School zone : a problem analysis of student offending and victimization /

"This book combines offender, victim, and environmental perspectives to show how leading theories of crime are correctly and incorrectly applied to the school environment. It also evaluates data on a range of crimes at school ranging from theft to violence to verbal and physical assault and eva...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Wilcox, Pamela, 1968- (Author), Ousey, Graham C., 1968- (Author), Tillyer, Marie Skubak, 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Students > Crimes against > United States.
School violence > United States.
Juvenile delinquency > United States.
Victims of juvenile crime > United States.
Violence dans les écoles > États-Unis.
Délinquance juvénile > États-Unis.
Victimes d'actes criminels commis par des jeunes > États-Unis.
Juvenile delinquency
School violence
Students > Crimes against
Victims of juvenile crime
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The school-crime connection: variation across people, places, and time
  • Making sense of school crime: key perspectives
  • Measuring school crime
  • Student delinquency: the motivated offender
  • Student victimization: the suitable, unguarded target
  • Double trouble: the victim-offender overlap among students
  • The school environment: a place for crime
  • School zone: strategies in search of safety.

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