)

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter states that the problem of school crime is not a school problem, but a cultural problem manifesting itself in schools. The cultural shifts of the last generation are creating adolescent needs that schools were never organized to deal with, and, therefore,…