School Safety Strategies and Their Effects on the Occurrence of School-Based Violence in U.S. High Schools: An Exploratory Study

Cuellar, Matthew J.

doi:10.1080/15388220.2016.1193742

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“…Further, existing research tends to focus exclusively on student perceptions of safety, while parental assessments of school safety remain relatively nonexistent (see Mowen, 2015). Research that does exist presents some mixed findings in regard to the relationship between student perceptions and security (e.g., Cuellar, 2018). Bracy's (2011) results from an ethnographic study of two schools exemplifies the discordance found within the literature.…”

Section: Perceptions Of School Safetymentioning

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Is More Necessarily Better? School Security and Perceptions of Safety among Students and Parents in the United States

Mowen

Freng

2018

Am J Crim Just

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The use of security measures within schools has increased dramatically over the past few decades. These proliferations are often touted by teachers, school administrators, politicians, and the public as necessary for improving student safety. Though research in this area is growing, we know little about how increased use of school security measures relates to both student and parental perceptions of school safety. Using data from wave one of the 2002 Educational Longitudinal Study, the current study investigates the relationship between the use of security measures in schools and student and parent assessments of safety. Findings from multi-level models indicate that school security measures are, generally, related to decreased perceptions of safety by both parents and students. Implications of these findings are addressed.

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Section: Perceptions Of School Safetymentioning

confidence: 99%

Is More Necessarily Better? School Security and Perceptions of Safety among Students and Parents in the United States

Mowen

Freng

2018

Am J Crim Just

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“…Other studies have shown consistently negative effects such that the presence of school security measures was associated with higher levels of victimization. For example, some studies have found that the use of more school security measures is associated with more exposure to drugs, fighting, and property crime (Tanner-Smith et al 2017), disorder, including personal attack and theft (Mayer and Leone 1999; Schreck and Miller 2003; Taylor 2010), and violence and weapon presence (Cuellar 2018; Nickerson and Martens 2008). Still other studies have had mixed findings, where some types of school security measures have a positive relationship with student victimization, others have a negative relationship, and others have no effect at all (Burrow and Apel 2008; Cheurprakobkit and Bartsch 2005; Crawford and Burns 2016; Jennings et al 2011; Sevigny and Zhang 2016).…”

Section: Existing Literature On School Security Measures Adolescent mentioning

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“…Additionally, prior studies are inconsistent in how they operationalize school security measures. Some studies use several individual items to assess their independent contributions to student victimization (e.g., Blosnich and Bossarte 2011; Cheurprakobkit and Bartsch 2005), others use additive scales (e.g., Gerlinger and Wo 2016), others use theoretical frameworks to group security measures (e.g., Burrow and Apel 2008; Cuellar 2018; Mayer and Leone 1999; Sevigny and Zhang 2016), and still others use empirical methods of identifying underlying constructs related to school security measures (e.g., Nickerson and Martens 2008). Although these different approaches serve useful purposes, they do not address in particular the extent to which a school’s overall level of security relates to victimization.…”

Section: Existing Literature On School Security Measures Adolescent mentioning

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School Security Measures and Longitudinal Trends in Adolescents’ Experiences of Victimization

Fisher

Mowen

Boman

2018

J Youth Adolescence

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Although school security measures have become a common fixture in public schools across the United States, research on the relationship between security and adolescent victimization is mixed, with very few studies examining trends in adolescent victimization across time. Using two waves of data from the Educational Longitudinal Study 2002 (N = 7659; 50.6% female; 56.7% White, 13.3% Black, 13.5% Hispanic, 11.3% Asian American, 5.4% other race), results from a series of multi-level models demonstrate that adolescents in schools with more security measures report higher odds of being threatened with harm, and no difference in odds of being in a physical altercation or having something stolen over time. Although prior research has established racial disparities in using school security measures, results demonstrate inconsistent patterns in the extent to which adolescents' race conditions the relationship between security and victimization. The findings are discussed in light of existing theoretical and empirical work, and implications for both research and practice are offered.

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“…Traumatic life experiences that occur within the family (eg, physical and sexual abuse as well as neglect) or beyond (eg, community and school) are a major public health concern . Violence in the community can include witnessing shootings, stabbings, or drug deals while in the school can involve seeing other students using drugs or being physically or emotionally bullied .…”

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Violence exposure, conflict, and health outcomes in inner‐city African American adolescents

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Purpose To examine relationships among community and school violence exposure, parent‐adolescent conflict, coping style, and self‐reported health in a sample of 432 high‐risk, inner‐city African American adolescents at age 14 years. Design and methods Multiple regression and principal component analysis were used to analyze the secondary data. After controlling for multiple covariates (eg, sex, age, blood lead levels, and socioeconomic status), both violence exposure and posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) were related to health outcomes. The survey of exposure to community violence, the safe‐school survey, and the conflict tactics scale were used to measure community violence, school violence, and parent‐adolescent conflict. Coping was evaluated using the general coping scale. The child health illness profile‐adolescent edition was used to obtain self‐reported health measures, and the clinician‐assisted PTSD scale was used to measure PTSS. Results Higher exposure to community violence was associated with less emotional comfort, less family involvement, higher individual risk, and poorer academic and work performance. Parent‐adolescent conflict predicted less physical and emotional comfort and poorer home safety and health. Conclusions Our findings suggest that it is important to evaluate both violence exposure and the responses to the exposure, which can include both PTSS and diverse coping strategies.

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School Safety Strategies and Their Effects on the Occurrence of School-Based Violence in U.S. High Schools: An Exploratory Study

Cited by 30 publications

References 36 publications

Is More Necessarily Better? School Security and Perceptions of Safety among Students and Parents in the United States

Is More Necessarily Better? School Security and Perceptions of Safety among Students and Parents in the United States

School Security Measures and Longitudinal Trends in Adolescents’ Experiences of Victimization

Violence exposure, conflict, and health outcomes in inner‐city African American adolescents

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