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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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Eugenio Weigend Vargas; Cynthia Ewell Foster; Sasha Mintz; Heather A. Hartman; Laura Seewald; Rebeccah Sokol; Peter F. Ehrlich; Patrick M. Carter; Jason E. Goldstick – Youth & Society, 2024
Firearm suicides among adolescents have increased in the US and rates vary across racial and ethnic groups. In this study, we examined contextual information around adolescent firearm suicides and analyzed how incident characteristics vary across racial and ethnic groups. We analyzed firearm suicides among adolescents (ages 10-18 years) from 2004…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Weapons, Suicide, Racial Differences
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Jackson, Brian A.; Diliberti, Melissa Kay; Moore, Pauline; Schwartz, Heather L. – RAND Corporation, 2023
Shooting incidents at kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) schools in the United States have sparked calls to increase security or adopt altogether new approaches to school safety. These approaches include allowing teachers or staff to carry firearms in some schools. To learn what teachers across the United States think about school safety…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, School Safety, School Security, Weapons
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Kruis, Nathan E.; McLean, Katherine; Rakhmatullaev, Bobur; Bish, David – Journal of School Violence, 2022
This exploratory study used data collected from a representative sample of 522 Pennsylvania residents and 238 Pennsylvania college students to measure attitudes toward four different types of campus carry (CC) -- student, faculty, staff, and universal carry. Findings indicated that a slight majority of both samples believed that armed staff and…
Descriptors: Violence, School Safety, Weapons, College Students
EdChoice, 2022
This polling brief describes the observations and views about guns and school safety among school parents, teachers, and the general public. The brief highlights their perspectives about what steps can be taken to ensure children across America have safe schools and classrooms for their learning. This poll was conducted between June 15-June 21,…
Descriptors: School Safety, Weapons, Parent Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
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Shamserad, Faraneh; McCuddy, Timothy; Esbensen, Finn-Aage – Journal of School Violence, 2021
The Federal Commission on School Safety has proposed a number of school security measures, including that trained teachers be allowed to carry concealed weapons at school. Prior to implementing such a policy, legislators and school administrators would be well advised to understand the potential effects of the policy on students. The current study…
Descriptors: Weapons, School Security, Teacher Role, Student Attitudes
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Schildkraut, Jaclyn; Carr, Collin M.; Terranova, Victoria – Journal of School Violence, 2018
Following the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech, policymakers have sought ways to improve safety on college and university campuses nationwide. Among the more recent proposals is to permit concealed handgun licensees to carry on campus. To date, eight states have enacted legislation implementing this measure. A limited body of research considers the…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Laws, Weapons
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E. Thomsen; M. Henderson; A. Moore; N. Price; M. W. McGarrah – National Center for Education Statistics, 2024
The tables in this report provide national-level estimates of the extent to which students ages 12-18 enrolled in grades 6-12 experience bullying during school. The tables show how bullying victimization varies by student and school characteristics such as sex, race/ethnicity, grade, household income, region, school locale, school enrollment size,…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Ash, Gwynne Ellen; Saunders, Jane M. – Children's Literature in Education, 2018
This essay considers 12 books of contemporary young adult fiction, published in the United States between 2000 and 2016, with plots directly related to rampage school shootings. It compares the shooters' psychological types, ages, races, genders, roles, motives and the narrative points of view in the books with dominant cultural scripts for…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Fiction, Weapons, Violence
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Crichlow-Ball, Caroline; Cornell, Dewey; Huang, Francis – Journal of School Violence, 2022
National debate over law enforcement in schools has largely overlooked student reporting of violent threats to school resource officer (SROs). This statewide assessment of Virginia high school students (n = 99,358) found that the majority of Black (64%), Hispanic (72%), White (71%), and other racial/ethnic identity (71%) students agreed the SRO…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, High School Students, Police School Relationship, School Security
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Mancini, Christina; Cook, Amy K.; Smith, Jessica C.; McDougle, Robyn – Journal of School Violence, 2020
Recently, states have enacted teacher-carry laws. While controversial, little scholarship has tapped public attitudes toward such reforms. Because public opinion shapes policy, the public is an important stakeholder in this debate. Thus, we investigated three questions. First, how supportive is the public of arming teachers? Second, what…
Descriptors: Weapons, Teacher Role, School Safety, Public Opinion
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Price, James H.; Khubchandani, Jagdish – American Journal of Health Education, 2017
Background: The United States has more than 90% of all youth firearm deaths that occur in high-income countries. Purpose: We summarize the epidemiological literature on the prevalence, risk factors, and protective factors associated with adolescent homicides and suicides and the role of firearms in the loss of these lives. Methods: A systematic…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Homicide, Suicide, Weapons
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Semprevivo, Lindsay Kahle; Agnich, Laura E.; Peguero, Anthony A. – Journal of School Violence, 2020
In recent years, there has been a growing social, educational, and public policy focus on investigating the correlates associated with youth carrying weapons in their communities and schools. Victimization and other correlates such as drug use and violent risk behaviors among youth have been linked to deviant behavior including weapon carrying.…
Descriptors: Weapons, Victims, Behavior Disorders, Gender Differences
New Jersey Department of Education, 2019
This report presents information provided by New Jersey public schools on disciplinary infractions and their consequences for the 2018-19 school year to the Student Safety Data System (SSDS). The SSDS collects incidents of violence, vandalism, weapons, substance use, and harassment, intimidation and bullying (HIB), as well as HIB trainings and…
Descriptors: School Safety, Discipline, Public Schools, School Violence
Office for Civil Rights, US Department of Education, 2019
The 2015-16 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) is a survey of public schools and school districts in the United States. The CRDC measures student access to courses, programs, staff, and resources that impact education equity and opportunity for students. The CRDC has long provided critical information used by the Department of Education's Office…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, School Safety, Public Schools, Civil Rights
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