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Harris, Phillip, Ed. – 1994
Statistics paint a startling and frightening picture of school violence in America. Understanding the real problem is essential to focus national attention and to bring about awareness that energy must be committed to preventing violence. The 27 items in this collection are organized into 4 comprehensive sections. Section 1, "Attention: Guns,…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
Walker, Dean – Research Roundup, 1995
Elementary school principals are in a key position to prevent school violence. This document reviews five publications that feature strategies administrators and teachers can use to create a safe school. In "Creating Safe Environments for Learning in North Carolina's Public Schools," Tanya M. Suarez reviews the literature on school safety and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Discipline Policy, Drug Abuse, Educational Environment
Cummings, Scott, Ed.; Monti, Daniel J., Ed. – 1993
This book presents papers from some leading social scientists and scholars who examine the contemporary contours of America's gang problem. New material is provided on wilding (i.e., running amok for no specific reason) gangs, migration and drug trafficking, and public education disruption. Other topics involve organization of gangs, their social…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Crime, Delinquency, Drug Use

Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1993
This congressional hearing report highlights some of the steps people are taking to divert and prevent youth from becoming involved in gang activities. Testimony and prepared statements include those from Joseph Gonzales, Field Organizer of the Youth Volunteer Corps from Kansas City; Kathy Masera, President of the California Job Journal; Ron…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Involvement, Delinquency Prevention, Disadvantaged Youth
Truckenmiller, James L. – 1983
The accurate prediction of violence has been in the spotlight of critical concern in recent years. To investigate the relative predictive power of peer pressure, youth perceived negative labeling, youth perceived access to educational and occupational roles, social alienation, self-esteem, sex, and age with regard to gang fight participation…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Aggression, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1989
Law enforcement officials, experts in public health, criminologists, educators, and youth offered testimony intended to help Congress understand the scope of the threat of guns and firearm violence to young people and the strains of the firearm problem on public and community services. A fact sheet points out that: (1) increasing numbers of youth…
Descriptors: Accidents, Community Problems, Crime, Federal Government
Rodman, Hyman – 1978
One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter reviews the major cultural and structural statements on the relationship between poverty and delinquency. The value stretch perspective, stemming from research on family values and on aspirations is introduced in order to challenge and clarify the basic works of…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Delinquent Behavior, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Shulmire, Sandra Rodden – 1996
Adolescent women have been a part of gangs in the United States since the early 1800s, but they have been neglected in gang research. To address the shortfall, this study used structured interviews, standardized questionnaires, and collaborative records to gather information about adolescent women in a metropolitan area with an emerging gang…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Delinquency, Family Influence
Mullis, Lelia Christie – 1997
Some models for collaboration among families, schools, law enforcement, and social agencies, which promote gang awareness and prevention of gang involvement at the elementary and middle school levels, are described in this research review. The studies were grouped into three categories: background information, prevention strategies, and…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship

Prevention Researcher, 1997
This document consists of the first 10 issues of the newsletter, "Prevention Researcher," published during the 4-year period 1994 through 1997. The 1994 issues (two) focus on dating violence and youth gangs. The 1995 issues (two) focus on Internet resources for prevention professionals and on drunk driving. The 1996 issues (three) focus…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Battered Women, Delinquency
PRIDE Surveys, Bowling Green, KY. – 1996
This booklet provides graphs, tables, and a summary compiled from data collected in schools using the 1995-1996 PRIDE Questionnaire. The data reflect prevalence and patterns of drug and alcohol abuse, violence, gang activity, and suicide. This report is designed for educators to use within their drug abuse and violence awareness and prevention…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, Drug Education, Drug Use
PRIDE Surveys, Bowling Green, KY. – 1995
This booklet provides graphs, tables, and a summary compiled from data collected in schools using the 1994-1995 PRIDE Questionnaire. The data reflect prevalence and patterns of drug and alcohol abuse, violence, gang activity, and suicide. This report is designed for educators to use within their drug abuse and violence awareness and prevention…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, Drug Education, Drug Use
Mazin, Lawrence; Hestand, John; Koester, Ruth – 1998
This guide presents practical steps to improve the school environment and to minimize the legal liability of educators. It provides strategies and techniques for discipline and safety, documentation, dealing with harassment, gang activities, physical violence, off-campus problems affecting school environment, issues concerning special education…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Compliance (Legal), Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education
Daley, Christine E.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – 2000
The purpose of this study was to determine whether at-risk behaviors (e.g., substance abuse, gun ownership, sexual activity, and gang membership) are associated with violence attribution errors, as measured by Daley and Onwuegbuzie's (1995) Violence Attribution Survey, among 82 incarcerated male juvenile delinquents. Analysis revealed that the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Delinquency, Emotional Adjustment

Dukes, Richard L.; Martinez, Ruben O.; Stein, Judith A. – Youth & Society, 1997
Studied explanations for gang membership in a population of 11,000 secondary school students. Lower self-esteem, perceived academic ability, psychosocial health, and bonds with institutions appeared to precede gang membership. Other precursors and consequences identified were also consistent with a lack of social integration. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Group Membership, Juvenile Gangs