Issues In School Violence Research (Monograph Published Simultaneously as the Journal of School) (Monograph Published Simultaneously as the Journal of School)
Contributors: Michael J. Furlong (Editor); Gale M. Morrison (Editor); Russell Skiba (Editor); Dewey G. Cornell (Editor)
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: October 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9780789025791
Subjects: Research methods: general; Schools; Violence in society; Education / Teaching; Administration - General; Education; Educational Policy & Reform - School Safety; Criminology; School violence
First sentence: SUMMARY. School violence became a topic of broad national concern in the United States in reaction to a series of tragic school shootings during the 1990s.
Description: The underlying theme of this collection is that in the rush to gather information about school violence and to label it a social problem, the reliability of methodology has been overlooked. The papers address problems with critical measurements and the use of self-reporting and offer some methods for assessing potential violence in schools.