PROBLEM: Gang violence affects many adolescents in the United States, and there has
been an increase in violent crimes against adolescents in recent years. METHOD: A …

Schools are basically safe places for children. School violence and disruption, although in
decline through the mid-to late 1990s, remains a concern. National surveys that inform …

Having police officers in schools (school resource officers‐SROs) is controversial with a
growing debate as their presence has proliferated nationally over the past twenty years. A …

Using data collected in 2007 from a national sample of nearly 3,500 students this study
explores the utility of a more integrated approach to understanding student avoidance …

Using a developmental, social–ecological approach to understand the etiology of health-risk
behavior and inform primary prevention efforts, we assess the predictive effects of family and …

This study examined the effects of the concentrations of single-mother families (SMFs) and
single-father families (SFFs) on youth crime. Five hypotheses, including the maternal, same …

Using data on middle-school adolescents from the Rural Substance Abuse and Violence
Project (RSVP), the authors examined the extent to which psychological difficulties are …

This article uses data on school crime and other characteristics from a study of US public
schools to contribute to our knowledge about the extent and correlates of school violence …

Research on juveniles' attitudes toward the police has been instrumental in finding that
youths generally hold less favorable opinions of the police than do adults. However, a …

Although research has examined various correlates of weapon and gun carrying at school
and among adolescents, it has yet to consider the relationship between gun stores around …