Violence directed against K-12 teachers is a serious problem that demands the immediate attention of researchers, providers of teacher pre-service and in-service training, school administrators, community leaders, and policymakers. Surprisingly, little research has been conducted on this growing problem despite the broad impact teacher victimization can have on schooling, recruitment, and retention of highly effective teachers and on student academic and behavioral outcomes. Psychologists should play a leadership role in mitigating school violence, including violence directed toward teachers. There is a need for psychologists to conduct research accurately assessing the types and scope of violence that teachers experience; to comprehensively evaluate the individual, classroom, school, community, institutional, and cultural contextual factors that might predict and/or explain types of teacher violence; and to examine the effectiveness and sustainability of classroom, school, and district-wide prevention and intervention strategies that target teacher violence in school systems. Collectively, the work of psychologists in this area could have a substantial impact on schooling, teacher experience and retention, and overall student performance.

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School Violence Prevention: Strategies To Keep Schools Safe. Policy Study No. 234.

Understanding and Preventing Violence Directed against Teachers: Recommendations for a National Research, Practice, and Policy Agenda.

This study examined the moderating role of school violence and peer victimization on the association between sexual orientation and mental health. The sample consisted of 11,794 high school student...

Peer Victimization and Dating Violence Among LGBTQ Youth: The Impact of School Violence and Crime on Mental Health Outcomes

A History of Violence in the Schools

OBJETIVO: Determinar el impacto de la violencia homicida en la esperanza de vida masculina (EVM) de Mexico y sus 32 estados durante los trienios 1998-2000 y 2008-2010, asi como el grado de participacion de los diferentes grupos etarios en la perdida de anos de EVM por esta causa. METODOS: A partir de datos oficiales sobre defunciones y poblacion, se construyeron tablas abreviadas de mortalidad masculina para Mexico y sus estados en los trienios estudiados. Se calcularon la esperanza de vida temporaria masculina y los anos de esperanza de vida perdidos (AEVP) en el grupo etario de 15 a 75 anos, por causas seleccionadas (homicidios, diabetes mellitus y accidentes de transporte) y por grupos de edad en cada trienio. RESULTADOS: Entre 1998-2000 y 2008-2010 se incrementaron los AEVP por homicidio a nivel nacional y en 19 estados; en cuatro de ellos, la cifra de AEVP en 2008-2010 supero los dos anos, destacandose el caso de Chihuahua, con 5,2 anos. De 18 estados donde la esperanza de vida temporaria masculina disminuyo entre los dos trienios, en 14 aumentaron los AEVP por homicidio. En 2008-2010 los homicidios fueron responsables del mayor porcentaje de AEVP masculinos en el grupo etario de 20 a 44 anos. Los AEVP por homicidio en el grupo de 15 a 44 anos de edad se incrementaron entre ambos trienios. CONCLUSIONES: El aumento de la violencia homicida, especialmente entre los jovenes, es un freno para el incremento de la esperanza de vida masculina en Mexico. En varios estados, como Chihuahua y Durango, esta violencia parece ser la principal responsable del descenso de la esperanza de vida masculina entre los 15 y 75 anos de edad.

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Impact of homicide on male life expectancy in Mexico

of a Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate School of The University of Southern Mississippi in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

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School Violence Prevention: Strategies To Keep Schools Safe. Policy Study No. 234.

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Understanding and Preventing Violence Directed against Teachers: Recommendations for a National Research, Practice, and Policy Agenda.

Peer Victimization and Dating Violence Among LGBTQ Youth: The Impact of School Violence and Crime on Mental Health Outcomes

A History of Violence in the Schools

Impact of homicide on male life expectancy in Mexico

Teacher and Administrator Perceptions of In-School Suspension Programs on Changing Student Behavior and Academic Success in Schools.