Full Description
Since 2005, bullying, school violence, and school safety literatures have expanded dramatically in content, disciplines, and empirical studies. However, despite this massive expansion of research, there has also been a surprising lack of theoretical and empirical direction to guide efforts on how to advance basic science and practical applications of this growing scientific area of interest. Bullying, School Violence, and Climate in Evolving Contexts outlines a novel unifying model that brings together previously distinct literatures on a wide range of issues (e.g., the structure of school violence and bullying, similarities and differences across cultural groups, weapons in schools, student suicidal ideation and behaviors, teacher-student and student-teacher victimization, sexual harassment, cyberbullying, school climate, etc.). Drawing from numerous large-scale research studies from around the globe, the authors examine the theoretical foundations of school safety and bullying and propose a series of groundbreaking new theoretical and practice proposals. This is a perfect book for doctoral candidates, young academics hoping to forge into new areas of bullying research, and seasoned scholars who delve into the conceptual areas of school violence and bullying.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. A Heuristic Model of School Violence and Bullying in Evolving Nested Contexts
Chapter 3. Victimization: Patterns and Interrelationships of Behaviors
Chapter 4. Variations and Similarities in School Victimization
Chapter 5. Weapons and Schools
Chapter 6. Sexual Victimization
Chapter 7. Understanding Suicide in the School Context
Chapter 8. Teacher-Student and Student-Teacher Victimization and Their Interrelationship
Chapter 9. Cyberbullying
Chapter 10. School Climate
Chapter 11. Future Theory, Research, and Policy
Epilogue
Appendix 1. Databases Used in Analyses
Appendix 2. Additional Technical Information on Statistical Analyses
References
Index
