Drawing on one of the most comprehensive and representative studies of school violence
ever conducted, Benbenishty and Astor explore and differentiate the many manifestations of …

Although compulsory schooling intends to develop the potential of all students, some
students may actually be harmed by schooling practices. In this book, researchers and …

Experts from a range of disciplines use a variety of perspectives, notably those of public
health, criminology, ecology, and developmental psychology, to review the latest research …

This comprehensive, evidence-based examination looks at violence and security across the
entire spectrum of education, from preschool through college. In Violence and Security on …

This article raises concerns about how context is conceptualized and researched in many
current school violence inquiries. For example, research has shown that specific school …

It is possible to imagine a school designed and managed effectively for safety as well as
education. Public schools, once considered a response to urban violence and disorder, now …

Illustrated with numerous case studies–many drawn from the author's work as a forensic
psychologist–this book identifies 19 myths and misconceptions about youth violence, from …

A largely neglected aspect of school violence is low-level, underlying violence in schools
that includes bullying, peer sexual harassment, victimization based on sexual orientation …

Utilizing critical incidents primarily from a year‐long ethnographic study of a single gender
middle school, the authors attempt to capture the mechanisms of symbolic violence as …

The purpose of this article is to clarify the historical and definitional roots of school violence.
Knowledge about this issue has matured to the point where there is a need to refine the …