NCJ Number
194547
Journal
International Review of Victimology Volume: 8 Issue: 2 Dated: 2001 Pages: 141-158
Date Published
2001
Length
18 pages
Annotation
This article is an overview of school violence in Sweden along with research detailing individual characteristics that correlate to an increased incidence in school violence.
Abstract
This article is an overview of the school violence problem in general with an investigation of individual school and student characteristics that may correlate to fluctuations in school violence incident rates. The author presents a resource based view of school violence prediction specifically, school violence is found to be more prevalent at schools where family and community resources are low and also more prevalent among individual students with lower than average self-esteem and school involvement. Data was collected from 2,000 seventh graders who attended 26 schools located in larger cities throughout Sweden. The author noted a strong correlation between low self-esteem and victim status. However, the role of academic climate or social cohesion at individual schools was less clearly correlative. Based upon the research results the author presents a school violence response plan including community based interaction and involvement. 4 tables, 31 references