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Author Benbenishty, Rami.

Title School violence in context : culture, neighborhood, family, school, and gender / Rami Benbenishty & Ron Avi Astor.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  371.782 B456S    Check Shelf
Description xxiv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents School victimization embedded in context: a heuristic model -- Context and methods -- Victimization types -- Patterns of victimization -- Sexual harassment -- Student victimization by staff -- The influence within-school context on the subjective experience of victimization: safety, violence as a problem, and school nonattendance due to fear -- Difference in victimization between schools -- Schools embedded in larger contexts: the Matryoshka Doll theory of school violence -- One school, multiple perspectives on school safety -- Revisiting our central thesis: schools to the center o fthe theoretical model --Appendix 1: Research instruments -- Appendix 2: Details of the structural equation analyses.
Summary "Draws on surveys comparing Jewish and Arab-Israeli students with students in the United States. Presents an empirically-based model for understanding school violence, highlighting both universal and culturally specific patterns of school violence"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-210).
Subject School violence -- Social aspects -- Israel -- Case studies.
School violence -- Social aspects -- United States -- Case studies.
School violence -- Cross-cultural studies.
Added Author Asáš­or, Ron.
Added Title Culture, neighborhood, family, school, and gender
ISBN 019515780X hardcover alkaline paper
Standard No. 9780195157802
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