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Examining the Victim-Offender Overlap: Do Bully Victimization and Unsafe Schools Contribute to Violent Offending?

Examining the Victim-Offender Overlap: Do Bully Victimization and Unsafe Schools Contribute to Violent Offending?

Monica Bixby Radu
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781668463154|ISBN10: 1668463156|EISBN13: 9781668463161
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-6315-4.ch017
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Radu, Monica Bixby. "Examining the Victim-Offender Overlap: Do Bully Victimization and Unsafe Schools Contribute to Violent Offending?." Research Anthology on Interventions in Student Behavior and Misconduct, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 301-321. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6315-4.ch017

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Radu, M. B. (2022). Examining the Victim-Offender Overlap: Do Bully Victimization and Unsafe Schools Contribute to Violent Offending?. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Interventions in Student Behavior and Misconduct (pp. 301-321). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6315-4.ch017

Chicago

Radu, Monica Bixby. "Examining the Victim-Offender Overlap: Do Bully Victimization and Unsafe Schools Contribute to Violent Offending?." In Research Anthology on Interventions in Student Behavior and Misconduct, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 301-321. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6315-4.ch017

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Abstract

Because of the negative consequences associated with adolescent behavioral problems, such as violence, more research is needed that focuses on the interconnectedness between unsafe schools, bully victimization, and subsequent violence. Additional research may also help identify the processes through which victimized individuals become offenders. Drawing from Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory and Coleman's social capital theory, this researcher argues that the bonds between youths and their families and youths and their schools are important for understanding violent offending. Additionally, this chapter merges insights from sociological and criminological research to explore how unsafe schools and victimization occurring in multiple contexts contributes to youths becoming violent offenders. This chapter also provides policy implications, stressing the importance of an approach that considers how we can best invest in youth's future by bridging families and schools to promote safer schools for all students.

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