Bullying at school is a common problem facing youth, school officials, and parents. A
significant body of research has detailed the serious consequences associated with bullying …

This article examines two related themes: the increasingly restrictive security measures in
public schools and the reluctance of the courts to protect the basic Fourth Amendment rights …

Explanations of school disorder have suffered from at least two deficits:(1) institutional
explanations of disorder (that is, school climate) have been largely ignored, and (2) …

Applying Dickey‐Fuller time series techniques in tandem with intuitive plot‐displays, we
examine recent trends in girls' violence and the gender gap as reported in four major …

Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999, and the Jonesboro, Arkansas, schoolyard shooting on
March 24, 1998, violence of a much more insidious and subde nature occurs every school …

This study contrasts community violence and an organization's procedural justice climate (or
lack thereof) as explanations for employee-instigated workplace aggression in the …

While policymakers have granted a substantial commitment of resources in order to reduce
fear of crime among US school students, the research literature on fear of crime at school is …

While juvenile homicide garnered a tremendous amount of attention from the general public,
the media, and policymakers around 1990, macro-level research examining intercommunity …

Drawing on school climate theory and social disorganization theory, this article examines
the influence of major institutional and community factors on disorder in Philadelphia public …

Despite nationwide decreases in school crime and violence, a relatively high and increasing
number of students report feeling unsafe at school. In response, some school officials are …