Citation

McKellar NA, Sherwin HD. J. School Violence 2003; 2(4): 43-55.

Affiliation

Dept of Administration, Counseling, Educational and School Psychology, Campus Box 123, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1300/J202v02n04_03

PMID

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Abstract

Kansas school psychologists were extremely accurate in their estimates of violence in their own schools and viewed school violence prevention as an important part of their job, regardless of the rates of violence in their districts. Most had at least some involvement in their own school's violence prevention program, although many reported that they had little or no training. Despite the fact that the majority of respondents work in districts with relatively low rates of violence, over half reported that fighting, bullying, and substance abuse, early warning signs of school violence, occur a lot or a fair amount in their districts.