Utilizing a sample of 798 seventh graders in both K-8 schools and junior high schools in a metropolitan area, this study examined characteristics of student victims of violence and threat of violence and the relationship between victimization and student perceptions of school environment. Comparisons of school environmental characteristics with…

Based on data from the Safe School Study conducted by the National Institute of Education, this report focuses on how students are affected by their perceptions of danger or threatening situations at school. A review of major research studies on student fear provides the theoretical framework for a discussion of the most probable victims of fear,…

Bullying is a serious problem that can dramatically affect the ability of students to progress academically and socially. Bullying is comprised of direct behaviors such as teasing, taunting, threatening, hitting, and stealing that are initiated by one or more students against a victim. Bullying may also be more indirect by causing a student to be…