School violence

In the United States and abroad, violence is still plaguing our schools. During the 1990s, many schools experienced sporadic but violent occurrences of school violence (Ismaili, 2011; Yogan, 2000). Although, most violent school acts are random and school crime is down, school in…

Much of the research literature on school violence has focused narrowly on individual characteristics of troubled youth, without careful examination of contextual factors that might influence violence and victimization in school settings. This dissertation examines issues of sch…

Schools are held accountable for creating and maintaining safe learning environments for all students. The prevalence of behavior and conduct disorders, specifically aggression, remain problematic for school campuses. When a child’s aggressive behaviors persist over time, the de…

This qualitative, multiple case study design consisting of interviews, in English and Hebrew with 12 adolescents from 4 distinct Israeli communities (secular Jewish Sabras, Russian speaking Jewish immigrants, Arab-Christians, and Arab-Muslims) examined the perceptions of older a…