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ERIC Number: ED598461
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Sep
Pages: 30
Abstractor: ERIC
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Student Victimization in U.S. Schools: Results from the 2017 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey. Stats in Brief. NCES 2019-064
Yanez, Christina; Seldin, Melissa
National Center for Education Statistics
As the body of research on school violence grows, so does the understanding of the features, causes, and consequences of student victimization (Chouhy, Madero-Hernande, and Turanovic 2017). Among students who experience victimization, lower academic performance can become an issue particularly for adolescents who avoid or skip school following the victimization experience (Gardella, Tanner-Smith, and Fisher 2016). Additionally, students who experience victimization also experience rejection and avoidance by their peers (Turanovic and Young 2016). Even as schools, parents, and communities act against student victimization, continued measurement and understanding of school crime are necessary for the consistent improvement of our school and student safety. This Statistics in Brief presents estimates of student criminal victimization at school by selected student and school characteristics, reports of bullying victimization, indicators of school disorder, school security measures, and student avoidance behaviors. It uses data from the 2017 National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Basic Screen Questionnaire (NCVS-1), NCVS Crime Incident Report (NCVS-2), and School Crime Supplement (SCS). Study questions included: (1) How do reports of criminal victimization at school vary by student characteristics?; (2) Do reports of bullying at school vary among students reporting and not reporting criminal victimization at school?; (3) Do reports of other unfavorable conditions at school vary among students reporting and not reporting criminal victimization?; and (4) How do fear, avoidance behaviors, and perceptions of crime and feeling safe vary among students reporting and not reporting criminal victimization?
National Center for Education Statistics. Available from: ED Pubs. P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Tel: 877-433-7827; Web site: http://nces.ed.gov/
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Center for Education Statistics (ED); Synergy Enterprises, Inc.
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: EDIES12D0010/0004
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