Surveillance of School Violence, Injury, and Disciplinary Actions.

Kingery, Paul M.; Coggeshall, Mark B.

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ERIC Number: EJ624482

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Publication Date: 2001

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Surveillance of School Violence, Injury, and Disciplinary Actions.

Kingery, Paul M.; Coggeshall, Mark B.

Psychology in the Schools, v38 n2 p117-26 Mar 2001

Examines how data from student self-report surveys and other sources can be used to assess the weaknesses in current school iincidentreporting systems and improve the validity of surveillance data on school violence. Assesses the validity of data from Gun-Free Schools Act reports on the number of guns in school in light of nationally representative student survey data. (Contains 20 references and 3 tables.) (Author/GCP)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Discipline Policy, Educational Environment, Guns, School Policy, School Safety, Student Reaction, Student Surveys, Validity, Violence

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Gun Free Schools Act 1994

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