Utilizing a sample of 798 seventh graders in both K-8 schools and junior high schools in a metropolitan area, this study examined characteristics of student victims of violence and threat of violence and the relationship between victimization and student perceptions of school environment. Comparisons of school environmental characteristics with…

This two-volume monograph reports the results of the 24th national survey of drug use and related attitudes and beliefs among American high school seniors, the nineteenth such survey of American college students, and the eighth such survey of eighth- and tenth-grade students. The major purpose of this publication is to develop an accurate picture…

This second volume, in a two-volume set reporting the results from the Monitoring the Future study, presents the results of the 1977 through 1998 follow-up surveys of the graduating high school classes of 1976 through 1997 as they have progressed through young adulthood. This current study, which draws the college sample in the senior year of high…