title: Backlash for Breaking Racial and Ethnic Breaking Stereotypes: Adolescent School Victimization Across Contexts.
abstract: This research examines if and how social and cultural stereotypes insulate or aggravate the risk for adolescent victimization and partially explain racial and ethnic disparities with being a victim of violence at school. Analyses that draw on the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 and use multilevel analytical techniques suggest important results. Most notably, increased educational achievement, academic involvement, and having White American friendships are potential victimization risk factors for Black/African American and Latino American adolescents at urban and/or suburban schools. In addition to discussing the findings, this study underscores the importance of investigating the complexities associated with race and ethnicity when addressing adolescent victimization.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA anthony.peguero@vt.edu.
authors.forename: Anthony A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Peguero
authors.affiliation: Slippery Rock University, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004522:Educational Status; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012938:Social Perception; D013240:Stereotyping; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018881:Suburban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014754:Violence / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: adolescent violence; race and ethnicity; school crime