Many studies have examined significant factors associated with school delinquency among adolescents, including relationship violence, property damage, and other serious threats to students' safety. However, students' coping behaviors after being victims of or witnesses to violence and other forms of delinquency have not been thoroughly examined.…

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter examines the relationship between the major goal of affective educational programs--improved student self-esteem--and school crime. The author believes that by focusing on the whole person, not just the cognitive domain, schools can have an impact on the school…

This handbook analyzes problems encountered by school administrators and staff involving school law, student rights, and school legal responsibility. Each section summarizes the relevant county, state, and federal laws and court decisions pertaining to such areas as student disturbances, student medical care, truancy, school security, married…