The American K-12 School Violence Incident: A Brief Study

Authors

Gordon A. Crews, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow
Garrison A. Crews, Marshall University

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2021

Abstract

The authors give an overview of a research project that examined in detail 106 characteristics of 78 school violence incidents that occurred in the United States between 1979 and 2011. The result is an extensive overview of the location, date, and time of school violence incidents; the school environment in which violence occurred; the school violence incident itself; the characteristics of the perpetrators involved; characteristics of weapons used; and injuries incurred. The authors pose to the reader six major findings of the characteristics of K-12 school violence incidents in the United States which they argue must be considered as we move forward in dealing with this issue.

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Recommended Citation

Crews, Gordon A., and Garrison A. Crews. "The American K-12 School Violence Incident: A Brief Study." Research Anthology on School Shootings, Peer Victimization, and Solutions for Building Safer Educational Institutions, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global Scientific Publishing, 2021, pp. 207-256. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5360-2.ch010

First Page

207

Last Page

256

Publication Title

Research Anthology on School Shootings, Peer Victimization, and Solutions for Building Safer Educational Institutions

DOI

10.4018/978-1-7998-5360-2.ch010