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AUTHOR'S ABSTRACT:
The purpose of this study was to determine the types and prevalence of violence in three high schools in the Camden City Public School District, as perceived by students, staff, and a Gang Abatement Task Force. This study reviewed archival data found in school incident reports and used limited portions of the National Crime Victimization Survey (Office of Juvenile Justice, 1997), including the following sub tests: Nonfatal Student Victimization, the School Crime Supplements, the National Household Education Survey, and Monitoring the Future. The Principal/School Disciplinary Survey was also used to determine principals' perceptions of actual reported incidents of school violence. The views of a random sample of students, faculty, and administrators from three purposefully selected schools provided the majority of the data. Of the 159 student respondents, 57% or more reported that they had not experienced violence in their high school within the previous 6 or 12 months. Approximately 30% or more indicated that they had experienced some aspect of theft, personal attack, sexual assault, or bullying behavior one or more times during the previous 6 or 12 months. Sixty-one percent of the student respondents reported using no alcohol between September 1998 and December 1999, while 35% reported consuming alcohol once during that time period. Marijuana intake was reported as "not at all" by 78% of the students and as "one time" by 20%. Of 55 school faculty and administrators who reported on the types and prevalence of violence in their schools, more than 70% reported the presence of graffiti, the availability of drugs, and an increase in the presence of weapons. Only 48% reported an increase in physical confrontation. When responding to the same survey questions, more than 70% of the members of the Gang Abatement Task Force reported the presence of graffiti, the availability of drugs, an increase in weapons, and an increase in physical confrontations. The most serious problems, identified by the three participating principals, were student tardiness and absenteeism. It was recommended that the district organize and maintain a community-based violence prevention program, including a violence prevention and conflict resolution program, and develop a district-wide system for reporting and tracking incidences of student violence. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. Copyright © 2000 by Curtis Albert Andrews; University Microfilms International)
Delaware
School Violence
Child Violence
Juvenile Violence
Junior High School Student
Senior High School Student
Late Childhood
Late Adolescence
Early Adolescence
Grade 6
Grade 7
Grade 8
Grade 9
Grade 10
Grade 11
Grade 12
Violence Incidence and Prevalence
Firearms in School
Weapons in School
Student Violence
Student Substance Use
Drug Use Incidence and Prevalence
Substance Use Incidence and Prevalence
Juvenile Substance Use
Child Substance Use
Child Victim
Child Crime
Child Bully
Juvenile Crime
Juvenile Bully
Juvenile Victim
Victimization Incidence and Prevalence
Bullying Incidence and Prevalence
School Crime
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