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AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT:
The purpose of this study was to (1) determine whether school professional and support staff view pupil control in either the 'Humanistic' or the 'Custodial' model; (2) determine which model is associated with fewer school discipline problems and corresponding violence. School personnel from four Bronx, New York High Schools were given the Pupil Control Ideology survey and 246 responses were collected. Summary incident reports (including assaults, harassments, and robbery) were grouped and evaluated according to the PCI survey protocol. Focus group interviews were held with key security personnel, including principals, deans and school safety officers to assess shared values about school safety. The overall hypothesis that schools having a high degree of Humanism will be associated with fewer reported incidents than schools operating via the Custodial model of pupil control was not shown to be statistically significant at the 0.05 level. However, certain categories such as Teacher PCI mean scores, when compared to administrator and counselor scores were statistically significant at the 0.05 level. Staff directly responsible for the control of students were the most Custodial. Security personnel and teachers were judged to be Custodial, with PCI mean scores of 62.2 and 58.6 respectively. Administrators and counselors were judged to be Humanistic, with PCI mean scores of 53.4 and 51.2 respectively. Focus group interviews confirm that harassment was the most reported incident category, with assaults ranking second. The results, with mixed statistical significance, suggest the Humanistic model is associated with fewer discipline problems. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, 1997. Copyright © 1997 by Kenneth William Baum; University Microfilms International)
New York
School Personnel
Adult Perceptions
Adult Ideology
School Violence
Juvenile Violence
Senior High School
School Safety
School Discipline
Juvenile Offender
Student Violence
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