Trouble in the School Yard: a Study of the Risk Factors of Victimization at School

By Christopher J. Schreck, J. M. Miller, C. Gibson. Social Science Research Network, 2003

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The victimization of students at school is currently a matter of grave public concern. This study attempts to identify factors that single out junior and senior high school students as victims of campus theft and violent crime. Previous research indicates that victimization risk can flow from a variety of situational and individual variables, although this research has not focused on victimization in the school setting. To test which factors are most salient at school, we employed the 1993 National Household and Education Survey, School Safety and Discipline component (NHES-SSD). We found that although community variables exert some effect on schoolyard victimization risk, risk levels are associated with the presence of likely offenders at school as well as individual students who have delinquent characteristics and criminal associates. The attempts of schools to protect students through target-hardening strategies (e.g., metal detectors and security guards) were consistently unsuccessful.

Subfields: Education, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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School Order, Justice, and Education: Climate, Discipline Practices, and Dropping Out (2015, background): “…measures have been found to have little or no effect on reducing interpersonal violence within schools (Payne, 2008; Portillos et al., 2012; Schreck et al., 2003; Wilcox et al., 2009), the resources spent here may be better allocated to improving other aspects of school climate that are…”
School Size, Social Capital, and Student Victimization (2011, background): “…determinants of victimization vary across crime type (Burrow and Apel 2008; KhouryKassabri et al. 2005; Khoury-Kassabri et al. 2004; Miethe and McDowall 1993; Miethe, Stafford, and Long 1987; Sampson and Lauritsen 1990; Schreck et al. 2003; Wilcox et al. 2009; Wittebrood and Nieuwbeerta 2000).”
Youth Behavior, School Structure, and Student Risk of Victimization (2008, background): “Schreck et al. (2003) rely on a nationally representative sample of 6ththrough 12th-grade students, and differentiate their opportunity constructs into the individual and school levels.”
Self-control, Victimization, and their Influence on Risky Lifestyles: A Longitudinal Analysis Using Panel Data (2006, background): “Neither did our research explore the possible role of school or family ecological contexts as sources of stability (e.g., Schreck et al. 2003 ).”
Something Old, Something New: Revisiting Competing Hypotheses of the Victimization-Offending Relationship Among Adolescents (2011, background): “Indeed, previous studies typically report a positive effect of drug-use, fighting, weapon-carrying, and other criminal offense behavior on victimization (e.g., Burrow and Apel 2008; Campbell Augustine et al. 2002; Fisher et al. 1998; Jensen and Brownfield 1986; Lauritsen et al. 1992; Mustaine and Te”
Controlling Crime and Delinquency in the Schools (2005, background): “And whereas Green (1999) contends that the use of technology such as metal detectors can effectively enhance school security, research conducted by Schreck, Miller, and Gibson (2003) indicates that the use of metal detectors has no impact on student victimization (for further discussion of the use…”
Preventing School Bullying: Should Schools Prioritize an Authoritative School Discipline Approach Over Security Measures? (2016, background): “Schreck et al. (2003), however, did not find that additional security measures had any sort of increased safety benefits.”