@article{ref1,
title="Students' Perceptions of the Importance of School Safety Strategies: An Introduction to the IPSS Survey",
journal="Journal of school violence",
year="2009",
author="Booren, Leslie M. and Handy, Deborah J.",
volume="8",
number="3",
pages="233-250",
abstract="Many research-based safety strategies and school violence prevention measures are available for schools to implement; however, little is known about which strategies are important to students. The current study was designed to explore students' perceptions of the importance of specified safety strategies. A new quantitative measure (Indicators of Preferences for School Safety [IPSS]) was developed using successful safety strategies and best practices identified in the current literature. A principal components analysis of 184 student reports revealed that four factors emerged from the IPSS survey: Rule Enforcement, Education, Control and Surveillance, and Counseling. Additionally, grade level differences were found in students' perceptions of these four categories, but gender differences were not evident.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1538-8220",
doi="10.1080/15388220902910672",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15388220902910672"
}