SOCL 3510 Chapter : Chapter 10
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How do we know about it: lots of individual school based surveys, students, administrators, systems, ncvs has special school victimization supplement, age specific. Types of violence: broad categories, nonfatal violent victimization, fatal violent victimization, nonfatal violent offending. In 2007, about 4% of students 12-18 reported being victimized at school during the previous 6 months: only about 2% for violent victimization, <1% serious violent victimization, 3% victimized by theft. Who: males 2x as likely as females, urban school students 2x as likely as rural. Bullying: bullying is a major problem; about 1/3 reported being bullied at some point during the school year, about 4% report being cyberbullied, rates of bullying is higher in middle school. Prevalence and distribution: type of offense, victim-offender relationship vary by day, time of day, and age (see, like the national trend, school based violent victimization declined dramatically during related graphs) the 1990"s.
