2021
DOI: 10.1080/2372966x.2021.1949933
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Preventing School Violence and Promoting School Safety: Contemporary Scholarship Advancing Science, Practice, and Policy

Abstract: School safety is essential for children and youth in schools to learn and experience a positive developmental trajectory. School safety research featured herein intentionally draws upon multiple fields of study, including, but not limited to education; special education; school, counseling, clinical and community psychology; social work; juvenile justice; and sociology. the articles in this special issue draw on many theoretical frameworks, considering developmental theories, social-ecological and cognitive-ec… Show more

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“…This problem is not peculiar to Nigeria; the U.S. faces a similar challenge where horrific school shootings and other forms of violence in academic institutions have led governments at all levels and stakeholders to seek ways to best address the problem and protect the school environment [43,48,49]. In an attempt to address this challenge, the National Association of School Psychologists [50] cites research findings that suggest that restrictive school security measures have the potential to harm school learning environments, particularly when extreme physical measures are overemphasized or armed security guards are universally increased.…”
Section: Discussion Of Findingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This problem is not peculiar to Nigeria; the U.S. faces a similar challenge where horrific school shootings and other forms of violence in academic institutions have led governments at all levels and stakeholders to seek ways to best address the problem and protect the school environment [43,48,49]. In an attempt to address this challenge, the National Association of School Psychologists [50] cites research findings that suggest that restrictive school security measures have the potential to harm school learning environments, particularly when extreme physical measures are overemphasized or armed security guards are universally increased.…”
Section: Discussion Of Findingmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Safety and peace at schools are essential for learning and gaining positive experiences in the developmental process of children and adolescents [ 9 ]. According to the social disorganization theory, physical and social environments influence selective behaviors.…”
Section: Problem Statementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Bullying is a common and widespread form of violence in school contexts in many countries (Mayer et al, 2021). It is an intentional and long‐term form of violence in which there is an imbalance of power between bullies and victims (Olweus, 1993).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%