The violence‐resilient school: a comparative study of schools and their environments (original) (raw)

Abstract: This comparative study addressed a school's resiliency to violence through an examination of the level of violence in its environment. By examining the amount of criminal violence in the neighborhoods of each school, the intent was to identify the most and the least violence resilient schools. Data was gathered on six London secondary schools from 1996 through 1998. Neighborhood violence related data was obtained by the Metropolitan Police from the Performance Information Bureau. In addition, interviews were conducted ...