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The School in School Violence

Definitions and Facts

University of California, Santa Barbara, mfurlong@ education.ucsb.edu

Gale Morrison

University of California, Santa Barbara, gale{at}education.ucsb.edu

The purpose of this article is to clarify the historical and definitional roots of school violence. Knowledge about this issue has matured to the point where there is a need to refine the definition of school violence, thereby positioning educators to take the next step in providing effective, broad-based solutions to this problem.The first section provides an overview of the definitional and boundary issues of the term "school violence" as used in research and applied prevention programs.The second section presents an overview of what is known about the occurrence of violent and related high-risk behaviors on school campuses. Information about the prevalence of school violence is reviewed to inform and guide violence prevention programs, emphasizing the need to implement programs that are well linked to known correlates of school violence.We believe that in addition to identifying the characteristics of both perpetrators and victims of violence at school, researchers need to examine the contexts in which violence occurs.

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Vol. 8, No. 2, 71-82 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/106342660000800203


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