School Zone
A Problem Analysis of Student Offending and Victimization
$116.12
- Paperback
250 pages
- Release Date
20 May 2022
Summary
Schools should be safe, but they are not always safe for everybody. Authors Pamela Wilcox, Graham Ousey, and Marie Skubak Tillyer studied crime among students located across diverse middle- and high-school settings to investigate why some students engage in delinquency—but others do not—and why some students are more prone to victimization. School Zone focuses on the three key interactional elements—context, victims, and offenders—to understand and explain the impact of common crimes…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781439920374 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1439920370 |
| Author: | Pamela Wilcox, Graham C. Ousey, Marie Skubak Tillyer |
| Publisher: | Temple University Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Temple University Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 250 |
| Release Date: | 20 May 2022 |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 18mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“[The authors] meticulously examine the correlations between offending and victimization behaviors among students and their relationships to the characteristics of a given school environment. This intentionally curated and evidence-based text echoes the significance of the current issue of school violence, which unfortunately has become a reality of the education system. This book will serve readers across all sectors as a valuable contribution to the effort to change the education landscape for future generations…. Summing Up: Recommended.”-Choice ”[School Zone] is a display of tremendous effort, collaboration, and author expertise centered around school-based crime and victimization. Authors Pamela Wilcox, Graham C. Ousey, and Marie Skubak Tillyer provide a comprehensive review of criminological theories as well as patterns and causes that help to explain school-based offending and victimization.”-Contemporary Sociology
About The Author
Pamela Wilcox
Pamela Wilcox is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Pennsylvania State University. She is the coauthor of Criminal Circumstance: A Dynamic, Multicontextual Criminal Opportunity Theory and Communities and Crime: An Enduring American Challenge (Temple), and the co-editor of Challenging Criminological Theory: The Legacy of Ruth Rosner Kornhauser.
Graham C. Ousey is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at William & Mary.
Marie Skubak Tillyer is a Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
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