Communal schools and teacher victimization. Issue 4 (23rd February 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Payne, Allison A.; Gottfredson, Denise C.
• Is Part Of: Aggressive behavior. Volume 45:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 397
• Page End: 407
• Publication Date: 2019-02-23
• Subjects: communal school organization -- school climate -- school crime -- school violence -- teacher victimization; Aggressiveness -- Periodicals; Violence -- Periodicals; Psychology, Experimental -- Periodicals; Agressivité -- Périodiques; Agressivité chez les animaux -- Periodiques; 152.232
• DOI: 10.1002/ab.21826
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0096-140X

Abstract

Abstract: Despite data showing that teacher victimization is at least as great a problem as student victimization, far less research exists regarding teacher victimization than student victimization and overall school crime, particularly with regard to the application of criminological theory to explain the victimization of teachers. We address this gap by examining the hierarchical relationship between communal school organization and teacher victimization in a nationally representative sample of 37, 497 teachers from 7, 488 public schools in the United States. Results showed that teacher experienced less victimization in schools that were more communally organized. We discuss these findings and present implications for school‐based delinquency prevention.