MGT 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Homicide, Virginia Tech Shooting
Document Summary
What does it refer to: popular conception. How do we know about it: lots of individual school based surveys. Systems: ncvs has special school victimization supplement. Prevalence and distribution: typically 13-34 homicides at school per year (very rare) In 2010/2011 school year, there were 31 violent deaths: less than 1-2% of all youth homicides occur at school. 49 per 1,000 students at school vs 38 per 1,000 away from school. Weapons: 7% of student reported they were threaten with a weapon at school the number of student reporting carrying a weapon to school has declined. Who are our victims: males have higher rates than females, urban school student higher than suburban and rural, whites had lower rates of victimization than blacks and hispanics. Bullying : a major problem, about 28% reported being bullied at some point during the school year, about 9% report being cyber bullied (this increased from 2007) Girls are more likely to be the victims and offenders.
