TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - A qualitative study of perception of school safety among youth in a high crime city JO - Journal of school violence A1 - Cobbina, Jennifer E. A1 - Galasso, Matthew A1 - Cunningham, Mary A1 - Melde, Chris A1 - Heinze, Justin SP - 277 EP - 291 VL - 19 IS - 3 N2 - School safety is a key feature of the learning environment. Research suggests if students perceive their environment as unsafe they will face a myriad of possible detrimental consequences. Using qualitative interviews, we explore the factors most consistently identified by students as important in their feelings of safety. We examine whether the type of building (elementary vs. high school) impacts the themes generated by students in their responses about feelings of safety in their school. Our results speak to how perceptions of school safety are formed, how students understand the role of other students and adults in mitigating or exacerbating violence, as well as the role external resources in their environments play in protecting youth from school violence.

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LA - en SN - 1538-8220 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2019.1677477 ID - ref1 ER -