School violence in Israel: findings of a national survey.
The authors report preliminary findings of a national survey on school violence in Israel. The national representative sample was stratified on school type--elementary, middle, and high schools--and ethnicity--Jewish and Arab students. A total of 15,916 students from 603 classes and 232 schools participated in the study, resulting in a 91 percent response rate. Findings revealed high rates of violence in all areas and among all age groups, but relatively higher rates of low-level violent behaviors and lower rates of more severe violent events. The authors report on age-related, gender, and cultural differences and discuss social workers' roles in shaping national policy and professional discourse on school violence.
Zeira
Anat
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Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, Israel. msanatz@mscc.huji.ac.il
Astor
Ron Avi
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Benbenishty
Rami
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D000041:Absenteeism; D000293:Adolescent; D018912:Arabs / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D019548:Crime Victims; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*